LEED Guide
Distinctions can be made in air lter technology. Flanders is committed to continuously
developing new and improved products to assist in an environmentally responsible,
healthy, and prosperous environment. These products are being manufactured through
the guidelines developed by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
Furthermore, “the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green
Building System™ is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction,
and operation of high performance green buildings.”
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Its mission statement describes it best “Buildings fundamentally impact people’s
lives and the health of the planet. In the United States, buildings use one-third of
our total energy, two-thirds of our electricity, one-eighth of our water, and transform
land that provides valuable ecological resources. Since the LEED Green Buildings
Rating System for New Construction (LEED-NC version 2.0) was rst published in
1999, it has been helping professionals across the country to improve the quality
of our buildings and their impact on the environment. As the green building sector
grows exponentially, more and more building professionals, owners, and operators
are seeing the benets of green building and LEED certication. Green design not
only makes a positive impact on public health and the environment, it also reduces
operating costs, enhances building and organizational marketability potentially
increases occupant productivity, and helps create a sustainable community. LEED
ts into this market by providing rating systems that are voluntary, consensus-based,
market-driven, based on accepted energy and environmental principles, and they
strike a balance between established practices and emerging concepts. The LEED
rating systems are developed by USGVC committees, in adherence with USGBC
policies and procedures guiding the development and maintenance of rating systems.
LEED-NC version 2.2 is only possible due to the generous volunteer efforts of many
individuals, and has been in development for over two years. LEED-NC is one of a
growing portfolio of rating systems serving specic market sectors.”
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Flanders offers the following products to assist in acquiring credits in LEED projects: