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GleenGlass™ Recycled Glass Products and LEED Certification
GleenGlass is an artisan glass studio in Vancouver Washington. GleenGlass
reclaims and transforms glass into beautiful, functional works of art
and architectural design elements for residential and commercial applications.
GleenGlass is the first company to consistently form products from 100% recycled glass. We work with glass installers and manufacturers to recycle shower doors, commercial windows, and any other glass that would otherwise go into a dumpster. We also work with glass manufacturers to ensure that our sheet-formed products contain a minimum of 25% recycled glass.
GleenGlass recycled glass vessels and surfaces can help gain LEED certification for commercial and residential projects. Our products qualify under a number of LEED categories including:
MR 3.1 Resource Reuse: 1 Point
Requirements
— Use salvaged, refurbished or reused materials, products and furnishings
for at least 5% of building materials.
GleenGlass Application
— All GleenGlass products are formed from 25% or greater reused materials
and apply to the aggregate percentage of products used in the building
of the project to fulfill this requirement.
MR 3.2 Resource Reuse: 1 Point in Addition
to MR 3.1
Requirements
— Use salvaged, refurbished or reused materials, products and furnishings
for at least 10% of building materials.
GleenGlass Application
— All GleenGlass products are formed from 25% or greater reused materials
and apply to the aggregate percentage of products used in the building
of the project to fulfill this requirement.
MR 4.1 Recycled Content: 5% 1 Point
Requirements
— Use materials with recycled content such that the sum of post-consumer
recycled content plus one-half of the post-industrial content constitutes
at least 5% of the total value of the materials in the project. The value
of the recycled content portion of a material or furnishing shall be determined
by dividing the weight of recycled content in the item by the total weight
of all material in the item, then
multiplying the resulting percentage by the total value of the item.
GleenGlass Application
— GleenGlass vessels are 100% recycled glass content. GleenGlass
surfaces are a minimum 25% recycled glass content with specific recycled
content as follows:
• GleenGlass Cobble™ surfaces: 100% post consumer or post industrial
recycled glass
• GleenGlass Gleen™ surfaces: 100% post consumer or post industrial
recycled glass
• GleenGlass Journey™ surfaces: 25% or greater post industrial
or post consumer recycled glass
MR 4.2 Recycled Content: 10% 1 Point
in Addition to MR 4.1
Requirements
— Use materials with recycled content such that the sum of post-consumer
recycled content plus one-half of the post-industrial content constitutes
at least 10% of the total value of the materials in the project.
GleenGlass Application
— GleenGlass vessels are 100% recycled glass content. GleenGlass
surfaces are a minimum 25% recycled glass content with specific recycled
content as follows:
• GleenGlass Cobble™ surfaces: 100% post consumer or post industrial
recycled glass
• GleenGlass Gleen™ surfaces: 100% post consumer or post industrial
recycled glass
• GleenGlass Journey™ surfaces: 25% or greater post industrial
or post consumer recycled glass
MR 5.1 Regional Materials: 20% manufactured
regionally: 1 Point
Requirements
— Use a minimum of 20% of building materials and products that are
manufactured* regionally within a radius of 500 miles.
*Manufacturing refers to the final assembly of components into the building
product that is furnished and installed by the tradesmen. For example,
if the hardware comes from Dallas, Texas, the lumber from Vancouver, British
Columbia, and the joist is assembled in Kent, Washington; then the location
of the final assembly is Kent, Washington.
GleenGlass Application
— All GleenGlass products are manufactured in Vancouver, Washington
and apply to MR 5.1 when the installation is within 500 miles of zip code
98663.
MR 5.2 Regional Materials: 50% extracted
regionally: 1 Point in Addition to MR 5.1
Requirements
— Of the regionally manufactured materials documented for MR Credit
5.1, use a minimum of 50% of building materials and products that are
extracted, harvested or recovered (as well as manufactured) within 500
miles of the project site.
GleenGlass Application
— All GleenGlass products are manufactured in Vancouver, Washington
and apply to MR 5.1 when the installation is within 500 miles of zip code
98663.
For questions or written statements of GleenGlass and LEED standards please contact GleenGlass at:
GleenGlass LLC
John Sauer, Principal
204 Alki Road
Vancouver, WA 98663
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