Materials+and+Resources

Materials & Resources for LEED Buildings

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1.  light motion sensors help save energy by turning off when there is no motion in the room for a cretin amount of time and when someone walks into the room it detects the motion and tuns the lights on. (http://constantsecurity.net/Motion.jpg)

2. Porous pavement is designed to allow water to flow through the pavement and naturals filter through the soil andallow plant life and trees to grow next to the road. In the cities there would be less stormwater in the drains and will helping to remove the oils, fuels and other contaminants that are normally picked up by water on its way through the streets and make them less slippery when it rains.

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3. Natural lighting is a good way to help lower the amount of energy used to light a home or building during the day. Natural lighting helps lower the amount of light balbs needed in a home or building and the amount of light balbs that are going into land fills because you will use them less wich mean that they will last longer. (http://static.flickr.com/83/216500844_7154d601a2_o.jpg)

4. Bamboo flooring is a good materal to build floors out of. Bamboo grows much faster than trees that most hard wood floors are made out of in homes. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Bamboo_Flooring.jpg/400px-Bamboo_Flooring.jpg)

Easy solutions to help make a building complex L.E.E.D. certified to do so you may want to consider adding some of these materials. (below is a list)


 * Install certified wood/cement flooring
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use regional/local materials
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reuse materials
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Recycle asphalt
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">use natural materials