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UltraTouch™ Denim Insulation

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UltraTouch LEED Contribution Credits
UltraTouch™ Denim Insulation and LEED go together like peanut butter and jelly. UltraTouch Denim Insulation contributes to earning 12 different credits/pre-requisites within the program, making it the ideal insulating choice for your project! There are lots of reasons that UltraTouch fits the criteria so well including our 80% post-consumer recycled content, our rapidly renewable materials content, and our low emitting materials content. Choose UltraTouch to help you reach that Platinum level!

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LEED™

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

UltraTouch Insulation can contribute to earning several LEED program credits. Below are the categories and prerequisites in the Green Building Rating System where UltraTouch may contribute.

Energy & Atmosphere

Prerequisite 2

Minimum Energy Performance
UltraTouch facilitates compliance with ASHRAE 90.1-1999.

Credit 1

Optimize Energy Performance

Credit 2.1

Construction Waste Management: Divert 50%
Bonded Logic Inc will receive UltraTouch Insulation project waste for re-introduction into the manufacturing process

Credit 2.2

Construction Waste Management: Divert 70%

Materials & Resources

Credit 4.1

Recycled Content: 10%
By weight UltraTouch contains 80% post-consumer recycled content

Credit 4.2

Recycled Content: 20%

Credit 5.1

Regional Materials: 10%
Project is within 500 mile radius of manufacturer – Chander, Arizona 85248

Credit 5.2

Regional Materials: 20%

Credit 6

Rapidly Renewable Resources
UltraTouch utilizes cotton as one of its main material sources

Indoor Environmental Air Quality

Prerequisite 1

Minimum Air Quality Performance
UltraTouch contains no harmful irritants or chemicals that can pose respiratory health or VOC concerns.

Credit 4

Low Emission Materials

Product Compliances

The physical properties of UltraTouch Insulation regularly meet the requirements, specifications, standards and building practices of the following organizations.

ICBO/ICC International Conference of building Officials

BOCA Building Officials and Code Administrators

CABO Council of American Building Officials

SBCCI Southern Building Code Congress International

LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

CA-IAQ Environmental Specification #1350

CHPS Collaborative for High Performance Schools

LARR City of Los Angeles Building and Safety

California Bureau of Thermal Insulation