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LEED® is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is a program developed by the US Green Buildings Council (USGBC) and has gained widespread support in the commercial and institutional marketplace. For more information on the USGBC, you may want to visit their Internet web site @ www.usgbc.org. The purpose of this informational sheet is to overview the LEED® program and identify areas where American Olean products can support a building project’s effort to obtain LEED® Certification.
In October 2005, the USGBC published the latest Version 2.2 of their LEED® Program. LEED® can be applied to every building type and phase of a building lifecycle. Specific programs exist for the following types of projects: New commercial construction and major renovation projects; Existing building operations and maintenance; Commercial interiors projects; Core and shell development projects; Homes; and Neighborhood Development.
Inquiries as to how American Olean products can help a project’s efforts to obtain certification are usually for new construction of commercial, institutional, and high-rise residential buildings. In this program, a qualifying project can receive LEED® Certification in four different levels depending on how many "points" they achieve. In the latest Version 2.2 LEED® Survey, there are six separate categories encompassing a total of 69 possible points.
| Innovation & Design Process - | 5 points |
| Sustainable Sites - | 14 points |
| Water Efficiency - | 5 points |
| Energy and Atmosphere - | 17 points |
| Materials and Resources - | 13 points |
| Indoor Environmental Quality - | 15 points |
| The four-certification levels are: | Certified | 26 - 32 |
| Silver | 33 - 38 | |
| Gold | 39 - 51 | |
| Platinum | 52 + |
The areas where American Olean, as a supplier of ceramic tile and installation products, can directly impact the project’s point total, is in the categories of Materials & Resources and Indoor Environmental Quality. More specifically, there are potentially anywhere from one to six points available based on (1) the volume of recycled material content and (2) the location where the product is manufactured (i.e. proximity to construction site). The LEED® credit points most applicable to our products are as follows.
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