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Mer-Krete Systems and LEED®

The USGBC (United States Green Building Council) developed LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) as a voluntary, consensus-based national standard to support and validate successful green building design, construction and operation. The LEED Green Building Rating System™ is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings by the USGBC. Mer-Krete Systems is a member of the USGBC.

LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings’ performance. The LEED rating system gives an owner and architect the ability to measure the success of and promote their building towards enviromentally respondsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. 

LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality.

Buildings are awarded Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum certification depending on the number of credits they achieve.

Certified          26 – 32 points                           Silver            33-38 points
Gold                39-51 points                               Platinium       52-69 points

There are 69 credits and 7 prerequisites. To be considered for LEED building Certification all prerequisities must be met.

USGBC does not certify, promote, or endorse products and services of individual companies, products and services. Mer-Krete Systems recognizes that products do have an important role and can contribute to projects with credit achievement.

Mer-Krete Systems Potential Credit Contributions Towards LEED Projects

Recycled Content (Credits MR 4.1 & 4.2)

Regional Manufacturing (Credits MR 5.1 & MR 5.2)

Low Emitting Materials, Adhesives and Sealants (Credit IEQ 4.1)

Low Emitting Materials, Paints and Coatings (Credit IEQ 4.2)