The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction. Since its inception in 1998, 
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
GigaCrete can determine the total energy consumed in the acquisition and processing of our raw materials, our manufacturing, our transportation and the final installation of our products (the “embodied energy”). Where normal concrete has an embodied energy average of 3,180 Mega joules per cubic meter (MJ/m3) of material, gypsum wallboard about 5,890 MJ/m3 and polystyrene insulation about 3,770 MJ/m3, GigaCrete has a number of advantages.
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Environmental Characteristics of GigaCrete Products
- Our raw materials are calcined at lower temperatures creating half the carbon footprint of Portland type cement.
- Our process uses up to 80% waste aggregates,
- Our manufacturing process uses low energy and is highly-efficient
- There is no need for construction waste with our finishing products, no left over sand on a jobsite
- All of our materials are entirely recyclable
GigaCrete believes many of these advantages have tangible economic benefits for our customers.
