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LEED Definition
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC), an independent organization generally accepted as the leading source of green building standards, sponsors the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) program.
LEED™ recommends standard environmental guidelines for sustainable building projects.
StonePeak is a member of the USGBC.
LEED™, like all components of the world's environmental efforts, is continually evolving. While LEED™ does not certify materials, StonePeak materials can help buildings qualify for LEED™ credits in the following areas:
Materials & Resources
Credits 5.1 and 5.2
(Regional materials 10% and 20%)
Materials from our Tennessee production facility qualify for this credit if used in projects within 500 miles of Crossville, Tennessee.
StonePeak manufacturing facility is located within 500 miles of major markets for LEED™ projects. In addition, the factory has been built nearby its major extraction sources for raw materials, which are also within a 500-mile distance to major LEED™ building markets.
Credit 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.
Credits 2.1 and 2.2
(Construction wastes management 50% and 75%)
Construction wastes may be diverted from disposal in landfills to be recycled/reused in alternative construction materials.
Credit intent: divert at least 50% of construction, demolition and land-clearing debris from disposal in landfills and incinerators.
Redirect recyclable recovered resources back to the manufacturing process. Redirect reusable materials to the appropriate sites.
Indoor Environmental Quality
Credit 4.1
(Low-Emitting materials)
Porcelain tile installations require proper adhesives, installation setting systems, and grouts that are now manufactured to meet or exceed the requirements of this credit.
Therefore, an installed StonePeak porcelain tile system may contribute to the earning of this credit.
Additional LEED™ Credit Potential
Other LEED™ programs such as Schools or Existing Buildings may include IEQ points where using the tile itself could contribute and not just in a system.
Our porcelain tile is fired to very high temperatures; therefore, it has no ability to contain or emit VOC's. If information is needed relative to these credits, we will conduct testing as needed (testing will be conducted on a request basis as the requirements and test methods are not always the same within the LEED™ documents for this type of information).
Credit intent: reduce the quantity of indoor air contaminants that are odorous, irritating, and/or harmful to the comfort and well being of installers and occupants.
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