What is LEED?
The Leadership in Energy and Environment 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 the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED gives 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 savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.
What does this mean to Detroit Thermal?
Detroit Thermal is committed to being an environmentally responsible energy provider and partner. We are confident that by sharing our approach and our best practices regarding the effective use of steam, we can encourage our industry peers and customers to be proactive as well. We also hope to inspire others within our community to make their own positive impact on the environment.
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