The United States Green Building Council developed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system to provide a credible guide to sustainable practices in the building industry. This system defines what it is that makes a building “green” and awards projects that meet their rigorous standards with one of four levels of certification.

According to the rating system, furnishings are part of a building. Whether an existing building, or a new development, our furnishings can contribute points to your LEED project by cost as part of your projects’ overall recycled content.

Forever·nu™ furnishings are made of 90-98% recycled content by weight. LEED points are based on the entire construction/renovation projects’ cost and scope.

Show your commitment to sustainability with Forever·nu™ furnishings and go green by following LEED.

LEED Material Credit 4.1 & 4.2 Recycled Content

Use materials with recycled content such that the sum of post-consumer recycled content plus one-half of the post-industrial content constitutes at least:

-10% (of your total project, 1 point)
-20% (of your total project, 1 point)

(based on cost) of the total value of the materials in the project. The recycled content value of a material assembly shall be determined by weight. The recycled fraction of the assembly is then multiplied by the cost of assembly to determine the recycled content value.

LEED Material 5.1 & 5.2 Regional Materials

Use materials that have been extracted or recovered and manufactured within 500 miles of the project site for a minimum of:

-10% (based on cost) of the total materials value (1 point)
-20% (based on cost) of the total materials value (1 point)

If only a fraction of your projects’ materials are manufactured locally (within 500 miles) then the furnishings will contribute a percentage toward the regional value.