How-to guide helps manufacturers meet LEED requirements

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Boston—A new report was released on Oct. 21 by Clean Production Action and Green Circle Certified which offers guidance on using the GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals method to meet LEED v4 requirements.

GreenScreen helps manufacturers, architects and designers in identifying chemicals of concern and selecting safer alternatives. The new report—How to Use GreenScreen for LEED v4—provides an overview on LEED requirements and defines terms that are critical for meeting them. Included in the Guide are directions on how manufacturers can get their inventories or optimization claims verified for LEED v4 compliance.

More important, the how-to guide charts a four-step process for using GreenScreen to determine that products are compliant with new LEED v4 requirements around building product disclosure and optimization. The four steps inlcude Product Inventory, Chemical Hazard Assessment, Reporting and and (Optional) LEED-compliant verification.

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