The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™
is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high
performance green buildings. LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need
to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings’ performance. LEED promotes
a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of
human and environmental health: sustainable site development; water savings; energy efficiency; materials selection; and indoor environmental quality.

LEED is a voluntary certification program that can be applied to any building type and any building lifecycle phase. The primary area in which Feeney Architectural Products contribute to LEED points in this certification process are in Materials & Resources. During both the construction and operations phases, buildings generate a lot of waste and use a lot of materials and resources. This credit category encourages the selection of sustainably grown, harvested, produced, and transported products and materials. It promotes the reduction of waste as well as reuse and recycling, and it takes into account the reduction of waste at a product’s source. Recycled Content is calculated on weight and percentages of pre-consumer and post-consumer recycled content in specified building materials.