LEED® Gold Project Contains Carolina Ceramics Brick
Carolina Ceramics Dogwood Utilities and Closures make up the exterior of Great Seneca Creek Elementary School in Germantown, Maryland, a LEED® Gold-certified project. The project was recently recognized by Design Cost Data Magazine. Potomac Valley Brick of Rockville, Maryland, a Carolina Ceramics distributor, supplied the bricks for the project.
Great Seneca Creek Elementary, over 82,000 square feet, is the first LEED public school project in Maryland and is a prototype for future environmentally-responsible school construction projects. The building acts as a three-dimensional learning tool, with information signs throughout the school that teach students about environmentally-responsible building, and water and energy use.
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, is used across the country and around the world to measure building sustainability and to promote construction practices that reduce negative environmental impact and improve occupant health and well-being.
“Brick is a very green building material,” said Dan Cannon, Carolina Ceramics Vice President of Sales. “It’s made from clay and sand, an abundant natural resource, it contains no hazardous chemicals or compounds, requires no maintenance, lasts for hundreds of years and is totally fireproof. Further, brickmaking is a highly energy-efficient process and the product is an excellent insulator, thus lowering energy consumption in comparison to other building materials.”
Carolina Ceramics has a LEED® Accredited Professional on staff to assist customers with environmentally-responsible building practices and to guide customers from the design phase through the LEED application and certification process.