| Credit 5: Reduced Site Disturbance |
- SS 5.1: (Protect or Restore Open Space) 1 Point
- SS 5.2: (Development Footprint) 1 Point
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- To conserve existing natural areas and restore damaged areas to provide habitat opportunities.
- To provide the development footprint a high ratio of open space to promote biodiversity.
- Exceed the local zoning’s open space requirement for the site by 25%.
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- Our SRW products are specially designed with a hollow core to hold vegetation and allow for proper site drainage.
- Their hollow core allows for living wall applications increasing a development’s habitat and biodiversity opportunities.
- They also require minimal equipment for delivery and placement, reducing the development footprint as a smaller staging area is required for construction.
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Credit 6: Stormwater
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- SS 6.1: (Rate & Quantity) 1 Point
- SS 6.2: (Treatment) 1 Point
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- To manage storm water runoff and limit disruption and pollution of natural water flows.
- To increase on-site infiltration and eliminate contaminants.
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- Atlas Block’s permeable interlocking concrete pavers will allow for the control of rainwater runoff.
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| Credit 7: Heat Island Effect |
- SS 7.1: (Non-roof) 1 Point
- SS 7.2: (Roof) 1 Point
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- To reduce thermal gradient differences between developed and undeveloped areas by using light-coloured, high-albedo materials.
- To encourage use of open grid pavement for at least 30% of the site’s roof and non-roof impervious surfaces.
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- Atlas Block has a wide selection of light coloured interlocking concrete pavements, slabs and SRW products. PCIP and SRW products can help decrease the development footprint.
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| Prerequisite 2: Minimum Energy Performance |
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- To establish a minimum level of energy for the base building and systems. This relates to new buildings, major renovations to existing buildings and low & high-rise multi-unit residential buildings.
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| Credit 1:Optimize Energy Performance |
- EA 1:(Optimize Energy Performance)1-10 Points
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- To increase levels of energy performance above the prerequisite standard.
- Points are awarded for percentage reductions in design energy.
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- Inclusion of Atlas Block concrete masonry units and brick & stone veneer products in a project design increases a building’s thermal mass and hence reduces a building’s potential energy use.
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| Credit 1:Building Reuse |
- MR 1.1:(Maintain 75% of existing walls, floors, roof)1 Point
- MR 1.2:(Maintain 95% of existing walls, floors, roof)1 Additional Point
- MR 1.3:(Maintain 50% of interior non-structural elements)1 Additional Point
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- To extend the life cycle of existing building stock, conserve resources, retain cultural resources, reduce waste and reduce environmental impacts of new buildings.
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- Our quality and long lasting products will ensure that this credit will be available for current & future project re-use.
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| Credit 2:Construction Waste Management |
- MR 2.1:(Divert 50% From Landfill)1 Point
- MR 2.2:(Divert 75% From Landfill)1 Additional Point
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- To divert construction, demolition and land clearing debris from landfill disposal.
- To redirect recovered resources back to the manufacturing process.
- To redirect reusable materials to appropriate sites.
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- The durable attributes of all our concrete products allow them to be salvaged from deconstructed buildings and reestablished in new projects.
- Our concrete products are ideal for diverting from landfills and redirecting back into the manufacturing process.
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| Credit 3:Resource Reuse Materials |
- MR 3.1: (5%)1 Point
- MR 3.2: (10%)1 Additional Point
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- To reduce demand for virgin resources by encouraging reuse of building materials and products.
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- Atlas Block product qualities meet the LEED® intent for this credit.
- Atlas Block reuses wooden pallets.
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| Credit 4:Recycled Content(Post-Consumer + ½ Post-Industrial) |
- MR 4.1: (7.5%)1 Point
- MR 4.2: (15%)1 Additional Point
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- To increase demand for building products that incorporate recycled content materials, therefore reducing impacts associated with extraction and processing of new virgin materials.
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- ALL Atlas Block products include not only post-consumer recycled content, but post-industrial recycled content and supplementary cementing materials as well.
- Our PCR Block contains 30% post-consumer recycled content.
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| Credit 5:Regional Materials |
- MR 5.1:(10% extracted and manufactured regionally)1 Point
- MR 5.2:(20% extracted and manufactured regionally)1 Additional Point
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- To 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 impact caused from transportation.
- To mitigate carbon emissions generated during the transportation/shipping of a project’s building materials.
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- Atlas Block’s manufacturing plants and raw material locations are all strategically located within the 800km LEED® radius of city cores and areas with high density populations.
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| Credit 8:Durable Building |
- MR 8:(Durable Building)1 Point
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- To encourage use of materials with a predicted lifetime that exceeds the predicted lifetime of the building itself.
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- All Atlas products are manufactured and registered to ISO standards and come with an unconditional lifetime structural guarantee.
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| Credit 1:Innovation in Design |
- ID 1.1:(Innovation in design)1 Point
- ID 1.2:(Innovation in design)1 Point
- ID 1.3:(Innovation in design)1 Point
- ID 1.4:(Innovation in design)1 Point
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- To provide design teams and projects the opportunity to be awarded points for exceptional performance above the requirements set by the LEED® Green Building Rating System and/or innovative performance for Green Building categories not specifically addressed by the LEED® Green Building Rating System.
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- Atlas Block is a leader in sustainable design and R&D for environmental innovations.
- Atlas Block is dedicated to using supplementary cementing materials to replace cement content. These materials have cementitious properties that make them suitable as replacements for approximately 20-25% of the cement in concrete products.
- SCM substitutes are given a very high weighting in LEED®.
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