Sustainable design is more important than ever in the playground industry. Customers want to purchase their equipment from a vendor that considers environmental issues throughout every phase of production and makes a concerted effort to minimize its negative environmental impact. GameTime has taken steps to ensure that they offer the highest quality, sustainable playground equipment in the industry by examining the entire life cycle of their products from manufacturing to installation.

GameTime is a National Corporate Member of U.S. Green Building Council and is a great resource for attaining LEED certification credits. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ is a third-party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. GameTime has identified 13 possible LEED credits that their products can help customers achieve in the Material Reuse, Sustainable Site and Innovation in Design Process categories.David Williams & Associates is happy to discuss ways that GameTime products can help gain LEED certification for their customer’s projects.

In addition, GameTime has also gained ISO 14001- 2004 Environmental Certification by meeting rigorous environmental management standards aimed at helping all types of organizations protect the environment, reduce pollution and improve their environmental performance. Meeting these standards is consistent with GameTime’s mission of reducing their carbon footprint as well as instituting programs to offset their carbon emissions.

GameTime has taken the same above compliance attitude toward sustainability as it has on safety, customer service and quality. This dedication has lead to internal improvements such as recycling programs and researching of alternative materials. GameTime understands that to truly be an environmental company, they must consider both the final product as well as the processes used to produce that product. For more information on GameTime’s environmental improvements, log onto http://www.gametime.com/green.