Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Materials - Puget Sound Region LEED Local

Courtesy of O'Brien & Company the following is a list of materials which may be useful for earning USGBC LEED® points for projects which occur in the Puget Sound region:


MR4.1/4.2 Recycled Content

Steel

· Rebar from Cascade Steel Rolling Mills with 71% Post –consumer and 24% Pre-consumer recycled content.

Roofboard:

· Dens Deck from Pacific Construction Systems with 90% Pre-consumer recycled content.

Cement Board

· Durock Cement Board by US Gypsum Company, with 20% Pre-consumer recycled content.

Gypsum Board

· ProRock gypsum board by CertainTeed, with 4% Post-consumer and 10% Pre-consumer recycled content.

· Gypsum board by BPB (also Regional) with 4% Post-consumer and 10% Pre-consumer recycled content.

Particleboard and MDF

· Roseburg Particleboard by Roseburg Forest Products, with 100% Pre-consumer recycled content. Also qualifies under Regional materials.

Insulation

· Sarna Therm Insulation by Sika Sarnafil, with 21% Pre-consumer recycled content.

· Unfaced Fiberglass Insulation and Sound Control Batts from Knauf, with 20% Post-consumer recycled content.

· Rigid Foam Insulation (R-tech) by Insulfoam, with 15% Pre-consumer recycled content. Also Regional.

· MDF by Sierra Pine, with 100% Pre-consumer recycled content.

Countertops, both qualify under Regional materials

· Paperstone with 100% Post-consumer recycled content.

· Squak Mountain with 2.5% Post-consumer and 49% Pre-consumer recycled content.



MR 5 Regional Materials

Wood

· Vancouver Door in Puyallup.

· FSC by FD Sterrit Lumber Company, also Rapidly Renewable.

Regional Steel Sources

· Infra-Metals, Inc; Cascade Steel; Pacific Stair Company; Dietrich; Harris Rebar; NuCor-Yamato Steel.

Asphalt

· Lakeside Industries



MR 6 Rapidly Renewable Materials

· Forbo Marmoleum Real, Johnsonite Rubber Base and Johnsonite Stair Treads by Gold Star.

· Acoustical Insulation, by Thermafiber

· Wood Framing FSC, by FD Sterrit Lumber Company. Also Regional.

· Wood Decking, by Lock Deck

· Wood, laminated, by Unadilla

· Radar Ceiling Tiles, Cornstarch, by USG.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Design - Found


This is my new favorite print ad.
It is subtle in its design and poignant in its words.