How FieldTurf Can Contribute To Obtaining LEED® Credits

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building Rating System™ represents the U.S. Green Building Council’s effort to provide a national standard for what constitutes a “green building.” It is utilized as a design guideline and certification tool for architects and designers seeking to develop high-performance, sustainable buildings.

LEED Version 2.2 is an updated version of the rating system for New Construction, Major Renovations, and Water Efficiency. It is designed to guide and distinguish high-performance commercial and institutional projects.

The rating system defines the requirements, by category, to achieve each prerequisite and voluntary point. Projects earn one or more points toward certification by meeting or exceeding each credit’s technical requirements. Points compute to a final score that relates to one of four possible levels of certification.

FieldTurf’s synthetic turf systems for athletic fields are designed to meet stringent criteria required to potentially earn points under 1 out of the 10 categories of LEED-NC. Based on this criteria, FieldTurf’s products can assist architects and designers in obtaining up to 10 points toward LEED certification.

The installation of FieldTurf eliminates the use of harmful pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides, while at the same time removes thousands of tires from landfill sites. FieldTurf requires no mowing, fertilizing, reseeding or watering and promotes a healthy lifestyle.

In 2007, the City of Sparks, Nevada selected 13 FieldTurf fields for its impressive new look Golden Eagle Regional Park, making it the largest single purchase of artificial turf from one organization in North America.

The FieldTurf fields will not only save 129 acre feet of water a year, enough to provide water to 428 single family homes, but will double programmable hours, or use of the fields, as well as provide a safer playing surface for youth and adults.

This is just one example of the positive environmental contributions made by FieldTurf

Click here to download FieldTurf’s LEED brochure

City of Sparks – 13 FieldTurf fields