Boral Roofing
Build something great™
Cradle to Cradle
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CLAY ROOF TILE
Cradle to Cradle™ is an innovative concept developed by world-renowned
architect William McDonough and innovative chemist Michael Braungart to
redefine the design of products, processes and systems to provide financial,
environmental and social benefits.
Biological Life-Cycle
Technical Life-Cycle
By using natures cycle of life as a model, Cradle to Cradle
applies the principal of “waste equals food” of the biological
world to the technical world by designing products that can
be used again and again without harming the environment.
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Just as a tree whose lost leaves become food for
organisms that feed the food chain, products manufactured
under Cradle to Cradle guidelines eliminate the concept of
waste by being completely recyclable and harmless to the
environment.
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All Boral Roofing clay tile roofing products manufactured
in the U.S. are certified by MBDC under Cradle to Cradle
guidelines, and have passed the most rigid material
requirements for environmental and human health in the
industry. Additional criteria for certification include:
• Product and material reutilization
• Energy and water usage
• Social fairness and corporate ethical standards
The USGBC recognizes the value of Cradle to Cradle
products by awarding a special LEED® point in the
“Innovation and Design” category (see back for details).
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Boral Roofing is the only roof tile manufacturer in the
nation to earn the prestigious Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Gold
Certification for healthy and sustainable product design
from McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry.
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For more information about the sustainable benefits of
Boral Roofing’s’ authentic clay roofing products, please
visit our website at www.boralna.com.
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USGBC
Cradle to Cradle™ – LEED Innovation Point Criteria
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In April 2007, as part of their an effort to help stimulate the development of environmentally focused product evaluation and
certification tools for use by building professionals, the U.S. Green Building Council sought to establish an innovation point for
specification of products certified under the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Certification program.
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This program provides manufacturers with a means to measure achievement in environmentally intelligent design and helps
customers purchase and specify products that are pursuing a broader definition of quality. Within the terms of the C2C
program, this means:
• Using environmentally safe and healthy materials
Submittals
• Design for material reutilization, such as recycling
or composting
Spreadsheet matrix using “Default Materials Value,”
calculating:
• Energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy
• Total construction costs (hard costs for CSI
Master Format 1995 Divisions 2-10 only)
• Efficient use of water, and maximum water quality
associated with production; and
• Instituting strategies for social responsibility
If a candidate product achieves the necessary criteria, it is
certified as a Silver, Gold or Platinum product and can be
labeled as Cradle to Cradle .
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The USGBC has suggested the following Intent,
Requirements and Submittals for this Innovation in Design
application:
• Default materials cost (total Divisions 2-10
construction cost x 0.45)
OR using “Actual Materials Value,” calculating:
• Actual materials cost (excluding labor and equipment)
(hard costs for CSI Master Format 1995 Divisions
2-10 only)
oMaterial Name/Description
oManufacturer
Intent
Help stimulate the development of environmentally focused
product evaluation and certification tools for use by
building professionals.
oTotal Material Cost ($)
Requirements
Use Cradle to Cradle Certified building materials and
products for 2.5% of the total value of all building materials
and products used in the project, based on cost. The “cost
value” of products for the purposes of this calculation will be
discounted by 50% for Silver level products and doubled for
products certified at the platinum level:
oAdjusted value
(Silver and nutrients x 0.5, Platinum x 2)
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• Cost value of products = (Silver x 0.5) + Gold + (Platinum x 2)
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oPercent Of Product C2C Certified
(% by Weight)
oCompliant Product Value
• Total “cost value” ($) of C2C certified materials C2C
certified material value as a percentage of total
materials cost
To qualify for this Innovation in Design credit, the
percentage of C2C certified materials must be at least
2.5% of the total materials cost.
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