Vicwest offers consulting services regarding our products to design professionals interested in achieving LEED® or simply designing with environmental sustainability in mind. Our consulting team has superior experience with finishes, substrates, manufacturing process, installation methods, reflectance, emissivity and insulation measures. Earning LEED® credits doesn't have to be a cumbersome task when you enlist the services of one of our consultants. Building material choices are important in green building design because of the extensive network of extraction, processing, transport, construction, operation and disposal burdens during the construction process. This can be addressed in the design stage of a project where the design team can consider the following strategies to minimize the environmental impacts of materials used:
- Adaptive reuse of existing structures
- Design for durability
- Design for disassembly
From an overall product point of view, steel roofing and cladding are often used to refurbish existing structures. Vicwest's finishes are durable and the screw-down fastening systems lend themselves to disassembly. Added benefits are that our products are low maintenance, completely recyclable at the end of their life-cycle and in most cases, recycled locally.
Obtaining Specific LEED® Credits
Our Consultants can fully participate in the early stages of your design of your LEED® seeking projects by helping you to proactively prepare the necessary supporting documentation of how our products and processes meet the referenced standards applicable to the LEED® credit point system. read more »
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