LEED

Sustainability is about so much more than just environmental issues. Sustainability encompasses both social and economic dimensions as well as environmental responsibility. Our sustainability program is a holistic approach to managing sustainability issues, considering our impact on all three aspects of sustainability and not just the environment.

As a manufacturer of floor and wall products, we are able to help projects achieve credits in LEED® categories of Material & Resources and Indoor Environmental Quality. To learn how each of our products can help you with LEED credits, click the document below:

The following are the LEED credits we contribute to:

Quantify and Assess Embodied Carbon

Material & resources

MRp2

Any Altro products with an EPD contribute towards this prerequisite credit.

Reduce Embodied Carbon

Material & resources

MRc2

Any Altro products with an EPD contribute to this credit.

Low-Emitting Materials

Material & resources

MRc3

All Altro flooring and all Altro wall cladding contributes to this credit.

Building Product Selection and Procurement

Material & resources

MRc4

This complex multi-attribute credit offers varying points per product range. Most Altro products contribute in some way, either through our HPDs (available upon request), EPDs, Altro’s Ecovadis certification, the recycled content in our products and bio-based ingredients. For more information view the products individual scorecards.

Occupant Experience

Indoor environmental quality

EQc2 – Occupant Experience – Option 1, Images of Nature

LEED v5 includes an Indoor Environmental Quality Credit that offers points for integrating biophilic design into the built environment. One compliance path includes Indirect experience of nature – including images of nature. Altro Whiterock Digiclad can help projects qualify for this credit.

For more information about LEED® please consult the USGBC website.