Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System

The LEED Green Building Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Since 1994, LEED has been recognized worldwide as a major standard to rate environmental performance in buildings.

LEED is sponsored by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). For more information, please visit their website www.usgbc.org.

There are several categories of LEED standards. LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) addresses the specifics of tenant spaces in office, retail, and institutional buildings.

Krug contributes to one credit for LEED-CI in each of the following areas:

• Credit 2.1 - Construction Waste Management
• Credit 2.2 - Construction Waste Management
• Credit 3.3 - Resource Reuse
• Credit 4.1 - Recycled Content
• Credit 4.2 - Recycled ContentCredit 4.4 - Low Emitting Materials, Composite Wood and Laminate Adhesives
• Credit 4.5 - Low Emitting Materials, Systems and Seating
• Credit 6 - Rapidly Renewable Materials
• Credit 7 - Certified Wood

LEED-CI Credit 2.1-2.2 - Construction Waste Management

To earn this credit there must be a waste management plan that includes directing packaging debris to uses other than landfill. All packaging use to protect Krug products during shipping is recyclable.

LEED-CI Credit 3.3 - Resource Reuse

If a project uses salvaged, refurbished or used furniture and furnishings amounting to at least 30 percent of the total furniture and furnishings budget, it can qualify for this credit. Krug furniture is build to last many years. This is evident by our standard 10-year warranty on our product.