Leed

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), is a third party building certification program developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The program is designed to “transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.”

With this goal in mind, LEED certifies projects, not products. The purpose of certifying projects instead of products is to emphasize the buildings’ end results instead of a prescriptive requirement. Although some credits have prescriptive requirements, the credits have all been written such that if the intent of the credit is achieved, a project will receive points. Thus, the LEED handbook is written such that there is a credit title, the intent of the credit, and then recommended—though not prescriptive—methods to obtain the credit.

Below is a list of areas where 3M Window Films may apply to certain credits’ intents. This does not in any way imply that the window films will satisfy the requirement for the LEED credit, but the product will work toward the intent of the credit. Credits can only be given by the USGBC.

NOTE: Each application is different. End users are solely responsible for evaluating and determining whether LEED credits can be acquired.