VM ZINC® and LEED

Materials and ResourcesCredit 2.1 - 1 Point

Construction Waste Management:  all zinc construction wastes can be easily sent to any local metal scrap dealer.

Materials and ResourcesCredit 4.1 - 1 Point

Recycled Content   Post-consumer content - 17%

Pre-consumer (Post-Industrial) content - 0%

Umicore is the worlds number producer of zinc products for building applications and also the world's largest recycler of zinc.

Indoor Environment Quality      Credit 4.2 - 1 Point

UBP does not apply any coating on standard

VM ZINC® material.  Consequently no VOCs are generated.

Flat Lock 1.00mm 1.84 lbs/sf

Corrugated 1.00mm  1.80 lbs/sf

ARS  2.45 lbs/sf

Leed – VM ZINC® - Leadership in Energy And Environmental Design

Click here for a link to the Leed – VM ZINC® PDF file

How can the utilization of VM ZINC® help you in gaining LEED® points?

You will find in the other chapters on environment quite some more helpful

information explaining to you why zinc is a sound environmental decision

all together.

Right now, let us take a look at the specific requirements of the US Green

Building Council here: http://www.usgbc.org, more specifically http://www.usgbc.org/Docs/LEEDdocs/3.4xLEEDRatingSystemJune01.pdf

Post consumer content in zinc products is 11% (0% post industial).

Zinc Weight per system: Double Lock Standing Seam .8mm     1.55 lbs/sf

Leed – VM ZINC® - LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

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