Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED®) is a sustainable building certification program that rewards best-in-class building strategies and practices. Stringent criteria are set which a building project must meet in order to achieve LEED® certification. In doing so, specifiers will seek to use the most sustainable options available for the project.
LEED® v4 recognizes and accepts Environmental Product Declarations which gain extra LEED® credit points.
As highlighted, Polyflor can contribute to points on a LEED® project. The number of points achieved throughout the entire build establishes the level of LEED® certification for that project, outlined below:
In 2017, the top 10% of LEED® certified companies achieved a Platinum rating, with most certified companies achieving a Gold rating at 44%; 30% achieved Silver and 14% obtained a Certified rating. Today there are over 3,800 LEED Platinum buildings around the world.
Polyflor floor coverings have the potential to contribute to LEED® points through the following criteria:
Materials & Resouces
MR Credit: Construction and Demolition Waste Management
Polyflor is 100% recyclable and post-consumer waste, including offcuts and smooth, uplifted waste can be recycled. Alternatively, our Expona Simplay can be reused as they do not require adhesive for installation. The Recoflor program (of which Polyflor is a founding and funding member) complies with site waste management legislation and diverts vinyl flooring waste (offcuts and uplifted) from going to the landfill. Recycle or salvage 50% of the waste for 1 point, or 75% for 2 points.
MR Credit: Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials (Bio-based Content)
Polyflor flooring contains up to 85% sustainable materials and uses bio-based ingredients. 1 point available.
MR Credit: Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials (Bio-based Content)
Polyflor can contribute to the LEED® credit through its product-specific environmental product declaration (EPD), which can provide 1 point; or its generic EPD which may contribute 0.5 points.
MR Credit: Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials (Recycled Content)
Polyflor flooring contains up to 40% recycled material, which typically incldues post-consumer waster from the project site as well as pre-consumer (or post-production) waste, including process and sampling waste for instance. 1 point available.
Indoor Environmental Quality
EQ Credit: Low emitting Materials - Option 1, Product Calculation CDPH Compliant & Option 2, Budget Calculation CDPH Compliant
Polyflor can contribute to both option of this credit through certificcation of its low emitting products. VOC certification is available via Indoor Air Comfort, Indoor Air Comfort Gold and Floorscore® certification (Polyflor's certificates are available online at www.polyflor.ca, www.eurofins.com, www.scscertified.com). Along with other materials used on the projects, Polyflor products can contribute towards 1-3 points.
