LEED Contribution Credits

Intent:

To achieve increasing levels of energy performance above the baseline in the prerequisite standard to reduce environmental and economic impacts associated with excessive energy use.

Contribution:
The high density mineral wool supporting panels provide an excellent source of additional thermal insulation, providing and R-Value of 4.35 per inch of thickness, thus reducing heating and cooling energy use.

BASWAphon provides the following insulating R-values: 30-mm system (1.18” ) R-5.13; 40-mm system (1.57” ) R-6.83 and 68-mm system (2.68” ) R-11.66.

Intent:

To divert construction, demolition and debris from disposal in landfills and incineration facilities.  Redirect recyclable recovered resources back to the manufacturing process and reusable materials to appropriate sites.

Contribution:
In a typical installation, less than 3% of panels are discarded due to small left over pieces. Panel scraps may be acceptable in mixed-glass recycling facilities, plastic pails containing the Pre-Fill, Base and Top Coats are recyclable. Unused panels, Base and Top Coats are saved for use on another project.

Intent:

To increase demand for building products that incorporate recycled content materials, thereby reducing impacts resulting from extraction and processing of virgin materials.

Contribution:
The high percentage of post consumer recycled materials in the mineral wool supporting panels, pre-fill, base and finish coats provides an excellent source recycled content in a building product, thus reducing landfill use.

The BASWAphon Acoustical Finish System is available in 3 system thicknesses, 30-mm (1.18” ), 40-mm (1.57” ) and 68-mm (2.68” ); each having different sound absorption characteristics.

The system is comprised of 5 components: a 25-mm, 35-mm or 63-mm mineral wool supporting panel (74% post-consumer recycled glass with a phenol-resin binder), a factory applied pre-coating of glass micro-spheres (75% post-consumer recycled glass with vinyl acetate-copolymer binders), a pre-fill made of glass micro-spheres used to fill in spaces between supporting panels (75% post-consumer recycled glass with vinyl acetate-copolymer binders), a trowel-applied base coat (95% pre-consumer recycled marble aggregate with a vinyl-acetate copolymer binder), and top coat (95% pre-consumer recycled marble aggregate with an acrylic copolymer binder).

Intent:

To increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured within the region, thereby supporting the use of indigenous resources and reducing the environmental impacts resulting from transportation.

Contribution:
The cleaning and maintenance of BASWAphon Seamless Acoustical Finishes do not require any hazardous cleaning agents.

The "Classic" finish requires using masking or duct tape to remove finger prints, food stains or organic stains. Dust can be vacuumed or blown off using a pressured air hose. Stains that have penetrated the surface and are not easily removed by aforementioned actions can be removed with a 10% solution of hydrogen peroxide.

The "Frosted" and "Clean" finishes require using masking or duct tape to remove finger prints, food stains or organic stains. Dust can be vacuumed or blown off using a pressured air hose. Stains that have penetrated the surface and are not easily removed by aforementioned actions can be removed with warm water and a soft natural bristled brush, rinsed gently and patted dry with a clean towel. Use of a clear aerosol foaming glass cleaner such as Champion Sprayon Vista Cleer Glass Cleaner manufactured by Chase Products Company, certified under GS-37, will bring deep stains to the surface of the finish which then can be removed with warm water and a soft natural bristled brush, rinsed gently and patted dry with a clean towel.

Intent:

To reduce the quantity of indoor air contaminants that are odorous, irritating and/or harmful to the comfort and well being of installers and occupants.

Contribution:
The sensitive use of binders in the mineral wool panels and binders used to adhere the recycled contents creates an acoustical product that has no harmful volatile organic compound emissions (no VOCs).

Intent:

To provide a comfortable thermal environment that promotes occupant productivity and well-being.

Contribution:
The high density mineral wool supporting panels provide an excellent source of thermal insulation, providing and R-Value of 4.35 per inch of thickness, thus reducing heating and cooling energy use and affording occupants greater thermal comfort in a conditioned space with lower heating and cooling energy use.

BASWAphon provides the following insulating R-values: 30-mm system (1.18” ) R-5.13; 40-mm system (1.57” ) R-6.83 and 68-mm system (2.68” ) R-11.66.

The light reflectivity of BASWAphon per ASTM E1477-98a is 90.975.

Intent:

To provide building occupants with a connection between indoor spaces and the outdoors through the introduction of daylight and views into the regularly occupied areas of the building.

Contribution:
The high density marble aggregate finish coat is an excellent reflective surface, reflecting natural light as well as artificial light sources. In interior occupied spaces, energy use can be dramatically reduced through the coordination of locations of lighting and BASWAphon, thus reducing overall energy consumption.

The light reflectivity of BASWAphon per ASTM E1477-98a is 90.975.

Intent:
To provide classrooms that facilitate better teacher-to-student and student-to-student communications through effective acoustical design.

Contribution:

The BASWAphon Acoustical Finish System is a product developed and produced in Switzerland that is used to absorb sound energy. It decreases echoes and reverberation times, increasing sound intelligibility. It has the appearance of drywall or plaster and is available in many finishes and in virtually any color through the addition of pigments into the base and finish coats.

The BASWAphon Acoustical Finish System is available in 3 system thicknesses, 30-mm (1.18"), 40-mm (1.57") and 68-mm (2.68"); each having different sound absorption characteristics. BASWAphon provides the following NRC Ratings: 30-mm system 0.75; 40-mm system 0.80 and 68-mm system 0.85. BASWAphon also provides an additional 5-7 points to an NRC rating.

The NRC is a single-number index determined in a lab test and used for rating how sound absorptive a material is. This industry standard ranges from zero (perfectly reflective) to 1 (perfectly absorptive). It is simply the average of the mid-frequency sound absorption coefficients (250, 500, 1000 and 2000 Hertz) . Measurements are made with the BASWAphon systems applied to 5/8" gypsum board tested following the ASTM C423 Sound Absorption Test guidelines.