Sustainability – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Tubelite is located in West-central Michigan, an area of great natural beauty including state and national forests, hundreds of small lakes and wetlands, and endless miles of shoreline and dunes along the largest bodies of fresh water in the world. Keeping these treasures in pristine condition is important to us, and Tubelite has joined with the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), and its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) program towards that end. We encourage you to consider energy efficiency and sustainable design in all of your projects. Please visit the USGBC website to familiarize yourself with its goals and resources, and consider becoming a member if you have not already joined.

Tubelite & LEED v4 Guide

The US Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED® v4 program provides credits in a series of impact credit categories designed to benefit the local communities and the planet.

Supports high performance, cost effective project outcomes through an early analysis of relationships among systems.

New Construction 1 point
Core and Shell 1 point
Schools 1 point
Retail 1 point
Data Centers 1 point
Warehouses and Distribution Centers 1 point
Hospitality 1-5 points
Healthcare 1-5 points

To avoid development on inappropriate sites. To reduce vehicle distance traveled. To enhance livability and improve human health by encouraging daily physical activity. Tubelite doors are fabricated in Walker, Michigan and Mesquite (Dallas), Texas to help qualify for this credit.

New Construction 8-16 points
Core and Shell 8-20 points
Schools 8-15 points
Retail 8-16 points
Data Centers 8-16 points
Warehouses and Distribution Centers 8-16 points
Hospitality 8-16 points
Healthcare 5-9 points

Reducing pollution from construction activities by controlling soil erosion, waterway sedimentation, and airborne dust.

Reduce outdoor water consumption.

Helps achieve increasing levels of energy performance beyond the prerequisite of exceeding ASHRAE 90.1-2010 project baseline buildings by: 5% for new construction, 3% for major renovations and 2% for Core and Shell. Tubelite Therml=Block® storefront, entrance and curtainwalls, and MaxBlock® sunshade products can help with this credit.

New Construction 1-18 points
Core and Shell 1-18 points
Schools 1-16 points
Retail 1-18 points
Data Centers 1-18 points
Warehouses and Distribution Centers 1-18 points
Hospitality 1-18 points
Healthcare 1-20 points

Encourages the use of products and materials for which life-cycle information is available and that have environmentally, economically, and socially preferable life-cycle impacts to the planet. Tubelite architectural aluminum framing systems can be recycled indefinitely without any degradation to the base metal.

New Construction 1-2 points
Core and Shell 1-2 points
Schools 1-2 points
Retail 1-2 points
Data Centers 1-2 points
Warehouses and Distribution Centers 1-2 points
Hospitality 1-2 points
Healthcare 1-2 points

Promotes the productivity, comfort and well-being of the building occupants by providing quality thermal comfort. Tubelite Therml=Block ® storefront, entrance and curtainwalls, and MaxBlock® sunshade products can help with this credit.

New Construction 1 point
Core and Shell 1 point
Schools 1 point
Retail 1 point
Data Centers 1 point
Warehouses and Distribution Centers 1 point
Hospitality 1 point
Healthcare 1 point

Using post and pre-consumer aluminum recycled content on certain projects can contribute to this credit. The project must be reviewed prior to quotation to make sure we can meet the desired criteria and the project’s schedule. Tubelite can produce some pre-arranged orders using aluminum with up to 15% post-consumer and 55% pre-consumer recycled content.

New Construction 1-5 points
Core and Shell 1-5 points
Schools 1-5 points
Retail 1-5 points
Data Centers 1-5 points
Warehouses and Distribution Centers 1-5 points
Hospitality 1-5 points
Healthcare 1-5 points

Using post and pre-consumer aluminum recycled content on certain projects can contribute to this credit. The project must be reviewed prior to quotation to make sure we can meet the desired criteria and the project’s schedule. Tubelite can produce some pre-arranged orders using aluminum with up to 15% post-consumer and 55% pre-consumer recycled content.

New Construction 1-4 points
Core and Shell 1-4 points
Schools 1-4 points
Retail 1-4 points
Data Centers 1-4 points
Warehouses and Distribution Centers 1-4 points
Hospitality 1-4 points
Healthcare 1-4 points

Additional Documents

LEED v4 Guide LEED v4 Guide PDF
Environmental Product Declarations
        Extruded Aluminum Extruded Aluminum PDF