LEED: Green Building Rating System
LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a green building rating system that is nationally accepted for the design, construction and operation of high performance green and sustainable buildings. LEED certification provides independent third party verification that your project meets some of the highest green building standards available. There are both environmental and financial advantages to LEED Certification.
LEED certification is determined through a point system that is calculated on six areas of performance. These guidelines are established by the U. S. Green Building Council, the six categories are as follows:
- Sustainable sites
- Water Efficiency
- Energy and Atmosphere
- Materials and Resources
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Innovation and Design process
Utilizing Vermont Verde Antique on your project can help gain credits toward LEED certification in several of these categories.
- Under Energy and Atmosphere Vermont Verde Antique could positively impact the energy efficiency of a building with its high thermal mass helping to regulate temperature changes.
- In the Materials and Resources category Vermont Verde Antique’s quarry generates almost no waste rock; from the largest block to the smallest piece everything is now used. We are in fact now utilizing some of the older historic “waste” piles in present projects. Another possibility is that as the building’s life cycle is completed the durability of Vermont Verde Antique will allow for its reuse on other projects. Our quarry and processing plant are also ideally located for projects being completed in the north east; our 500 mile local radius covers all of New England and extends to such cities as New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
- In the Innovation and Design category Vermont Verde Antique could contribute to the performance of the building by helping to reduce life cycle costs in such areas as durability, mold resistance and improved air quality.
We operate both our marble quarry and processing facilities in an environmentally sensitive manner and take pride in our place and commitment to the communities where we live and work.