Go “green” – and enhance your projects LEED potential with the FGS Permashine Polished Concrete System

FGS/PermaShine, Calgary Recreation Center
LEED Gold Project

Your choice of the FGS/PermaShine system is a positive decision for the environment. Here's why:

	FGS/PermaShine, Calgary Recreation Center LEED Gold Project

• Restoring an existing concrete floor, for example, reduces the environmental impact that new construction or demolition would generate. That makes it friendly to the environment.
• The thermal mass of your FGS/PermaShine polished concrete floor tends to reduce heating and cooling loads. That means energy savings.
• The FGS/PermaShine concrete polishing process, mechanically and chemically, minimizes exposure to hazardous components-and environmental pollution.
• The exceptional durability of your FGS/PermaShine concrete floor means no demolition or disposal issues that come with VCT or epoxy membrane floors.
• FGS/PermaShine is a low-maintenance floor, with a maintenance regimen that uses no dangerous chemicals or VOCs.
• Polished concrete floors are totally fire resistant.
• Increased reflectivity from your FGS/PermaShine floor often allows owners to reduce lighting, and save energy.

Given these qualities found in the FGS/PermaShine concrete polishing process and resulting floor, you may find your project more easily qualifies for certification with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building Rating System™.

The LEED Rating System provides the building industry with consistent, credible standards for what constitutes a "green" (environmentally friendly) building. LEED's parent organization, the U.S. Green Building Council, does not certify individual products or manufacturers. However, FGS/PermaShine has been a strategic part of environmental stewardship in buildings awarded LEED certification. (For examples, click here.)

You get value and beauty in your FGS/PermaShine polished concrete floor - and the satisfaction that you're helping build a better environment.