LEED^® credits

In 2000, the US Green Building Council created the Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED^®) program. This program awards points for the use of sustainable products or building practices in a whole building design process.

Many federal, state and local governments are now requiring that the construction of public buildings be associated with some minimum level of LEED^® certification.

A cool metal roof on a building project can directly or indirectly contribute up to 24 points in the LEED^® program.

When a building is renovated for reuse, an existing cool metal roof can contribute to the following points:

• MR Credit 1.1 Building Reuse


• MR Credit 1.2 Building Reuse

 

The fact that metal is fully recyclable contributes to the following points:

• MR Credit 2.1 Construction Waste Management


• MR Credit 2.2 Construction Waste Management

 

The recyclability of metal also helps with Materials Use credits and contributes to the following points:

• MR Credit 3.1 Materials Reuse


• MR Credit 3.2 Materials Reuse

 

Metals well documented high recycled content can contribute points as follows:

• MR Credit 4.1 Recycled Content


• MR Credit 4.2 Recycled Content

 

The use of a cool metal roof can contribute to points in the Energy Optimization credit in the category of Energy and Atmosphere as follows:

• EA Credit 1 Optimize Energy Performance

 

The nature of metal roofing can be used to an advantage in capturing rainwater for non-potable water use in a building and can contribute to these points:

• WE Credit 1 Water Efficient Landscaping


• WE Credit 1.2 Water Efficient Landscaping


• WE Credit 2 Innovative Wastewater technologies


• WE Credit 3.1 Water Use Reduction


• WE Credit 3.2 Water Use Reduction