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.