Is lead an environment-friendly building material?
For a building material to be considered ecologically sound, it needs to be durable, recyclable and manufactured using a relative energy-efficient process. Lead sheet performs extremely well against all these requirements. Lead has a life expectancy of well over hundred years and any building material that lasts that long is intrinsically ‘green’. It’s also 100 per cent recyclable and reclamation really does take place as lead is simply too valuable to waste. And its low melting point helps make the manufacturing process energy-efficient.
