Sustainable Sites
Sites are deemed sustainable if they minimise harm to microclimates and human and wildlife habitats by reducing heat islands. Jotun's paints and coatings can contribute up to 2 LEED points.
Green Building Standards
Jotun's Green Building products contribute to achieving credits in the major green building standards
LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is one of the main international green building standards. More than 100,000 projects across 180 countries and territories are certified in the LEED system. In terms of the LEED criteria, paints and coatings can contribute up to 17% of the credits required for certification. These points may be accumulated across 3 categories.
Indoor Environmental Quality
Low-emitting materials can have a positive impact on air quality, human health, productivity, and the environment. Jotun's paints and coatings can contribute up to 3 LEED points.
Materials and Resources
LEED encourages the use of products for which the environmental impact can be verified. You can earn 1 LEED point for documenting material ingredients, and 1 LEED point for Environmental Product Declaration. In total, Jotun's paints and coatings can contribute up to 2 LEED points.
How to increase your LEED points?
Product selection
Adequate forward planning ensures you select products with the mimimum impact on human health and the environment.
EPDs
Obtaining Product-specific Type III EPDs enables you to certify the environmental impact of specific products.
Credits
Optimising credits earned on specific products increases the likelihood of achieving certification.
Popular green standards
BREEAM
BREEAM is one of the world’s leading sustainability assessment methods for building, infrastructure and masterplan projects. The standard is used in 77 countries on thousands of projects and has become a globally recognised standard.
ESTIDAMA
Estidama, which means sustainability in Arabic, is a key aspect of the Abu Dhabi Vision 2030 to build the emirate according to green standards. While not a green building rating system such as LEED or BREEAM, Estidama is an elective building code that contains the Pearl Rating System and is mandatory in Abu Dhabi.
BCA Green Mark Scheme
The BCA Green Mark Scheme is an initiative aimed at driving Singapore's construction industry towards more environment-friendly buildings. The scheme uses internationally recognised best practices in environmental design and performance as its basis.
Green Building Index (GBI)
The Green Building Index (GBI) is the recognised green rating tool for buildings in Malaysia. It aims to to promote sustainability and raise awareness of environmental issues among developers, architects, engineers, planners, designers, contractors and the public.
GRIHA
GRIHA was adopted by the Government of India in 2007 as the national rating system for green buildings and attempts to minimise resource consumption, waste generation, and the overall ecological impact of buildings to within certain nationally acceptable limits.