LEED Report
6/3/2010
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This document contains sustainability information for the following USG product(s):
•Specialty Ceiling Systems
Billo 3-D ceiling panel, C2 Paired Compasso, steel, Cadre sculpted ceiling panel, Celebration aluminum panel, Celebration steel
suspension system, Compasso (10" & 12" painted aluminum), Compasso (2 1/4", 4", 6" & 8" painted steel), Compasso Slim,
aluminum, Curvatura Diamondflex steel panel, Curvatura Lexan® panel, Curvatura aluminum panel, Curvatura steel suspension
system and trim, Geometrix aluminum panel, GridWare, steel suspension, Libretto aluminum panel, Libretto profile trim and
suspension, steel, Panz aluminum panels, Paraline aluminum pans, Quadra sculpted ceiling panel, Topo Lexan® panel, Translucents,
FRP panel, Translucents, Lexan® panel, Translucents, PETG panel, Transparencies acrylic panel, True Wood ceiling panel,
WireWorks steel panel
LEED® is a guideline for building solutions established by the USGBC – Products are NOT “LEED certified”, however they can
assist in obtaining LEED credits/points for a project.
USG Corporation is a founding member of the U.S. Green Building Council.
LEED Report
6/3/2010
Specialty Ceilings
The following lists several LEED® prerequisites and information about the USG product you are specifying that may assist you in
obtaining LEED credits.
Billo 3-D ceiling panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (0%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0 x material cost
US produced virgin polycarbonate raw material, manufactured in Franklin, WI
C2 Paired Compasso, steel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (25%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.125 x material
cost
US and foreign steel, manufactured in Westlake, OH
Cadre sculpted ceiling panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Tijuana, MX
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (0%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0 x material cost
Materials
Celebration aluminum panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
68%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (22%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
US aluminum, manufactured in Oakville, ON, Canada
=
Total Combined
Value
0.79 x material
cost
LEED Report
6/3/2010
Specialty Ceilings
The following lists several LEED® prerequisites and information about the USG product you are specifying that may assist you in
obtaining LEED credits.
Celebration steel suspension system
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (25%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.125 x material
cost
US and foreign steel, manufactured in Westlake, OH
Compasso (10" & 12" painted aluminum)
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
68%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (22%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.79 x material
cost
US aluminum, manufactured in Oakville, ON, Canada
Compasso (2 1/4", 4", 6" & 8" painted steel)
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (25%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.125 x material
cost
US and foreign steel, manufactured in Westlake, OH
Compasso Slim, aluminum
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
Pre-Consumer
Material Cost
Total Combined
Value
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
+
1/2 (0%)
x
material cost
Virgin aluminum, manufactured in City of Industry, CA
=
0 x material cost
LEED Report
6/3/2010
Specialty Ceilings
The following lists several LEED® prerequisites and information about the USG product you are specifying that may assist you in
obtaining LEED credits.
Curvatura Diamondflex steel panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (25%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.125 x material
cost
US and foreign steel, manufactured in Vernon Hills, IL
Curvatura Lexan® panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (0%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0 x material cost
Manufactured in Coburg, ON, Canada
Curvatura aluminum panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
68%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (22%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.79 x material
cost
US aluminum, manufactured in Oakville, ON, Canada
Curvatura steel suspension system and trim
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (25%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.125 x material
cost
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
US and foreign steel, manufactured in Westlake, OH
LEED Report
6/3/2010
Specialty Ceilings
The following lists several LEED® prerequisites and information about the USG product you are specifying that may assist you in
obtaining LEED credits.
Geometrix aluminum panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
68%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (22%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.79 x material
cost
US aluminum, manufactured in Oakville, ON, Canada
GridWare, steel suspension
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (25%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.125 x material
cost
US and foreign steel, manufactured in Westlake, OH
Libretto aluminum panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
68%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (22%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.79 x material
cost
US aluminum, manufactured in Oakville, ON, Canada
Libretto profile trim and suspension, steel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
Pre-Consumer
Material Cost
Total Combined
Value
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
+
1/2 (25%)
x
material cost
US and foreign steel, manufactured in Westlake, OH
=
0.125 x material
cost
LEED Report
6/3/2010
Specialty Ceilings
The following lists several LEED® prerequisites and information about the USG product you are specifying that may assist you in
obtaining LEED credits.
Panz aluminum panels
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
68%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (22%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.79 x material
cost
US aluminum, manufactured in Oakville, ON, Canada
Paraline aluminum pans
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
68%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (22%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.79 x material
cost
US and foreign aluminum, manufactured in Westlake, OH
Quadra sculpted ceiling panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (0%)
=
Total Combined
Value
0 x material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0 x material cost
Material Cost
x
material cost
Tijuana, MX
Topo Lexan® panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (0%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
US produced virgin polycarbonate raw material, manufactured in Franklin, WI
LEED Report
6/3/2010
Specialty Ceilings
The following lists several LEED® prerequisites and information about the USG product you are specifying that may assist you in
obtaining LEED credits.
Translucents, FRP panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (0%)
=
Total Combined
Value
0 x material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0 x material cost
Material Cost
x
material cost
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Translucents, Lexan® panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (0%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
US produced virgin polycarbonate raw material, manufactured in Franklin, WI
Translucents, PETG panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (40%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.2 x material
cost
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Transparencies acrylic panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (0%)
Manufactured in Westlake, OH
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0 x material cost
Materials
LEED Report
6/3/2010
Specialty Ceilings
The following lists several LEED® prerequisites and information about the USG product you are specifying that may assist you in
obtaining LEED credits.
True Wood ceiling panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
0%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (97%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
=
Total Combined
Value
0.485 x material
cost
Core (97%) from Bennettsville, SC
WireWorks steel panel
Possible LEED Credit:
MR 4.1 & 4.2; Recycled
Content (% by weight)
Post-Consumer
80%
MR 5.1 & 5.2; Regional
Materials
Pre-Consumer
+
1/2 (20%)
Material Cost
x
material cost
US and foreign steel, manufactured in Chicago, IL
=
Total Combined
Value
0.9 x material
cost
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Test Protocols & Definitions
Recycled Content (Post-Consumer & Post-Industrial) per Federal Trade Commission Environmental Marketing Guides. Recycledcontent products may contain some pre-consumer waste, some post-consumer waste or both. A product does not have to contain 100
percent recovered materials to be considered "recycled," but the higher the percentage of recycled content, the greater the amount of
waste that is diverted from disposal.
Post-Industrial (Pre-Consumer) materials are generated by manufacturers and processors, and may consist of scrap, trimmings and
other by-products that were never used in the consumer market. Post-Industrial and Pre-Consumer are one in the same under the
USGBC LEED_ rating systems.
Post-Consumer material is an end product that has completed its life cycle as a consumer item and would otherwise have been
disposed of as a solid waste. Post-consumer materials include recyclables collected in commercial and residential recycling programs,
such as office paper, cardboard, aluminum cans, plastics and metals.
LR (Light Reflectance) tested per ASTM C1477
NRC (Noise Reduction Coefficient) tested per ASTM C423
CAC (Ceiling Attenuation Class) tested per ASTM 1414
TVOC (Total Volatile Organic Compound) emission measured per ASTM D 5116, State of Washington allows for 500 ug/m3
CHPS (Collaborative for High Performance Schools) follow EPA Section 01350 for VOC emission and determination on PASS.
Formaldehyde emissions measured during CHPS testing per Section 01350, for most products CHPS allows 13.5 ppb & state of
Washington allows for 50 ppb.
Zero emissions is defined as the quantity less than test chamber background concentrations as required by Section 3.8.4.2 of the
"Standard Practice for the Testing of Volatile Organic Emissions from Various Sources Using Small-Scale Environmental Chambers,
Supercedes previous versions of small-scale environmental chamber testing portion of California Specification 01350, July 15, 2004."
Section 3.8.4.3 states "Background concentrations in the empty chamber ventilated at 1.0 air changes per hour shall not exceed 2 _g
m-3 for any individual VOC, and 25 _g m-3 for TVOC."
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LEED Credits
LEED® is a guideline for building solutions established by the USGBC – Products are NOT “LEED certified”, however they can
assist in obtaining LEED credit/points for a project.
Energy & Atmosphere
EA Credit 1 – Optimize Energy Performance
High light reflectance (LR) of ceiling materials can reduce required luminaires of design space as required per ASHRAE and reduce
the number of light fixtures needed, curbing energy consumption.
Materials & Resources
MR Credit 2 – Construction Waste Management: Divert From Disposal
2.1 – Divert 50% of project waste (by weight) from landfill
2.2 – Divert another 25% of project waste (by weight) from landfill
MR Credit 3 – Materials Reuse
Products may contain synthetic material and metal ceilings/components may include recycled aluminum
3.1 – 5% of total materials use salvaged, refurbished, or reused materials (based on cost)
3.2 – 10% of total materials use salvaged, refurbished, or reused materials (based on cost)
MR Credit 4 – Recycled Content
4.1 – 10% of project materials’ value (Post-Consumer + _ Post-Industrial)
4.2 – 20% of project materials’ value (Post-Consumer + _ Post-Industrial)
MR Credit 5 – Local/Regional Materials: Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally
5.1 – 10% of raw materials for above products obtained within 500 miles
5.2 – 20% of raw materials for above products obtained within 500 miles
MR Credit 6 – Rapidly Renewable Materials
Products may contain corn/ wheat starch binders, renewable alternatives to petroleum-based binders
Indoor Environmental Quality
EQ Credit 4 – Low-Emitting Materials
4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 – Products emit no formaldehyde or only a very low amount
EQ Credit 8 – Daylight and Views
8.1, 8.2 – High LR can improve the quality and quantity of natural light by enhancing indirect lighting
EQ Credit 9 – Enhanced Acoustical Performance
Products used in tested assemblies may reduce sound transmission in spaces
EQ Credit 10 – Mold Prevention
Products may contain ingredients that reduce the potential growth of mold
Innovation
ID Credit 1 – Innovation
Exceptional performance above LEED requirements can be awarded extra points
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