Frito-Lay's North America Headquarters Achieves LEED Gold Certification

The Frito-Lay North America headquarters is the only Existing Building (EB) in the state of Texas, to receive this distinction and one of only 12 corporate headquarters to receive this distinction nationally.

“There are many challenges to retrofitting a 25-year-old building to meet LEED EB Gold standards,” said George Guck, Director of Facilities and Corporate Services, Frito-Lay North America. “Bolstered by the commitment of senior leadership, we completed a thorough analysis of our facility workings and evaluated new technologies to find strategic sustainable solutions that helped us meet LEED requirements.”

Some of the building's features:

• Solar thermal water heating system using the sun’s light to heat all hot water
• New high efficiency chillers
• New lighting control systems, including daylight harvesting, turns off indoor lights when there is enough sunlight in the area
• Landscaping with native and adaptive plants to reduce water use and to prevent soil erosion