Titus & LEED

The interest in "green" buildings is increasing. Green buildings are buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. The U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standard is becoming the basis for determining a buildings "green" status. More information on the USGBC can be found at www.usgbc.org.

LEED is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. It has sections to cover all aspects of the building and its construction.

The sections of LEED for New Construction are:

• Sustainable Sites (SS)
• Water Efficiency (WE)
• Energy & Atmosphere (EA)
• Materials & Resources (MR)
• Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ)
• Innovation & Design Process (ID)

The HVAC system plays an important role in achieving healthy buildings to work in, but these LEED Credits tend to be underutilized. The sections of LEED that relate to Titus' air distribution products fall primarily under the Energy & Atmosphere (EA) and Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ) sections of LEED. A chart showing the breakdown of the LEED Credits achieved in order of frequency and how often the HVAC specific credits are achieved can be found on the LEED Credits Achieved section of the website.

More information on Titus products that are eligible for LEED credit can be found on the LEED and Green Buildings section of the website in the LEED Application Guide.

The Regional Material and Recycled Content parts of the Materials & Resources (MR) section are applicable to all industries. To help you calculate the distance from our plants to your project site, Titus has created the Titus Distance Calculator. The Titus Distance calculator allows you to enter your Zip code and generate a printable report showing the distance to each Titus factory.

Titus offers a wide range of products that ship from factories across the country. By selecting a model that meets your performance needs and is within 500 miles from the project site, you can increase the percentage of regionally supplied products to acheive a LEED Regional Material credit. For an overview of Titus products and plant locations click here.