Earn LEED® points with Royal Custom Designs  
  Royal Custom Designs is on a mission to help preserve our ecosystem and help restore our natural resources, which often get depleted during the manufacturing process. By adopting the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, Royal Custom Designs joins the building industry to promote environmentally responsible manufacturing practices.

 
     
  How does RCD earn LEED® points?  
  Royal Custom Designs contributes to LEED® credits under the Materials and Resources category.  
     

Materials and Resources
(Recycled Content, Regional Materials, and Certified Wood)
  Credits 5.1 & 5.2 (2 LEED Points)  

 

20% Manufactured locally / 50% Extracted Locally

RCD purchases materials from those companies within a 500-mile radius of our facility. The lumber used to make RCD furniture is also supplied by vendors within a 500-mile radius.

  
  Credit 6.0 (1 LEED Point)  

Rapidly Renewable Materials

RCD uses a plywood that adheres to "Green" construction guidelines.
  Credit 7.0 (1 LEED Point)  
 

Certified Wood

RCD wood suppliers harvest wood from the Forest Stewardship Council Lands. Forest Lands serve an essential function in providing renewable raw materials and energy. Through this program, the lumber used to construct our furniture is replenished by planting new trees. RCD promotes the management and use of forests in ways that are ecological and socially sustainable.

  
  Indoor Environmental Quality  
  (Meet or Exceed VOC Limits for Adhesives, Sealants, Paints, and Composite Wood Products)  
 

Credit 4.4 (1 LEED Point)

  
  Composite Wood  
  USGBC offers one LEED point for builders whose composite wood and agrifiber products do not contain added urea formaldehyde resins. To meet Indoor Environmental Quality standards, RCD offers furniture composed of formaldehyde-free plywood. This plywood uses no formaldehyde, so the finished boards do not emit any harmful fumes. RCD uses a UV finishing system that is 100% emission-free and waterborne sealer and topcoat that meet indoor Environmentally Quality requirements.