LEED Credits – Green Zip Tape
Green Zip Tape Technology is a Movable and Removable Partition System that transforms non-load-bearing drywall. The patented process allows for the installation of drywall such that they can be removed, relocated, and reused, in both new construction and renovation. Green Zip Tape can provide up to 17 LEED credits for owners and developers depending on project details.
Profitable – Applying Green Zip Tape to your building has a tax impact savings of 10-15% of building cost in the first 1-3 years of project ownership – an estimated tax savings on $1 million on a $10 million building cost.
Removable partitions are tangible property and not a structural component, thus qualifying them for shorter class life depreciation than conventionally installed drywall – 5 years or less as opposed to 27.5 years or 39 years. By changing the drywall tape on your project to Green Zip, depreciating the cost of non-load bearing walls can be significantly accelerated to create Cash Tax Benefits of $5 to $15+ per floor area square feet.
Environmental – Green Zip allows non-load bearing drywall partitions to be removed, relocated, and re-used in both new construction and renovation projects. This is an environmentally responsible and sustainable alternative to demolishing the interior space of buildings, benefiting the environment and your bottom line.
Financial – Green Zip is the only patented drywall tape that qualifies for a tax benefit. No other drywall tape is recognized by the IRS to allow for the accelerated depreciation associated with demounting and reuse of drywall.
Using our product can help the environment
Business Week reports the manufacture of drywall alone "accounts for 1% of all the energy used by U.S. industry, and thus a comparable percentage of all industry emissions." An estimated 26% of the waste in a construction landfill is drywall.
- Green Zip has been professionally recognized by the sustainable building industry. In 2010, Green Zip® received the prestigious R+D Award from The Journal of the American Institute of Architects.
- Green Zip® has also received new product awards from both the Environmental Protective Agency (EPA) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in their Lifecycle Building Challenge.
- Green Zip® construction technology is recognized as being eligible for LEED credit by the US Green Building Council (USGBC).
Reduces the manufacture of new drywall and the associated environmental impact
Provides a means to comply with local landfill diversion and green building requirements
Diverts tons of drywall from landfills where it can leech poisonous Hydrogen Sulfide Gas, a greenhouse gas, into our air and water as it decomposes
Reduces carbon emissions associated with the
manufacture of drywall and the transportation of drywall waste to landfills
Makes healthier buildings by avoiding the metal and fiberglass dust and noise associated with demolition and allow easier access to internal parts of the building to assist in mold mitigation
How to Install
1. Walls are installed using conventional materials - gypsum board, removable screws and joint compound.
2. Instead of mudding over the screws and drywall joints, the self-adhesive Green Zip® Tape is applied first.
3. Joint compound is then applied over the patented Green Zip® joint Tape which was developed with precise horizontal and vertical super-fiber threads to control the amount of compound applied in the mudding process.
4. A tab is left exposed at the joint bottom, later covered by baseboard or carpet.
5. To remove and reuse the drywall partition'
, this tab is exposed and the super-fiber strength allows the tape
to be "zipped up" through the mud and paint to cleanly expose the seam and drywall screws for demounting.
INSTALLATION
1. Attach drywall to metal or wood studs with removable screws
2. Instead of mudding over the screws and drywall joints, the self-adhesive Green Zip®
Tape is applied first
3. Float the finish coat of mud compound over the Green Zip Tape
DEMOUNTING
1. Pull tape up through the mud and paint to expose the screws beneath
2. Remove the screws with a power drill
3. Remove the drywall panels and stack on cart for reuse