Continental Products & Services Helps Companies Earn LEED Credits with Sustainable Building Products
Michelle Knapper
Design Consultant
and Customer Service
HUDSON, OHIO (September 8, 2008) — With a strong education in Geology & Earth Sciences combined with many years of experience in masonry building products, Rick Knapper of Continental Products & Services, knows how to help companies and organizations in Northeast Ohio who are working to build new green buildings or want to make their existing facilities more energy efficient and sustainable using green technologies.
“We have been working to educate our industry about the effects of various building materials and techniques on the environment,” explained Rick Knapper. “The LEED certification program from the U.S. Green Building Council provides guidelines for how to incorporate good environmental practices into the design, operation and construction of high performance green buildings.”
About Continental Products & Services
Continental Products & Services. is a regional distributor for Oberfield’s Inc., an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer headquartered in Delaware, Ohio. Oberfield’s SealTech products have a third party certified LEED status by containing 10% post- consumer recycled content. This environmentally-friendly building unit has two outstanding benefits: it makes a potential LEED credit and it also translates to dollar savings in the construction.
About LEED Certification
LEED (which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) involves six categories or sections:
- Sustainable sites
- Water efficiency
- Energy & Atmosphere
- Materials & Resources
- Indoor environmental quality
- Innovation & design process
Currently many state, county and local governments are either considering adopting legislation or have already green guidelines in place that encourage builders to use the LEED certification rankings. For example, the Ohio Schools Facility Commission has already adopted the LEED® for Schools Green Building Rating System™ as part of its school design standards. Project certification points include various levels of certification depending upon the number of points met under the different category requirements.
For more information about Continential Products & Services, visit the website at http://www.continentalproducts.net.
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