FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ONTARIO, CANADA, June 2009


New Tools Anticipate Required Data and Streamline Document Submittal Process for LEED® v. 2.2 under Materials & Resources Credit 4


Tate®, a market leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of raised access flooring solutions, today introduces three customized worksheets for calculating recycled content in its All Steel, ConCore, and Woodcore panels. The worksheets feature drop-down menu options for panel and understructure selection, and automatically populate a print-ready form with detailed data on all post-consumer and post-industrial (pre-consumer) content. Once the required user input is entered, the formatted worksheets insert all the necessary panel documentation needed for submittal under LEED® v. 2.2 for Materials & Resources Credit 4.

"The increased demand for recycled content in building materials is an obvious outgrowth of the green building movement, and everyone from specifiers and designers to owners want to be able to leverage it," said Bill Reynolds, LEED AP, Technical Director at Tate. "Calculating tools like the worksheets we’ve created will make the entire process, from selection to LEED document submission, a great deal easier."

While the exact numbers will vary from system to system, the typical Tate floor system used in commercial offices contains 42.8% recycled material consisting of 13.7% post-consumer and 29% pre-consumer content. All office floor systems and data center systems manufactured by Tate contain recycled content in excess of the 20% (post-consumer + 1/2 pre-consumer) credit requirement.

The calculation worksheets for recycled content in Tate’s All Steel, ConCore, and Woodcore panels include weight and percentages detailing post-consumer and post-industrial content for:

• Panel (top sheet and bottom pan)
• Pedestal Head (top plate and stud)
• Pedestal Base (tube and base plate)
• Stringer

New End-of-Life Calculation Worksheet

In addition to the recycled content calculation worksheets, Tate is also introducing a tool for calculating the amount of material that is recyclable in its raised floor panels and understructure at the end of the products life cycle. While this particular tool serves no purpose for LEED project documentation, it does provide useful data as to what could be salvaged for recycling during renovation and demolition.

For more information about Tate or its products and services please call (4105) 799-4200. Be sure to download and view our LEED Support Documents as well as our additional resources on Recycled Content.

ABOUT TATE ACCESS FLOORS
Tate is headquartered south of Baltimore, in Jessup, Maryland and is a member of the Kingspan Group of companies. Activities for Tate include research and development, manufacturing, sales, and distribution of raised access floors, with over 500 million square feet of underfloor service distribution systems installed.  Tate products provide high performance and sustainable service distribution solutions in office, education, equipment/server, public space, laboratory, casinos and clean room facilities.