LEED V4 Guidelines

Earn LEED Credits With PPG Products

Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ)

EQ Credit: Low-Emitting Materials

The intent of the credit is to reduce concentrations of chemical contaminants that can damage air quality, human health, productivity, and the environment. This requires that our paints meet both VOC content (Total Volatile Organic Compounds - TVOC) and certified emissions requirements.

Materials and Resources (MR)

MR Credit: Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Environmental Product Declarations

This credit encourages the use of products for which life-cycle information is available. PPG paints Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) are third-party Product Specific Type III EPDs conforming to ISO 14025.

MR Credit: Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Material Ingredients

Developed to encourage the use of products for which the chemical ingredients in a product are reported. PPG paints complies with Option 1, Material Ingredient Reporting through full disclosures in compliance with the Health Product Declaration Open Standard.

LEED Product Portfolio

PPG’s Commitment to LEED

We at PPG are committed to providing our customers with the highest quality paints and coatings. With the implementation of LEED we are proud to say that PPG has the products you need. Our goal is to develop and provide product options for the architects and designers selecting the products, the applicators using the products and the people that occupy the space.