Drexel Metal Roof Systems offer architects and owners a great opportunity to achieve LEED credits!!!!

What is LEED^®? The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.

 Here is a list of Cool Metal Roofing Credit Opportunities Under USGBC LEED-NC v2.2

 Sustainable Sites

 SS Credit 7.2 Heat Island Effect: Roof

(Selected painted metal roofing can meet the solar reflective index value.)

 Water Efficiency

 WE Credit 1.1 Water Efficient Landscaping: Reduce by 50%

WE Credit 1.2 Water Efficient Landscaping: No Potable Water Use or No Irrigation

WE Credit 2 Innovative Waste water Technologies

WE Credit 3.1 Water Use Reduction: 20% Reduction

WE Credit 3.2 Water Use Reduction: 30% Reduction

(Metal roofing can easily be applied to captured rainwater systems for building use.)

 Energy & Atmosphere

 EA Credit 1 Optimize Energy Performance

(Cool metal roofing can be modeled to show the impact of reduced heat gains.)

 Materials & Resources

MR Credit 1.1 Building Reuse: Maintain 75% of Existing Walls, Floors & Roof

MR Credit 1.2 Building Reuse: Maintain 95% of Existing Walls, Floors & Roof

(When a building is renovated for reuse, existing metal roofing can qualify.)

 MR Credit 2.1 Construction Waste Management: Divert 50% from Disposal

MR Credit 2.2 Construction Waste Management: Divert 75% from Disposal

(When a building is demolished, existing metal roofing is easily recyclable.)

 MR Credit 3.1 Materials Reuse: 5%

MR Credit 3.2 Materials Reuse: 10%

(When a building is demolished, existing metal roofing might be reused.)

 MR Credit 4.1 Recycled Content: 10% (post-consumer + ½ pre-consumer)

MR Credit 4.2 Recycled Content: 20% (post-consumer + ½ pre-consumer)

(See “Steel Takes LEED With Recycled Content” at www.recycle-steel.org)

 Indoor Environmental Quality

(Metal roofing can help ventilation and daylighting and provide low VOC substrates.)

 Innovation in Design

(Metal roofing may support exceptional performance, such as for water efficiency.)

Innovation – Portable Site formed metal roof systems

For more information please contact Drexel Metals LLC at 888 321 9630.