Greening With LEED: Lessons From Leaders
Sunday, January 7th, 2007When Adobe achieved the LEED certification , (July and December 2006) it was waves among stalwarts how they can be environment efficient, cost saving and could become another earth saver. The greening journey of Adobe started back in 2001 when it realized how could be the greening of office is effective. It employed the facilities management firm Cushman & Wakefield and implemented various in-house improvement projects. They worked on improving quality of indoor air, proper management of ventilations, drought tolerant landscaping, and irrigation facilities linked to the local weather stations, with a real time adjustment system, monitoring of carbon monoxide and adjustment of exhaust fan accordingly, and maximization in use of outdoor air.