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Welcome to the 9th annual LEED Guide, a collaboration between ED+C and the USGBC.
This special section contains just about everything beginners and novices need to know about LEED, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System, as well as its related programs, projects, professionals and processes.

LEED: Forging Ahead
A Letter from Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council.

by Rick Fedrizzi

LEED v3
LEED v3 is the recently launched latest version of the LEED green building program by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Since its launch in 2000, LEED has created unprecedented opportunity and growth in the green building and green jobs sector.

by Taryn Holowka LEED AP


Existing Buildings: Our Global Answer to Reducing Carbon Emissions
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2009 Sustainable Flooring Digital Edition
ED+C's 7th annual Sustainable Flooring section explores the latest flooring news, products and green projects. Be sure to explore the myriad choices and environmental attributes when specifying your next sustainable floor.

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New Collection of Eco-Performance Showerheads
Moen’s Envi collection of Eco-Performance showerheads are new, multi-function, water-efficient showerheads, hand showers and rainshowers that offer a lower flow rate than the industry standard, the company reports.

Stainless Steel Waterless Urinal
Neo-Metro’s Waterless Urinal utilizes a waterless system that necessitates no liquid to flush or evacuate. The product is manufactured with heavy-duty stainless steel to give it a sleek appearance and sturdy composition.

Achieve Efficiency at Every Level: THERMAX Wall System
As the world’s attention becomes more focused on global warming, architects, design-build firms and contractors are challenged to meet increasingly stringent energy efficiency standards. Dow offers design and construction professionals a simple solution: the THERMAX Wall System.

Terra Green Ceramics
It is always to a designer’s pleasure to work with a truly sustainable product that offers style, color and statement. And when it comes to the most sustainable floor covering, nothing can compete with ceramic tile and a product life of plus-50 years.

Building Energy Evaluation Tool
Graphisoft’s Graphisoft EcoDesigner is an integrated, easy–to-use energy evaluation tool for architects that enables architects to control the energy consumption of their buildings, the company reports.

Enhanced-Performance Roof Hatch
The Bilco Company has introduced an enhanced-performance roof hatch that is more than 250 percent more energy-efficient than standard roof hatches and is comprised of materials with a high level of recycled content, the company reports.

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"Superior Technologies Yarn" to be Manufactured by AquafilUSA
Aquafil USA, Inc. has entered into an agreement with Monticello International, the newly formed company which acquired the assets of Thomas Industries, to manufacture all nylon yarns previously produced at the Cross Plains Boulevard plant under the brand “ Superior Yarn Technology.”

Bentley Prince Street Products Achieve New NSF/ANSI 140-2007 Sustainable Carpet Certifications
Meeting new, stringent definitions for sustainable carpet, Bentley Prince Street, Inc. announced that all of its standard* broadloom products are certified at the highest Platinum Level with the new NSF 140-2007 Sustainable Carpet Assessment Standard.

Mannington's Virtual Library Earns Best of NEOCON Award
At NeoCon 2009, Mannington Commercial has won a Best of NeoCon Silver award for its innovative online Virtual Library. The first of its kind in the floorcovering industry, the Virtual Library offers a 3-dimensional immersive product library experience, showing Mannington’s full range of carpet and hard surface floorcoverings on any computer with Web access.

Mannington Commercial Recycling 19 Million Pounds of Post-Consumer VCT
Mannington Commercial announced an innovative environmental initiative to reclaim and recycle post-consumer vinyl composition tile (VCT), helping to reduce the more than 1 billion pounds of VCT disposed of in America’s landfills each year.

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