Quality Powder Coatings

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Quality Powder Coatings LEED Certification
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• What is LEED certification ?
• Developed by the U.S. Green Building council,
• LEED certification provides independent,
  third-party verification that a building, home
  or community was designed and built using
  strategies aimed at achieving high performance
  in key areas of human and environmental health
  sustainable site development, water savings,
  energy efficiency, materials selection and
  indoor environmental quality

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• LEED rating systems
• LEED for New Construction
• LEED for Commercial Interiors
• LEED for Core and Shell
• LEED for Existing Buildings
• LEED for Schools, Healthcare, Retail
• LEED for Homes
• LEED for Neighborhood Development (In Pilot)

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• The Points
• Possible 100 points 10 Bonus
• LEED Certified 40 points
• LEED Silver 50 points
• LEED Gold 60 points
• LEED Platinum 80 points

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• What LEED measures
• Sustainable Sites - 21 points available
• Water efficiency 11 points available
• Energy and Atmosphere 37 points available
• Materials and Resources 14 points available
• Indoor Environmental Quality 17 points
  available
• Locations and Linkages , Regional Priority 4
  bonus points available
• Innovation in Design 6 bonus points available

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• Powder Coatings and LEED certification
• Specifying a low VOC paint is worth ONE point
  towards LEED certification
• IFS Powder coatings contain NO VOCS