Georgia-Pacific Gypsum Continues Its Support of the Sustainable Building Movement with New Online LEED(R) Calculator

ATLANTA, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its commitment to sustainable construction, Georgia-Pacific Gypsum announces the availability of its new online LEED® Calculator that significantly simplifies the process for determining its products' potential contribution to a LEED credit.

Designed for use by architects, specifiers, contractors and suppliers, the LEED Calculator is available 24/7 at http://www.gp.com/build/leedcalc.aspx.

Georgia-Pacific Gypsum's online LEED Calculator provides easy and immediate access to information about a product's potential LEED credit contribution. This includes specific data regarding recycled content and regional materials.

LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which provides building owners and operators a framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions, according to the USGBC.

Georgia-Pacific Gypsum's LEED calculator provides instant access to LEED credit contribution information with the input of just a few pieces of information.  Construction professionals need to only type in the project name, zip code and their Georgia-Pacific Gypsum product choice(s), and the calculator provides a readymade report and printable letter outlining the products' relevant LEED credit documentation. Categories of information include recycled content and regional material availability.  

"The importance of sustainable construction demands that our customers have timely and accurate information on the key attributes of our products," said Barry Reid, LEED AP, and Georgia-Pacific's business development marketing manager.  "As part of our ongoing commitment to our customers, we are pleased to make this valuable tool available online, so information can be easily calculated and supporting documents created."  

The availability of this calculating tool is the latest news showcasing the ongoing commitment and range of Georgia-Pacific Gypsum's environmentally sustainable building products. Its DensArmor Plus® Interior Panels were first to be GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified® and GREENGUARD Children & Schools(SM) Certified as low-emitting gypsum panels, and were among the first gypsum panels to be listed by The Collaborative for High Performing Schools® (CHPS™) as low-emitting materials. Additionally, DensArmor Panels are listed with GREENGUARD as microbial resistant.

For more information on all Georgia-Pacific Gypsum products please visit www.gpgypsum.com.  To see online related case studies and videos, please visit http://www.youtube.com/gpdens.  

About Georgia-Pacific

Headquartered at Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of building products, tissue, packaging, paper, cellulose and related chemicals. The company employs more than 40,000 people at approximately 300 locations in North America, South America and Europe. Georgia-Pacific creates long-term value by using resources efficiently to provide innovative products and solutions that meet the needs of customers and society, while operating in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible and economically sound.  The company has long been among the nation's leading manufacturers and suppliers of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers, with brands such as Plytanium® plywood, DryPly® water repellent plywood, Ply-Bead® panels and Wood I Beam™ and XJ 85® joists offered by Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC.  DensArmor Plus® interior panels, DensGlass® Sheathing and ToughRock® drywall are offered by Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC. The familiar consumer tissue brands of Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP include Quilted Northern®, Angel Soft®, Brawny®, Sparkle®,   Soft 'n Gentle®, Mardi Gras®, So-Dri® and Vanity Fair®.  Dixie Consumer Products LLC, a Georgia-Pacific company, manufactures the Dixie® brand of tabletop products.   For more information, visit www.gp.com.

Dens, DensArmor Plus and Georgia-Pacific are trademarks are owned by or licensed to Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC.

LEED and USGBC are trademarks owned by the U.S. Green Building Council and are used by permission.

The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) is an industry-independent, non-profit organization that oversees the GREENGUARD Certification Program(SM).  GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified and GREENGUARD Children & Schools are service marks used under license through the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute.

The Collaborative for High Performing Schools and CHPS are trademarks of Collaborative for High Performing Schools Inc.

SOURCE Georgia-Pacific