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By David Leonhardt and Corey Rozon What is LEED? LEED is a rating system, known as the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and is a voluntary system for defining what elements make a building green. “LEED certification will provide challenges to the industry including the need to ensure an understanding of a new generation of materials properties and developing the practices and processes needed to ensure specifications and finished products meet the standards of green building. I am especially exited to be part of this process and in making a contribution towards shaping new building technologies.” Ken Moscrip, President of Paramount Roll and Forming - one of Southern California’s most prominent metal rolling companies. Consisting of a clear set of environmental performance criteria organized into six categories, the Canadian version of LEED, which is very similar to the USGBC version (U.S. Green Building Council), is listed below:
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ABOUT THE WRITERS David Leonhardt and Corey Rozon are freelance ghostwriters in Canada. Special thanks goes to: Paramount-Roll a metal tube bending company, Service Blocks, general contractors in Aylmer, Nepean and Kanata, and finally Durisol Build, who make LEED green building with ICF possible, for donating their time and allowing me to interview them for this article.
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