LIVING IN GREEN HOUSES
(Leed Construction)
Charlevoix International wants to direct you towards partners inspired by this building philosophy and wishes to contribute to sustainable evolution of industry standards, to make green buildings known as a viable solution and to set down the best practices and types of actions for the industry. The Charlevoix region offers expertise in this field through the services of dynamic enterprises but proposes also materials that deserve the attention of the new economy.
We are attempting to consolidate intelligent links to reduce the environmental footprint of our decisions. The construction industry is known for leaving major disruptions on nature and its resources. In fact, this industry uses up approximately 40% of the total quantity of manufactured products worldwide and produces about 33% of solid waste in North America.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria. LEED is a third-party certification program and an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. It provides building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings’ performance. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health:
• sustainable site development
• water efficiency
• energy efficiency
• materials selection
• indoor environmental quality