Design solutions for sustainable architecture

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Green Building Rating Systems

Whether you’re aiming for LEED, Living Building Challenge or Green Globes certification, we can help! This dynamic tool gives you at-a-glance information on how GAF products can contribute towards meeting criteria for several of the most popular green building rating systems.
Spec Advisor
GAF Spec Advisor for Green Building Rating Systems Chart

Download the LEED v4 playbook

Download your comprehensive guide to using GAF products on LEED® v4 projects.
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LEED logo, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Introducing the only Adhered TPO Roofing System designated by Declare as Resilient Red List Approved

The Living Building Challenge

The goal of the Living Building Challenge is to create buildings that generate more energy than they use, capture and treat all water on site, and use healthy materials. It’s the world’s most ambitious, advanced, and holistic performance standard for green, resilient, and healthy buildings.

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The Stanley Center in Iowa with a new GAF roof

Designing a LBC roof system

The Stanley Center is a private foundation with projects that range from tackling climate change to mass violence and atrocity prevention. They put their values into the buildings design by rising to the Living Building Challenge. GAF brought the expertise, products and resources to help make it happen. When complete, the center will be one of the most sustainable buildings in the world, 1 of only 31 to meet accreditation of the LBC.

EPD, material composition and product install guidelines

Roll of GAF EverGuard Extreme TPO 50-80 mil Smooth Membrane

EverGuard Extreme® TPO 50–80 mil Smooth 

07 54 00 THERMOPLASTIC MEMBRANE
ROOFING – SINGLE-PLY ROOFING

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Roll of GAF EverGuard Extreme TPO 50-80 mil Smooth Membrane

EverGuard® TPO 45–80 mil Smooth

07 54 00 THERMOPLASTIC MEMBRANE
ROOFING – SINGLE-PLY ROOFING

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Roll of GAF TPO representing Resilient Red List Approved TPO Roofing System

EverGuard Adhered TPO Roofing System - designated by Delcare as Red List Approved

07 54 00 THERMOPLASTIC MEMBRANE
ROOFING – SINGLE-PLY ROOFING

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Roll of GAF TPO representing Resilient Red List Approved TPO Roofing System

TPO Single-Ply Membrane: Mechanically Fastened

07 54 00 THERMOPLASTIC MEMBRANE
ROOFING – SINGLE-PLY ROOFING

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Roll of EverGuard PVC Smooth 50 -80 mil Membrane by GAF

EverGuard® PVC Smooth 50-80 mil

07 54 19 PVC MEMBRANE ROOFING

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Panel of GAF EnergyGuard Tapered Polyiso Foam Insulation

EnergyGuard™ Polyiso Insulation

07 21 00 THERMAL INSULATION – ROOFING

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Panel of GAF EnergyGuard Tapered Polyiso Foam Insulation

EnergyGuard™ Tapered Polyiso Foam Insulation

07 21 00 THERMAL INSULATION – ROOFING

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Panel of EnergyGuard NH Polyiso Insulation by GAF

EnergyGuard™ NH Polyiso Insulation

07 21 00 THERMAL INSULATION – ROOFING

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Panel of EnergyGuard NH Polyiso Insulation by GAF

EnergyGuard™ NH Tapered Polyiso Roof Insulation

07 21 00 THERMAL INSULATION – ROOFING

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Panel of EnergyGuard NH Tapered Polyiso Roof Insulation

EnergyGuard™ NH Ultra Polyiso Insulation

07 21 00 THERMAL INSULATION – ROOFING

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Panel of EnergyGuard NH Tapered Polyiso Roof Insulation

EnergyGuard™ NH Ultra Tapered Polyiso Roof Insulation

07 21 00 THERMAL INSULATION – ROOFING

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Panel of EnergyGuard NH Tapered Polyiso Roof Insulation

EnergyGuard™ NH HD Polyiso Cover Board

07 21 00 THERMAL INSULATION – ROOFING
 
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Panel of EnergyGuard NH Tapered Polyiso Roof Insulation

EnergyGuard™ NH HD PLUS Polyiso Cover Board

07 21 00 THERMAL INSULATION – ROOFING

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Panel of EnergyGuard NH Tapered Polyiso Roof Insulation

EnergyGuard™ NH Barrier Polyiso Insulation

07 21 00 THERMAL INSULATION – ROOFING

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Panel of EnergyGuard NH Tapered Polyiso Roof Insulation

EnergyGuard™ NH HD Barrier Polyiso Cover Board

07 21 00 THERMAL INSULATION – ROOFING

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Roll of GAFGLAS EnergyCap Mineral-Surfaced Cap Sheet

GAFGLAS® EnergyCap™ 3,6

07 51 13 BUILT-UP ASPHALT ROOFING – LOW-SLOPE ASPHALTIC

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Roll of Built-Up Asphalt Roofing Membrane by GAF

Built-Up Asphalt Roofing Membrane3,6

07 51 13 BUILT-UP ASPHALT ROOFING – LOW-SLOPE ASPHALTIC

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Roll of APP-Modified Bitumen Roofing Membrane by GAF

APP-Modified Bitumen Roofing Membrane

07 52 00 MODIFIED BITUMINOUS MEMBRANE ROOFING

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Roll of GAF RUBEROID Torch Smooth Membrane

RUBEROID® Torch Smooth Membrane

07 52 00 MODIFIED BITUMINOUS MEMBRANE ROOFING

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Roll of RUBEROID MOP Granule Membrane

RUBEROID® MOP Granule

07 52 00 MODIFIED BITUMINOUS MEMBRANE ROOFING

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Roll of SBS-Modified Bitumen Roofing Membrane, Cold Adhered

SBS-Modified Bitumen Roofing Membrane: Cold Adhered

07 52 00 MODIFIED BITUMINOUS MEMBRANE ROOFING

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Roll of GAFGLAS EnergyCap SBS-Modified Bitumen Roofing Membrane using Hot Asphalt

GAFGLAS® EnergyCap SBS-Modified Bitumen Roofing Membrane: Hot Asphalt

07 52 00 MODIFIED BITUMINOUS MEMBRANE ROOFING

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SBS-Modified Bitumen Roofing Membrane: Torch Applied

07 52 00 MODIFIED BITUMINOUS MEMBRANE ROOFING

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Bucket of GAF Premium Acrylic HydroStop Top Coat

GAF Premium Acrylic HydroStop® Top Coat

07 56 00 FLUID-APPLIED ROOFING – ROOFING COATINGS

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Bucket of EverGuard TPO Low-VOC Bonding Adhesive

EverGuard® TPO Low-VOC Bonding Adhesive

07 53 00 ELASTOMERIC MEMBRANE ROOFING

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Bucket of StreetBond SB150 Pavement Coating

StreetBond® SB150 Pavement Coating

32 12 16 ASPHALT PAVING

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Drill-Tec Roofing Fastener by GAF

Drill-Tec™ Fasteners


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EverGuard TPO CleanWeld Conditioner by GAF

EverGuard® TPO CleanWeld Conditioner 

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Container of EverGuard TPO Seam Cleaner

EverGuard® TPO Seam Cleaner


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GAF Asphalt Shingle Roofing System components

Asphalt Shingle Roofing System

07 31 13 ASPHALT SHINGLES 

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Timberline HDZ roofing shingle swatch

Timberline HDZ® Shingles

07 31 13 ASPHALT SHINGLES 

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Timberline CS shingle swatch

Timberline® CS Shingles

07 31 13 ASPHALT SHINGLES 

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Timberline HDZ RS+, Reflector Series roof shingle swatch

Timberline® HDZ™ RS+ Shingles

07 31 13 ASPHALT SHINGLES 

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GAF roofing, a leader in product transparency

Number one industry leader

Today, GAF has the highest overall number of transparency documents for roofing materials in the industry. By 2030 GAF plans to conduct life cycle assessments and have environmental product declarations for its core portfolio of products, including TPO, ISO and shingles. Product transparency is essential to understand our impact and provide our partners with the information they need to make more sustainable choices. Learn more about GAF’s sustainable practices.
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Certified Environmental Product Declaration
A transparent, objective report that communicates what a product is made of and how it impacts the environment across its entire life cycle.
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Health Product Declarations (HPDs)
A full disclosure of the potential chemicals of concern in products by comparing product ingredients to a set of priority “hazard” list.
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USBC LEED
Created and operated by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED is the most widely used green building rating system in the world.
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WELL, International Well Building Institute logo
International Well Building Institute
A green building rating system designed to create spaces that enhance human health and well-being.
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Roof Materials Recycling Guide

Explore recycling opportunities from your job site for GAF roofing material waste and learn about our recycling achievements to date in our manufacturing facilities.
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GAF Contractor removing roof waste on flat roof

Additional GAF product sustainability partners

Sustainable Minds
An online catalog providing at-a-glance information about GAF's EPDs, HPDs, and Declare Labels
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ecomedes
A sustainable product platform with information about how GAF's products perform in a variety of green building rating systems
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Mindful MATERIALS
A freely searchable platform with aggregated product transparency information
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bimSMITH
A free cloud-based platform that allows building professionals to research, configure, and download building product data
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