LEED Requirement Information

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has produced the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System. The LEED Rating System takes into consideration practices relevant to the natural environment, such as the preference for using sustainable resources, conservation of nonsustainable resources, and reduction of pollution.

The USGBC has established a system for quantifying the measures taken toward building a greener building and then rewarding participants by recognizing their efforts as measured by the LEED system.

Ampco supports the efforts of conservation and green buildings and would like to provide the specifiers, designers, builders and owners with relevant information about our products.

The LEED Rating System Version 2.1 sections that are applicable to our product contributions are under Materials & Resources, Recycled Content (Credit 4) and Local/Regional Materials (Credit 5).

Please visit www.usgbc.org for more information.

Recycled Content (MR Credit 4.1 & Credit 4.2)
Specify materials that contain in aggregate, a minimum weighted average of 20% postconsumer recycled content material, OR, a minimum weighted average of 40% postindustrial recycled content material (1 point).

Local/Regional Materials (MR Credit 5.1)
Specify a minimum of 20% of building materials that are manufactured regionally within a radius of 500 miles (1 point).

Local/Regional Materials (MR Credit 5.2)
Use a minimum of 50% of building materials and products that are extracted, harvested
or recovered (as well as manufactured) within 500 miles of the project site (1 point).

Low-Emitting Materials: Adhesives & Sealants (EQ Credit 4.1)
The VOC content of adhesives and sealants used must be less than the current VOC content limits of South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule #1168, and all sealants used as fillers must meet or exceed the requirements of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Regulation 8, Rule 51.

Certified Wood (MR Credit 7.0)
Use a minimum of 50% of wood-based materials certified in accordance with the Forest Stewardship Council Guidelines (FSC-certified) for wood building components (1 point).

The following products supplied by Ampco are LEEDS compliant: