CMC SUPPORTS THE LEED® INITIATIVE
CMC is committed to sustainability from recycling to production to fabrication of steel products. We are dedicated to being transparent about reporting the environmental impact we have on the Earth.
We support the efforts of the U.S. Green Building Council and are active in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) initiative. LEED® is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across a number of metrics.
All of CMC’s steel mills utilize state-of-the-art Electric Arc Furnace technology to make steel. This technology uses pre- and post-consumer recycled scrap as the primary raw material for the steelmaking process and averages 98.0% recycled content. With a significantly high percentage of recycled materials, all of CMC’s products play a major role in “green construction” and are a positive contributor to the LEED® rating system.
CMC has a national rebar fabrication footprint and can contribute a full credit under LEED® v4* for most projects since we maintain manufacturer-specific, product-specific USGBC EPDs. Each of CMC's steel products and locations has a corresponding EPD available.
*Note: On October 31, 2016, USGBC officially transitioned to LEED® v4. The sunset date for LEED® v3 was June 30, 2022. A legacy LEED® v3 letter is available upon request by emailing sustainability@cmc.com for those projects that qualified under the legacy rating system.
LEED® v4
This analysis was conducted according to the North American Product Category Rule (PCR) created by SCS Global Services for Designated Steel Construction Products (SCS 2015) and reviewed and certified by ASTM as conforming to the requirements of ISO 21930 and ISO 14025.
Download our current LEED® v4 information here.
To meet LEED® v4 requirements, these Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) have been developed for the following steel products manufactured at CMC steel mills. To review an EPD by product type, CMC mill or location, click the below links.
| Product | Mill | City | State | Details |
| Concrete Reinforcing Steel (Rebar) | CMC Steel Arizona | Mesa | AZ | Open |
| Concrete Reinforcing Steel (Rebar) | CMC Steel California | Rancho Cucamonga | CA | Open |
| Concrete Reinforcing Steel (Rebar) | CMC Steel Florida | Jacksonville | FL | Open |
| Concrete Reinforcing Steel (Rebar) | CMC Steel New Jersey | Sayreville | NJ | Open |
| Concrete Reinforcing Steel (Rebar) | CMC Steel Oklahoma | Durant | OK | Open |
| Concrete Reinforcing Steel (Rebar) | CMC Steel South Carolina | Cayce | SC | Open |
| Concrete Reinforcing Steel (Rebar) | CMC Steel Tennessee | Knoxville | TN | Open |
| Concrete Reinforcing Steel (Rebar) | CMC Steel Texas | Seguin | TX | Open |
| ChromX® Low-Carbon, Chromium Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement | CMC Steel South Carolina | Cayce | SC | Open |
| GalvaBar® Continuous Hot-Dip Galvanized Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement | CMC GalvaBar* | Catoosa | OK | Open |
| Merchant Bar and Light Structural Shapes | CMC Steel Alabama | Birmingham | AL | Open |
| Merchant Bar and Light Structural Shapes | CMC Steel Arkansas | Magnolia | AR | Open |
| Merchant Bar and Light Structural Shapes | CMC Steel South Carolina | Cayce | SC | Open |
| Merchant Bar and Light Structural Shapes | CMC Steel Texas | Seguin | TX | Open |
| Wire Rod | CMC Steel Florida | Jacksonville | FL | Open |
* CMC GalvaBar galvanizing plant located in Catoosa, Oklahoma.
