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LEED and FOAMGLAS Cellular Glass Insulation ® LEED® is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED® provides building owners and operators a concise framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. LEED® is flexible enough to apply to all building types – commercial as well as residential. It works throughout the building lifecycle – design and construction, operations and maintenance, tenant fitout and significant retrofit. And, LEED® for commercial development extends the benefits beyond the building footprint into the community it...

Sustainable Sites – vegetated roof LEED-NC Credit 6 – storm water management LEED-NC Credit 7.1 – roof heat island effect FOAMGLAS® insulation can be part of a vegetated roof design which is one sustainable strategy that can be used to earn both of these Sustainable Sites credits. Energy & Atmosphere – energy performance and refrigerant management LEED-NC Prerequisite 2 – minimum energy performance LEED-NC Credit 1 - Optimize energy performance In the LEED® rating system, up to 19 points can be awarded for improved energy efficiency. FOAMGLAS® insulation can be used as part of strategies to...

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