LEED Contribution Credits

Intent:
Achieve increasing levels of energy performance above the baseline in the prerequisite standard to reduce environmental and economic impacts associated with excessive energy use.

Contribution:
The high density mineral wool supporting panels provide an excellent source of additional thermal insulation, providing and R-Value of 4.35 per inch of thickness, thus reducing heating and cooling energy use.

BASWAphon provides the following insulating R-values: 30-mm system (1.18” ) R-5.13; 40-mm system (1.57” ) R-6.83 and 68-mm system (2.68” ) R-11.66.

Intent: Divert 50% From Disposal
Divert construction, demolition and land-clearing debris from disposal in landfills and incinerators. Redirect recyclable recovered resources back to the manufacturing process. Redirect reusable materials to appropriate sites.

Contribution:
In a typical installation, less than 3% of panels are discarded due to small left over pieces. Panel scraps may be acceptable in mixed-glass recycling facilities, plastic pails containing the Pre-Fill, Base and Top Coats are recyclable. Unused panels, Base and Top Coats are saved for use on another project.

Intent: Divert 75% from Disposal
Divert construction and demolition debris from disposal in landfills and incinerators. Redirect recyclable recovered resources back to the manufacturing process. Redirect reusable materials to appropriate sites.

Contribution:
In a typical installation, less than 3% of panels are discarded due to small left over pieces. Panel scraps may be acceptable in mixed-glass recycling facilities, plastic pails containing the Pre-Fill, Base and Top Coats are recyclable. Unused panels, Base and Top Coats are saved for use on another project.

Intent:
Increase demand for building products that incorporate recycled content materials, thereby reducing impacts resulting from extraction and processing of virgin materials.

Contribution:
The high percentage of post consumer recycled materials in the mineral wool supporting panels, pre-fill, base and finish coats provides an excellent source recycled content in a building product, thus reducing landfill use.

The BASWAphon Acoustical Finish System is available in 3 system thicknesses, 30-mm (1.18” ), 40-mm (1.57” ) and 68-mm (2.68” ); each having different sound absorption characteristics.

The system is comprised of 5 components: a 25-mm, 35-mm or 63-mm mineral wool supporting panel (74% post-consumer recycled glass with a phenol-resin binder), a factory applied pre-coating of glass micro-spheres (75% post-consumer recycled glass with vinyl acetate-copolymer binders), a pre-fill made of glass micro-spheres used to fill in spaces between supporting panels (75% post-consumer recycled glass with vinyl acetate-copolymer binders), a trowel-applied base coat (95% pre-consumer recycled marble aggregate with a vinyl-acetate copolymer binder), and top coat (95% pre-consumer recycled marble aggregate with an acrylic copolymer binder).

BASWAphon can be applied to walls or ceilings, including curves, vaults, domes and warped surfaces.

Intent:
Increase demand for building products that incorporate recycled content materials, thereby reducing the impacts resulting from extraction and processing of virgin materials.

Contribution:
The high percentage of post consumer recycled materials in the mineral wool supporting panels, pre-fill, base and finish coats provides an excellent source recycled content in a building product, thus reducing landfill use.

The BASWAphon Acoustical Finish System is available in 3 system thicknesses, 30-mm (1.18” ), 40-mm (1.57” ) and 68-mm (2.68” ); each having different sound absorption characteristics.

The system is comprised of 5 components: a 25-mm, 35-mm or 63-mm mineral wool supporting panel (74% post-consumer recycled glass with a phenol-resin binder), a factory applied pre-coating of glass micro-spheres (75% post-consumer recycled glass with vinyl acetate-copolymer binders), a pre-fill made of glass micro-spheres used to fill in spaces between supporting panels (75% post-consumer recycled glass with vinyl acetate-copolymer binders), a trowel-applied base coat (95% pre-consumer recycled marble aggregate with a vinyl-acetate copolymer binder), and top coat (95% pre-consumer recycled marble aggregate with an acrylic copolymer binder).

BASWAphon can be applied to walls or ceilings, including curves, vaults, domes and warped surfaces.

Intent:
Reduce the quantity of indoor air contaminants that are odorous, irritating and/or harmful to the comfort and well beings of installers and occupants.

Contribution:
The sensitive use of binders in the mineral wool panels and binders used to adhere the recycled contents creates an acoustical product that has no harmful volatile organic compound emissions (no VOCs).

Intent:
Provide a comfortable thermal environment that supports the productivity and well-being of building occupants.

Contribution:
The high density mineral wool supporting panels provide an excellent source of thermal insulation, providing and R-Value of 4.35 per inch of thickness, thus reducing heating and cooling energy use and affording occupants greater thermal comfort in a conditioned space with lower heating and cooling energy use.

BASWAphon provides the following insulating R-values: 30-mm system (1.18” ) R-5.13; 40-mm system (1.57” ) R-6.83 and 68-mm system (2.68” ) R-11.66.

The light reflectivity of BASWAphon per ASTM E1477-98a is 90.975.

Intent:
Provide for the building occupants a connection between indoor spaces and the outdoors through the introduction of daylight views into the regularly occupied areas of the building.

Contribution:
The high density marble aggregate finish coat is an excellent reflective surface, reflecting natural light as well as artificial light sources. In interior occupied spaces, energy use can be dramatically reduced through the coordination of locations of lighting and BASWAphon, thus reducing overall energy consumption.

The light reflectivity of BASWAphon per ASTM E1477-98a is 90.975.