From CNNMoney.com: The Greenest Office in America. (HT: Jordan Bailor)
…In June the $2 billion software maker became the first company to receive a platinum award from the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council under its current Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards. (An Environmental Protection Agency building was rated platinum under the pilot program.)
That makes Adobe's San Jose headquarters the greenest corporate building on record in the United States. Even more impressive is that Adobe earned the honor by retrofitting its existing office towers (about 1 million square feet); most of the 151 buildings that have received the council's gold rating are new structures.
By installing everything from motion detectors to waterless urinals, Adobe has reduced its electricity use by 35 percent and its gas consumption by 41 percent since 2001, at the same time that its headcount has swelled 80 percent.
By sure to check out the linked slide show.
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