Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124The Natural Stone Council (NSC) – an association comprised of the leading natural stone asso- ciations throughout the country – announces that its Sustainable Production for Natural Dimension Stone (ANSI/NSC 373) certifica- tion is now recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED v4 building certification program, as well as the International Living Future Initiative’s Living Building Challenge (LBC) version 3.1. Now, design teams have a clear path to ensure the stone they specify helps projects reach sustainability goals as outlined by LEED and LBC. “Being named an approved pro- gram by the USGBC and the ILFI within Responsible Sourcing of Materials is a huge accomplish- ment for the stone industry,” says Kathy Spanier, NSC Sustainability Committee chair and direc- tor of Marketing at Coldspring, a Minnesota-based stone indus- try producer. “These achievements come as the result of tremendous coordination and years of coop- eration among stone industry asso- ciations, environmental experts and additional stakeholders to fur- ther the awareness of sustainably sourced natural stone.” The NSC (www.naturalstone- council.org) established the sus- tainable stone certification stan- dard in 2014 with two important goals in mind: to provide natu- ral stone quarriers and fabricators with third-party verification of their sustainable practices and to give the building and design commu- nity confidence that certified stone is a sustainable material choice. To develop ANSI/NSC 373 for alignment with LEED and LBC, the NSC Sustainability Committee worked closely with third-party organizations including Jack Geibig at Ecoform of Knoxville, Tenn., and NSF International of Ann Arbor, Mich., to determine the sustainable footprint of how stone is quar- ried, transported and processed. In addition, ANSI/NSC 373 was developed using the consensus- based ANSI (American National Standards Institute) process and can be applied internationally with certification by a third-party certi- fier like NSF International. STONE ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Sustainable Stone Certification now recognized in both LEED v4 and LBC sponsored by 72 TileLetter | December 2016