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

oktober 21, 2009

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PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America today announced its Plano, Texas, headquarters has been awarded LEED® Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.

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