Sustainability & Green Building
Legacy Lockers is dedicated to environmental sustainability and proud to be certified with the United States Forest Stewardship Council (cert.SCS-COC-003111) and LEED system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). For additional information on environmentally sensitive options for your next project, please contact Legacy Lockers directly anytime.
Forest Stewardship Council
[image_frame style=”framed_shadow” align=”left” height=”100″ width=”100″]http://legacylockers.com/cms/wp-content/gallery/miscellaneous-images/fsc_logo_green349.jpg[/image_frame]Driven in part by the failure of an intergovernmental process to agree on a global forest compact, and the compelling question — what is sustainable forestry? — loggers, foresters, environmentalists, and sociologists came together in the first General Assembly to form the FSC in 1993.
It’s purpose is to coordinate the development of forest management standards throughout the different biogeographic regions of the U.S., to provide public information about certification and FSC, and to work with certification organizations to promote FSC certification in the U.S.FSC-US has a national presence through the work of its Board of Directors, members, staff, and regional standards coordinators.
The Forest Stewardship Council was created to change the dialogue about and the practice of sustainable forestry worldwide. This impressive goal has in many ways been achieved, yet there is more work to be done. FSC sets forth principles, criteria, and standards that span economic, social, and environmental concerns. The FSC standards represent the world’s strongest system for guiding forest management toward sustainable outcomes. Like the forestry profession itself, the FSC system includes stakeholders with a diverse array of perspectives on what represents a well-managed and sustainable forest. While the discussion continues, the FSC standards for forest management have now been applied in over 57 countries around the world.
LEED – U.S. Green Building Council
[image_frame style=”framed_shadow” align=”left” height=”100″ width=”100″]http://legacylockers.com/cms/wp-content/gallery/miscellaneous-images/leed_logo_gray.jpg[/image_frame]LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.
Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED provides building owners and operators a concise framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions.