CRYSTAL FOUNTAINS

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CRYSTAL FOUNTAINSCrystal Fountains is a privately held Ontario

Corporation, founded in 1967. We specialise in manufacturing products for decorative waterfeatures of

all sizes, as well as offering design and consulting services in the same niche around the globe.

CRYSTAL FOUNTAINSWe spend a significant portion of our sales dollars

helping our customers find the best fountain solutions. As a general rule our commercial products need to be

specified by an Architect, Landscape Architect or Aquatic Specialist Engineer.

CRYSTAL FOUNTAINSAs environmental consciousness has been growing, so

has the acceptance of LEED building standards for sustainable development. LEED consists of a 110 point

scoring system to determine whether a development meets criteria for sustainable development and at what

level. (Certified, silver, gold and platinum)

CRYSTAL FOUNTAINSThere is a perception that decorative

waterfeatures are on the wrong side of green and will potentially penalize a

site from meeting LEED criteria.

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WE Credit Category: Reduction in water use associated with irrigation outside the building and fixture/fittings use inside the

building has impacts on resource depletion and water shortages leading to agricultural, human, plant, and animal effects. While the impacts of these credits were primarily in

water use, the benefits of water reduction are heavily emphasized in LEED for New

Construction 2009

CRYSTAL FOUNTAINSThe goal would be to develop systems that would be able to serve the water

needs of portions of or the entire building site. Our products and

services could aid in gaining LEED points as well as create enjoyable

aesthetic use of water elements. We are interested in technologies that

could be used in a distributed model.

CRYSTAL FOUNTAINSThreats

• Fountains as we design them today are avoided and not specified due to being perceived as LEED negative to our design customers.•Fountains are legislated out

CRYSTAL FOUNTAINSOpportunities

•We leverage our current water and systems integration knowledge into new LEED positive systems, products and expertise. To enable this shift we will need outside expertise and help to develop systems and products that we can effectively bring to our markets.