Page 99 - Andersen Windows & Patio Doors 2017-18 100 Series Product Guide for Professionals

TECHNICAL DATA

Andersen windows and doors can make
®
significant contributions to the success
of sustainable design strategies.

As a charter member of the U.S. Green Building Council, we are active supporters of certified green buildings. Our products may assist
customers in pursuing green building programs, such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED ), the National Green
®
Building Standard, Green Globes, GreenStar and more.

Below you will find a high-level overview of how our products may assist project teams with pursuing LEED v4 or the NAHB National Green
Building Standard rating systems. More detailed credit summaries, as well as information about how Andersen products can support earlier
versions of LEED certification (e.g., LEED v3 or LEED 2008), are available at andersenwindows.com.

LEED v4 FOR BUILDING DESIGN AND LEED v4 FOR BUILDING DESIGN compiled in order to achieve one of four levels of
CONSTRUCTION: NEW CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION: HOMES AND certification: Bronze, Silver, Gold or Emerald.
AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS MULTIFAMILY MIDRISE Andersen windows and patio doors may assist your
project strategy in the following NAHB National
Andersen windows and patio doors may assist project Andersen windows and patio doors may assist project
Green Building Standard credits:
teams in pursuing the following credits in the LEED v4 teams in pursuing the following credits in the LEED v4
BD+C: New Construction rating system. BD+C: Homes rating system. Site Design & Development
Integrative Process Credit Energy & Atmosphere Lot Design, Preparation & Development
• Minimum energy performance prerequisite
Energy & Atmosphere Resource Efficiency
• Education of the homeowner, tenant or building
• Minimum energy performance prerequisite • Windows and doors not requiring paint or stain
prerequisite
• Optimize energy performance credit • Flashing details
• Annual energy use credit
• Renewable energy production credit • Construction materials recycled off-site
• Building orientation for passive solar credit
• Green power and carbon offsets credit • Wood-based products from certified forestry
• Air Infiltration credit
Materials & Resources • Innovative practices
• Windows credit
• Construction and demolition waste management Energy Efficiency Product Performance, Installation & Warranty
Materials & Resources Combination Designs,
planning credit • Minimum energy requirements (mandatory)
• Durability management prerequisite
• Building product disclosure and optimization - • Fenestration (mandatory)
• Environmentally preferable products credit
sourcing of raw materials credit • Better energy requirements - performance path
• Construction waste management credit
• Construction and demolition waste•• • • • • • • • • • • • • Better fenestration
management credit Indoor Environmental Quality • Additional practices - daylighting through roof
• Ventilation prerequisite • Additional practices - renewable energy
Indoor Environmental Quality
• Low-emitting products credit
• Minimum indoor air quality performance• • • • • • • Water Efficiency
prerequisite
Indoor Environmental Quality
• Minimum acoustic performance prerequisite – • • NAHB NATIONAL GREEN BUILDING • Pollutant source control - formaldehyde
schools STANDARD • Pollutant source control - interior architectural
• Enhanced indoor air quality strategies credit
The NAHB National Green Building Standard, now coatings
• Low-emitting materials credit
called the ICC 700-2015 National Green Building • Pollutant source control - interior adhesives and
• Thermal comfort credit
Standard, is ANSI (American National Standards sealants
• Daylight credit
Institute) approved, and was written in collaboration
• Quality views credit Operation, Maintenance & Building Owner Education
with the International Code Council, and is a • Homeowner's binder
• Acoustic performance credit (option 2)
comprehensive green building rating system. Each • Building construction manual
category contains multiple credit point standards for a
Based on ICC 700-2015 National Green Building
project team to consider during design, construction,
Standard.
and function of the building. The credit points are then

97