May 19, 2008—USG has announced that the recycled content of its Levelrock brand SRB sound reduction board and Levelrock SRM-25 sound reduction mat can help architects and designers qualify for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) credits from the US Green Building Council.
While products themselves cannot be LEED-certified, they can contribute to helping the building achieve a LEED rating. SRB sound board has a recycled content of 49.7 percent, of which 17.0 percent is post-consumer material. The SRM-25 sound mat is manufactured with a typical recycled content of 15.0 percent, 100 percent of which is pre-consumer/post-industrial material. Because these materials do not contain any CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), cadmium or mercury, they are non-hazardous and non-toxic.
The sound board and sound mat help attenuate sound and are installed before the flooring underlayment is poured. They join USG’s Levelrock 2500 green, 3500 green and RH green floor underlayments, which also contain significant amounts of recycled material, as environmentally friendly flooring products. All of these products are available as standard items and do not need to be ordered specially from USG.
The LEED Green Building Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based standard to support and certify successful green building design, construction and operations. For more on Levelrock products, see the Web site.
