After all the news about plastic bottles and landfill issues, Nestle introduces a bottled water --- and gets a gold LEEDS certification for their building, pictured above. Nestle did a lot of things to make the building enviropolitically correct, except for the plastic bottle part.Here's to your health ????? I(oh yeah, and "attractive" is evidently not part of LEEDs standards)
From Nestle's Website:
Key green features of the Arrowhead plant include:
• Water safeguards – managing the quality of storm water runoff.
• Water efficiency – reduce the need for irrigation by using native and water conserving plants; using low-flow, water-saving fixtures in bathrooms.
• Energy efficiency – high efficiency lighting, HVAC and controls.
• Moveable exterior walls – designed to deconstruct and be reused.
• Constructed wetlands – treat wastewater through natural biologic filtration before the water is recharged to groundwater sources.
• Pollution prevention – parking area is dedicated to bicycle, electric vehicle and carpool users; corrugated paper, plastic, product pallets and other materials are recycled.
• Non-toxic building materials and maintenance – durable, non-toxic materials were selected for the building, with consideration for the materials’ life cycle impacts on water.
• Resource efficiencies – recycled content building materials (over 50 percent as calculated under LEED) were selected for the building. Approximately 60 percent came from local sources, limiting long-haul transportation.
• Waste reduction – more than 75 percent of the building construction waste was salvaged or recycled.
• Indoor environmental quality – indoor spaces are enhanced by innovative space design and sophisticated controls that monitor and regulate interior temperature, humidity, lighting and air quality.
• Water safeguards – managing the quality of storm water runoff.
• Water efficiency – reduce the need for irrigation by using native and water conserving plants; using low-flow, water-saving fixtures in bathrooms.
• Energy efficiency – high efficiency lighting, HVAC and controls.
• Moveable exterior walls – designed to deconstruct and be reused.
• Constructed wetlands – treat wastewater through natural biologic filtration before the water is recharged to groundwater sources.
• Pollution prevention – parking area is dedicated to bicycle, electric vehicle and carpool users; corrugated paper, plastic, product pallets and other materials are recycled.
• Non-toxic building materials and maintenance – durable, non-toxic materials were selected for the building, with consideration for the materials’ life cycle impacts on water.
• Resource efficiencies – recycled content building materials (over 50 percent as calculated under LEED) were selected for the building. Approximately 60 percent came from local sources, limiting long-haul transportation.
• Waste reduction – more than 75 percent of the building construction waste was salvaged or recycled.
• Indoor environmental quality – indoor spaces are enhanced by innovative space design and sophisticated controls that monitor and regulate interior temperature, humidity, lighting and air quality.
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