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Local
& Regional Resources
Environmental Mission > LEED
Gold Welcoming Center > Eco-Friendly
Construction
Local or Regional Resources can be defined in a number of different ways,
depending on what you think “local” means. For LEED Certification, “local” is
defined as within a 500-mile radius of the site, and it applies to both the
extraction of a resource and the manufacturing of a product.
24% of the total value of the building materials in our Welcome Center were extracted and/or manufactured within 500 miles of the site, with many materials originating much closer. In addition to supporting local business and feeding money into the regional economy, which are both desirable, using local materials reduces the amount of fossil fuels needed for transport, thereby decreasing our dependence on a non-renewable resource and lowering our carbon output.
Below is a list of the local and regional materials found in the building.