LEED & Pli: Introducion

As Pli develops as a company, we are always trying to find new ways to express how our furniture can help you and your projects become greener. Our latest idea is to help you, our customers, to understand how our furniture can help towards gaining LEED ( an internationally recognized green building certification system) accreditation.

Over the next few months we will be looking at some of the different criteria involved, with regards to furniture and commercial interiors, in gaining LEED accreditation . The first step for you is to visit the LEED website, then download the LEED 2009 for Commercial Interiors Rating System and become familiar with the sections that will be relevant to the series. Below is an outline of the posts with relevant section heading and pages which you can refer back to the LEED 2009 for Commercial Interiors Rating System.

1. Why LEED? an introduction to the LEED system and why we choose it.
2. Material reuse. Using building waste in furniture manufacturer. MR Credit 3.1 page 31
3. Material reuse – Furniture & Furnishings. How refurbished furniture can save waste. MR Credit 3.2 page 32
4. Recycled content. Incorporating recycled material into new furniture. MR Credit 4 page 33
5. Regional materials – Manufacture. How using locally manufactured products help. MR Credit 5 page 34
6. Regional materials – Extraction , harvesting & recovery. Where does every component come from and why it is important. MR Credit 5 page 34
7. Rapidly renewable materials. The use of fasting growing material in furniture. MR Credit 6 page 35
8. Certified wood. The importance of using certified wood in your projects. MR Credit 7 page 36
9. Low-emitting Material. How furniture effects the air quality of your interior. IEQ Credit 4.5 page 52-53
10. Now & into the future. A summary of the series with a look at future directions for LEED & PLI.