Sustainability

Window treatments from American Blind & Shade contribute to a comfortable, healthy, and attractive indoor environment. Our products help manage daylight, views, and heat gain or loss at the building envelope, reducing the need for artificial lighting and conserving energy. We also offer numerous products with high recycled content and low VOCs – materials that are beneficial for humans and the environment. Throughout our website, features which promote these aspects of sustainability are highlighted with the green leaf symbol.

As part of an integrated design, solutions from American Blind & Shade may also contribute to USGBC LEED certification through credits in the following categories:

• Indoor Environmental Quality – IEQ
  • Daylight & Views: Allow natural lighting and views while also reducing glare
  • Thermal Comfort: Keep solar heat gain out, or select a thermal insulating option to keep building’s heat in
  • Low-Emissions Materials: Our GreenGuard and GreenGuard Gold Certified fabrics meet rigorous standards for low-VOC emissions 
• Energy & Atmosphere – EA
  • Energy Performance: Window treatments to control solar heat gain can significantly improve efficiency
  • Demand Response: Automated control systems optimize shading based on the position of the sun
• Materials & Resources – MR
  • Recycled Content: Reduces raw material consumption and greenhouse gas emissions while diverting materials from the waste stream
  • Cradle-to-Cradle Certified: Incorporates sustainability – from manufacture, through the life of the product, and on to recycle or reuse at the end of its life
  • Regionally Manufactured Products
• Sustainable Sites – SS
  • Light Pollution Reduction: Solar shading solutions can also mitigate light pollution at night, through manual or automated controls 

Contact us if we can be of any assistance in obtaining EPDs or other documentation you may need for your LEED submittal.