Americast Achieves Cradle-to-Cradle Certification
Ashland, Virginia – July 17, 2008
Americast, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has achieved Cradle-to-Cradle Silver Certification from McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) for its Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP). Americast approached MBDC for Cradle-to-Cradle Certification to ensure that its corporate goal of being environmentally responsible is being met by the highest possible standards.
MBDC’s Cradle-to-Cradle Division is a world renowned company with a primary focus on ensuring that companies are manufacturing products that are not only environmentally responsible and free of dangerous toxins, but are also capable of being effectively reused once their designed useful life has ended. The use of Cradle-to-Cradle Certified products are being adopted globally as companies and even governments strive to be more environmentally responsible.
Americast is the first and only manufacturer of Reinforced Concrete Pipe to achieve this important recognition as a valued contributor to the environment.
“Americast is committed to developing and manufacturing products that comply with the dynamic ecological interests and requirements of today’s workplace. We all have a duty to be environmentally responsible and we are thrilled to be leading the industry in this important initiative. We believe that by doing our part to be ecologically responsible, we can make the world a better place for generations to come,” said Bill Tichacek, President of Americast, Inc.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) endorses Cradle-to-Cradle Products in their LEED Certification criteria and awards a LEED Innovation point to projects using a percentage of Cradle-to-Cradle Certified Products. In order to achieve this LEED Innovation Point, a building project must contain one of the following percentage(s) of Cradle to Cradle materials by cost:
5% Cradle-to-Cradle Certified Silver
2.5% Cradle-to-Cradle Certified Gold
1.75% Cradle-to-Cradle Certified Platinum