LEED Certification
LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a rating system devised by the United States Green Building Council to evaluate the environmental performance of a building and encourage market transformation towards sustainable design. The system is credit based, allowing projects to earn points for environmentally friendly actions taken during construction and use of a building.
During both the construction and operations phases, buildings generate a lot of waste and use a lot of materials and resources. The Materials & Resources category of a LEEDs project encourages the reduction of waste as well as reuse and recycling, and takes into account the reduction of waste at a products source. No matter what type of project you wish to have LEED certification approval for, you will be required to be compliant with some type of solid waste management or recycling plan.
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Groot can help you achieve compliance by diverting waste from disposal sites using its own recycling facilities or a network of qualified construction and demolition recycling plants. In addition we can provide on-going recycling services, waste stream audits, and help you create a solid waste management policy.
For complete LEED compliance and information visit www.usgbc.org/LEED
