LEED Certification

AirField Systems is a proud member of the US Green Building Council and we create products that add significantly to your project's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) point certification. Below is a list of LEED credits that AirField products may add to your project.

Sustainable Site

Credit 5.1 Reduced Site Disturbance (Protect or Restore Open Space)
• Porous paving means less grading for drainage and protect existing vegetation
• Fill and/or park over major tree roots
• Designated path for reduced wildlife disturbance

Credit 5.2 Reduced Site Disturbance (Development Footprint)
• Visual lawn, functional traffic surface

Credit 6.1 Stormwater Management (Rate or Quantity)
• Porous paving = direct infiltration (quantity)
• Porous paving = slows speed of surface flow (rate)
• Retention = short or long-term subsurface storage (quantity)

Credit 6.2 Stormwater Management (Treatment)
• Porous paving = bio-filter treatment of pollutants
• Bio-swale for capture, conveyance, and treatment
• Capture and convey treated water below surface to storage

Credit 7.1 Landscape and Exterior Design to Reduce
• Heat Islands (Non-Roof)
• Albedo number of 0.16 (light color stone fill)
• Albedo number of 0.40 (grass fill, color and water transpiration)

Credit 7.1 Landscape and exterior Design to Reduce Heat Islands (Roof)
• Vegetated green roof surface

Water Efficiency Credit

Credit 1.1 Water Efficient Landscaping (Reduce by 50%)
• Source rain runoff and gray water—50% +
• Porous paving = maintain rainfall to existing vegetation roots
• Capture/reuse excess water from below porous paving
• Store rain for irrigation use
• Store gray water for irrigation use

Credit 1.2 Water Efficient Landscaping (No Potable Water or No Landscaping)
• Source rain runoff, gray water—100%
• Porous paving = maintain rainfall to existing vegetation roots
• Capture/reuse excess water from below porous paving
• Store rain for irrigation use
• Store gray water for irrigation use

Credit 2 Innovative Wastewater Technologies
• Capture and store building gray water
• Use for flushing and/or irrigation
• Create onsite wetlands treatment for wastewater
• Tertiary level water quality
• Use for flushing, heating/cooling, fire protection, and/or irrigation

Credit 3.1 Water Use Reduction, reduce by 20%
• Capture and store rain and gray water
• Mix or replace potable water by 20% minimum

Credit 3.2 Water Use Reduction, reduce by 30%
• Capture and store rain and gray water
• Mix or replace potable water by 30% minimum

Materials and Resources

Credit 3.1 and 3.2 Resource Reuse, Specify 5% to 10%
• Preserve and/or reuse existing trees and shrubs found onsite
• Porous paving = greater flexibility in grading and filling above existing roots
• Provide oxygen access to roots below deep fill layers
• Revegetate steep slopes and roofs
• reserve and reuse excess rainfall
• Capture and convey for reuse

Credit 4.1 and 4.2 Recycled Content, Specify 25% to 50%
Products are molded from post-industrial or post-consumer recycled resins
• Calculate percentage of water consumption from recycled gray or rainfall sources

Credit 5.1 Local/Regional Materials, 20% Manufactured Locally
• Depends on site location
• Shipped unassembled to reduce number of trucks, assembled by local distributor to project specifications

Energy & Atmosphere Credits

Credit 1.1–1.5 Optimize Energy Performance, 20–60% New/10–50% Existing
• Reduce solar reflection to south side of buildings
• Vegetated cool roof, reduce heat gain

To learn more about LEED certification, visit the U.S. Green Building Council.