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High Performance Buildings
When it comes to building “green,” Sika Sarnafil is on top – literally! Our Energy Star-rated reflective roofing membrane, as well as our waterproofing systems for vegetative roofs, permit building owners to create high performance buildings that are recognized under the Canadian and U.S. Green Building Council's LEED™ certification program.
View Sika Sarnafil’s LEED brochure: "Roofing - An Important Point for LEED Certification" (four page PDF) for more information about LEED.
Since 2002, eighteen large scale projects gained LEED certification with the help of Sika Sarnafil (shown above) and more than 30 are currently in design and construction phases.
- The Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management – Platinum Certified
- The Olympic Oval Speed Skating Arena – one of the first 12 buildings certified in the U.S.
- Premier Automotive Group’s North American Headquarters – incorporates a vegetated roof
- National Geographic Society Headquarters – one of the first certified buildings under the existing building (EB) program
- Combined Transportation Emergency & Communications Center - Silver Certified
- Management Building, Technology Square - Silver Certified
- Sat Com ETL Facility
- Seattle Central Library - Silver Certified
- The Plaza at PPL Center - Gold Certified
- Frito-Lay Jim Rich Service Center - Gold Certified
- Stata Center
- Duke University French Science Center
- QS/1 Data Systems - Silver Certified
- Edifice Multifunction - Gold Certified
- McDonald’s Restaurant at Abercorn Common - Gold Certified
- Renovation of the Motherhouse
- PCL’s Centennial Learning Center - Gold Certified
- Maintenance and Operations Facility at Los Angeles Valley College
Long before final certification happens, Sika Sarnafil’s technical representatives are lending valuable advice and experience to designers, architects, specifiers and other LEED accredited professionals, helping them choose the right system for their needs. Our reflective roof membranes and green roofs, meet the design criteria for one point under SS Credit 7.2: Heat Island Effect: Roof.
Requirements
Option 1
Use roofing materials having a Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) equal to or greater than the values in the table below for a minimum of 75% of the roof surface.
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Option 2
Install a vegetated roof for at least 50% of the roof area.
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Option 3
Install high albedo and vegetated roof surfaces that, in combination, meet the following criteria: (Area of SRI Roof/0.75) + (Area of vegetated roof/0.5) >= Total Roof Area
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Low-Slope
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<= 2:12
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78" target="_new">78
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Steep-Slope
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>2:12
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29" target="_new">29
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