Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards provide a complete framework for assessing building performance and meeting sustainability goals. Based on well-founded scientific standards, LEED emphasizes state of the art strategies for sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.
Projects designed and constructed to comply with LEED guidelines benefit from water management systems that emphasize sustainability modeled on natural hydrologic cycles. Innovative systems manufactured from recycled materials and that can be assembled on site like those from Atlantis are particularly important in earning LEED credits. Atlantis products are used in Green Building projects in many ways, including:
Storm Water Detention and Recycling
Infiltration and Groundwater Recharge
Green Roofs and Planter Boxes
Permeable Paving
Systematic use of products from Atlantis Water Management can help the LEED project designer earn credits in the following categories:
- Maximize open space (5.1)
- Minimize development footprint (5.2)
- Reduce storm water quantity (6.1)
- Improve storm water quality (6.2)
- Recycle storm water (1.1, 1.2, 2)
- Reduce demand on potable water (3.1, 3.2)
- Recycled plastics (4.1, 4.2)
- Ship flat and assemble on site (5.1)
Although relatively new to the US, Atlantis Water Management based in Sydney, Australia, is already exporting to more than thirty countries and is manufacturing them from recycled materials in five nations. Atlantis quietly entered the US market on both coasts almost two years ago. Now we're introducing their products to Texas.
More information on using Atlantis products in LEED or other Green Building projects For more information on this subject, please contact us at 832.456.1000.
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