VoiceArrest™ Contributes to LEED® points
What Does This Mean to Me?
The built environment has a vast impact on the natural environment, human health, and the economy. By adopting green building strategies, we can maximize both economic and environmental performance. Green construction methods can be integrated into buildings at any stage, from design and construction, to renovation and deconstruction. However, the most significant benefits can be obtained if the design and construction team takes an integrated approach from the earliest stages of a building project.
Environmental benefits
- Enhance and protect biodiversity and ecosystems
- Improve air and water quality
- Reduce waste streams
- Conserve and restore natural resources
Economic benefits
- Reduce operating costs
- Create, expand, and shape markets for green product and services
- Improve occupant productivity
- Optimize life-cycle economic performance
Social benefits
- Enhance occupant comfort and health
- Heighten aesthetic qualities
- Minimize strain on local infrastructure
- Improve overall quality of life
In What Areas does the VoiceArrest Sound Masking System contribute to LEED®?
VoiceArrest™ fits into the following categories/sub-categories:
- Noise Control
- Reduces Material Use
- Exceptional durability/low maintenance requirements
- Conserves Energy
- Improves light quality, thermal comfort, thermal efficiency and controllability
What is LEED®?
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a building rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (an NGO) in 1999/2000. It provides independent, third-party verification that a building project meets the highest green building and performance measures.
To be LEED certified, a project must earn points in six LEED credit categories:
- Sustainable Sites
- Water Efficiency
- Energy & Atmosphere
- Materials & Resources
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Innovation in Design
VoiceArrest™ sound masking contributes to LEED points in several categories:
- EA Prerequisite 2: Minimum Energy Performance
- EA Credit 1: Optimize Energy Performance
- MR Credit 1.3: Building Reuse: Maintain 50% of Interior Non-Structural Elements
- EQ Prerequisite 1: Minimum IAQ Performance
- EQ Credit 6.1: Controllability of Systems: Lighting
- EQ Credit 6.2: Controllability of Systems: Thermal Comfort
- EQ Credit 7.1: Thermal Comfort: Design
- EQ Credit 8.1: Daylight & Views: Daylight 75% of Spaces
- EQ Credit 8.2: Daylight & Views: Daylight 90% of Spaces
- EQ Credit 8.3: Daylight & Views: Views for 90% of Seated Spaces
Four available levels of LEED certification based on points earned:
- Certified (26–32 pts.)
- Silver (33–38 pts.)
- Gold (39–51 pts.)
- Platinum (52–69 pts.)
An Important Note about Energy Use:
Competing sound masking systems require anywhere from 5–30X the power of the VoiceArresttm System
(VoiceArresttm uses approx. 7W of power to cover 30,000 square feet).
