LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a national “Green” building assessment system developed by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) to encourage and accelerate global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices.

 

By defining green building through a common standard of measurement, LEED promotes integrated, whole-building design practices and helps raise awareness of green building benefits. LEED evaluates and rates the environmental performance of new and existing commercial, retail, institutional, educational and high-rise residential buildings over a project’s life cycle.

 

Developments incorporating LID practices, including permeable pavements, earn points toward this rating system and support the principles of a “Green Infrastructure”through the EPA. The higher the rating, the greater the impact on our ecology and future as whole.

 

Nidagravel ® installations can qualify for credits in the following categories:

 

•           Sustainable Sites Credit 5.1: Site Development: Protect Or Restore Habitat

•           Sustainable Sites Credit 6.1: Stormwater Design: Quantity Control

•           Sustainable Sites Credit 6.2: Stormwater Design: Quality Control

•           Sustainable Sites Credit 7.1: Heat Island Effect: Non-Roof

 

Learn more here: USGBC: U.S. Green Building Council – LEED   http://www.usgbc.org/LEED

 

References:

 

– CIRIA (The Construction Industry Research And Information Association) ciria.org

– Brattebo, B. O., and D. B. Booth. 2003. “Long-Term Stormwater Quantity and Quality Performance of Permeable Pavement Systems.”

– United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Washington, D.C. “Field Evaluation of Permeable Pavements for Stormwater Management, Olympia, Washington.”

 

‘LEED®’ and related logo is a trademark owned by the U.S. Green Building Council®.