SCAFCO Steel Stud Company products meet requirements for multiple U.S. Green Building Council LEED credits. Utilizing SCAFCO products on your project will assure the most quality steel framing materials while helping your project attain Silver, Gold, or Platinum LEED Certification. The following information provides possible attainable credits based on the most current LEED v4.
| LEED Credit Description-Category | Possible Points Using SCAFCO Products for LEED v4 BD+C* |
|---|---|
| Building Product Disclosure and Optimization Environmental Product Declaration – MR1 | 2 Points |
| Construction and Demolition Waste Management – MR2 | 2 Points |
| Building Product Disclosure and Optimization Sourcing of Raw Materials – MR3 | 1 Point |
| Building Product Disclosure and Optimization Material Ingredients – MR4 | 1 Point |
| Innovation – IN5 | 2 Points |
| Total Possible Points | 8 Points |
- SCAFCO complies with specific product disclosure requirements, including Type III Environmental Product Declaration performed by the Steel Recycling Institute as an industry wide study which has a life of product scope. This contributes to Product Disclosure and Optimization – Environmental Product Declaration (MR) 2 points.
- SCAFCO uses only certified prime steel for all steel framing products. SCAFCO Steel Studs and accessories are 100% recyclable and can contribute to Construction and Demolition Waste Management Credits (MR) 2 points.
- SCAFCO’s steel products contain an average of approximately 36.9% recycled steel which can be utilized under the responsible extraction criteria, option 2 of the Building Product Disclosure and Optimization- Sourcing of Raw Materials. (MR) 1 point.
- Post-consumer recycled content (BOF): 19.8%
- Pre-consumer recycled content (BOF): 14.4%
- SCAFCO’s steel products, comply with the Health Product Declaration (HPD) as supplied from the American Galvanizers Association, and contribute to Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Material Ingredients (MR) 1 point.
- Utilizing SCAFCO’s products can contribute to Option 3: Additional strategies to achieve exemplary performance in an existing LEED v4 prerequisite or credit that is allowed per LEED Reference Guide, v4 edition. Exemplary performance is earned for achieving double the credit requirements or the next incremental percentage threshold in order to achieve the Innovation Credit (IN) 2 points.
SCAFCO Steel Stud Company products meet and/or exceed the industry standard. SCAFCO only uses prime steel that is certified by the Mill to meet the requirements in minimum steel thickness, yield strength, galvanized coating and ductility/elongation.