Did You Know. . .

Divert 50% & 75% from disposal

LEED Intent: Divert construction, demolition, and land clearing debris from disposal in landfills and incinerators. Redirect recovered resources back to the manufacturing process. Redirect reusable materials to the appropriate sites.

LEED Requirement: Recycle and/or salvage at least 50% or 75% (by weight or volume) of non-hazardous construction and demolition debris. Develop and implement a construction waste management plan quantifying material diversion goals.

Armstrong Ceiling Systems Contribution:
Armstrong is the first ceiling manufacturer with a closed-loop recycling program which redirects recovered ceilings back to the manufacturing process. Please contact your Armstrong representative or TechLine for more details on how this program can help you meet this requirement. Since Armstrong products do not comprise 50-75% of the construction debris, they must be combined with other items to achieve this credit.

(10% & 20% post-consumer + 1/2 pre-consumer)

LEED Intent: Increase the demand for building products that incorporate recycled content materials, thereby reducing impacts resulting from extraction and processing of virgin materials.

LEED Requirement: Use materials with recycled content such that the sum of the post-consumer recycled content plus one-half of the pre-consumer (post-industrial) content constitutes at least 10% or 20% of the total value of the materials in the project.

Armstrong Ceiling and Wall Systems Contribution:
Armstrong products contain 23-82% recycled content. Each product data page contains the total recycled content information. For specific post-consumer/pre-consumer breakdowns, contact TechLine for exact percentages for your specific product. TechLine can also supply the appropriate documentation needed for your LEED submittal packet.

Depending on manufacturing location, certain products are available with a higher recycled content option. Armstrong products must be aggregated with all other recycled content materials in order to achieve this credit. Innovation credits are available for higher levels of recycled content used on LEED projects.

LEED NC – 10% Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally

LEED CI – 20% Manufactured Regionally

LEED NC & LEED CI Intent: Increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured within the region, thereby supporting the use of indigenous resources and reducing the environmental impacts resulting from transportation.

LEED NC Requirement: Use building products that have been extracted, harvested or recovered, as well as manufactured, within 500 miles of the project site for minimum of 10% or 20% (based on cost) of the total materials value. If only a fraction of the product is extracted, harvested or recovered and manufactured locally, then only that percentage (by weight) shall contribute to the regional value. LEED CI Requirement: Use a minimum of 20% of the combined value of all construction and Division 12 (furniture) materials and products that are manufactured regionally within a radius of 500 miles. An additional LEED Credit point can be earned if you use a minimum of 10% of combined value of products extracted, harvested, recovered or manufactured within 500 miles.

Armstrong Ceiling Systems Contribution:
Refer to the listing of Ceiling and Suspension plant locations (below) and to our map showing a radius of 500 miles from all of our plants. Contact TechLine to provide a regional materials value for each product for MR Credit 5.1, 5.2 LEED NC and MR Credit 5.2 for LEED CI. This is dependent upon the plant location where the product is produced.

TechLine can also help identify the distance from other locations where specialty ceilings and walls are produced.

LEED NC & LEED CI Intent: Reduce the use and depletion of finite raw materials and long-cycle renewable materials by replacing them with rapidly renewable materials.

LEED NC Requirement: Use rapidly renewable building materials and products (made from plants that are typically harvested within a ten-year cycle or shorter) for 2.5% of the total value of all building materials and products used in the project, based on cost.

LEED CI Requirement: Use rapidly-renewable construction and Division 12 (Furniture and Furnishings) materials and products, made from plants that are typically harvested within a 10-year or shorter cycle, for 5% of the total value of all materials and products used in the project

Armstrong Ceiling Systems Contribution:
Armstrong WoodWorks Bamboo Ceilings can contribute to the rapidly renewable calculation. Since this product is an assembly, take the rapidly renewable value of only the bamboo veneer to combine with other interior furnishings and finishes to achieve credit. Contact TechLine for a sample assembly calculation.