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LEEDCredit Guide

At Ingersoll Rand, Progress is Greener. As a global company, we are taking the initiative to offer environmentally friendly products to better support our communities’ sustainability needs. In addition to offering environmentally friendly products, we will continually update and provide you with LEED information.
 
What is LEED?
LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a rating system which provides incentives to construct sustainable and energy efficient buildings, which in turn promotes a clean and sustainable environment.
 
LEED certification focuses on 5 distinct areas of building performance: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality.
 
From these five focus areas, a series of benchmarks is established for each and credits are awarded based on the completion of each benchmark.
 
How can LEED affect me?
As environmental awareness grows around the world, people are seeing the value in programs such as LEED.
 
In addition to ensuring environmentally safe and sustainable buildings, becoming LEED certified has many incentives. National, state, and local governments are implementing LEED initiatives, in which they standardize LEED certification for all new construction. Some governments are also providing financial incentives for buildings that become LEED certified, such as discounted or fast track building permits.
 
How can Ingersoll Rand help?
Sustainability has been defined as a major initiative across all Ingersoll Rand products, including Security Technologies. Ingersoll Rand has recognized the value of the LEED rating system and we are continuing to provide you with information for various LEED credits.
 
Currently, many products offered by Schlage, Von Duprin, LCN, Steelcraft, and Falcon contribute to a project’s LEED certification in the following credits:
Materials & Resources Credit 4.1- Recycled Content
Materials & Resources Credit 4.2- Recycled Content
Materials & Resources Credit 5.1- Regional Manufacture
Materials & Resources Credit 5.2- Regional Manufacture
 
Where can I learn more?
For further information regarding LEED certification and how your next building can become certified, please visit the USGBC website http://usgbc.org.
 
Please contact your local SSC representative for specific product information and details or additional Green-Building information.

* Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies LEED® information is published in accordance with ISO 14021 - Environmental labels and declarations – Self-declared environment claims

 

Recycled Content

MR Credit 4.1:
Recycled Content: 10% (post-consumer + _ pre-consumer) 1 Point


Intent: Increase demand for building products that incorporate recycled content materials, thereby reducing impacts resulting from extraction and processing of virgin materials.

Requirements: Use materials with recycled content such that the sum of post-consumer recycled content plus one-half of the pre-consumer content constitutes at least 10% (based on cost) of the total value of the materials in the project. The recycled content value of a material assembly shall be determined by weight. The recycled fraction of the assembly is then multiplied by the cost of the assembly to determine the recycled content value.

 

Post-consumer material is defined as waste material generated by households or by commercial, industrial and institutional facilities in their role as end-users of the product, which can no longer be used for its intended purpose.

Pre-consumer material is defined as material diverted from the waste stream during the manufacturing process. Excluded is reutilization of materials such as rework, regrind or scrap generated in a process and capable of being reclaimed within the same process that generated it.

 

MR Credit 4.2:
Recycled Content: 20% (post-consumer + _ pre-consumer) 1 Point in addition to MR Credit 4.1

Requirements: Use materials with recycled content such that the sum of post-consumer recycled content plus one-half of the pre-consumer content constitutes an additional 10% beyond MR Credit 4.1 (total of 20%, based on cost) of the total value of the materials in the project.

The table on the next tab outlines the Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies Brand and products that contribute to MR Credit 4.1 and MR Credit 4.2.

 

Regional Material

MR Credit 5.1:
Regional Materials: 10% Extracted, Processed, and Manufactured Regionally 1 Point

Intent: Increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured within the region, thereby supporting the use of indigenous resources and reducing the environmental impacts resulting from transportation.

Requirements: Use building materials or products that have been extracted, harvested or recovered, as well as manufactured, within 500 miles of the project site for a minimum of 10% (based on cost) of the total materials value. If only a fraction of a product or material is extracted/harvested/recovered and manufactured locally, then only that percentage (by weight) shall contribute to the regional value.

 

MR Credit 5.2:
Regional Materials: 20% Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally 1 Point in addition to MR Credit 5.1

Intent: Increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured within the region, thereby supporting the use of indigenous resources and reducing the environmental impacts resulting from transportation.

Requirements: Use building materials or products that have been extracted, harvested or recovered, as well as manufactured, within 500 miles of the project site for an additional 10% beyond MR Credit 5.1 (total of 20%, based on cost) of the total materials value. If only a fraction of the material is extracted/harvested/recovered and manufactured locally, then only that percentage (by weight) shall contribute to the regional value.

Next Steps
Contact a Spec Writer
 
We can answer questions about products, advise on codes and compliance, or write a complete spec.
 
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