The new
Saint-Gobain R&D center in Northboro,
Mass., has been given the
company’s prestigious
“Care:4” environmental award. The facility opened last year and is one of only two buildings worldwide to receive the
rating.
The goal of
Saint-Gobain’s
global Care:4
program is aggressive: to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions of company-owned
buildings by a factor of four by 2040. Care:4 covers new office buildings, training
centers, showrooms and existing Saint-Gobain buildings that undergo major
renovations. The new Northboro building attained the Care:4 rating based on its
state-of-the-art design, which adheres to Saint-Gobain's rigorous international
energy-efficiency standards, as well as its use of the company’s energy-saving
products, including CertainTeed insulation, CertainTeed “cool” solar reflective
roofing, and Saint-Gobain low-emissivity glazing.
“The new
building is an outstanding example of the company's commitment to energy
conservation, environment protection and sustainable development,” said Gilles
Colas, general delegate for Saint-Gobain North America. “We’re pleased that
the Saint-Gobain Care:4 certification has been awarded to this facility, which is
truly a building of the future. I know it wasn't easy for the team to meet
Care:4's demanding design and performance requirements-but they did it. My congratulations and
thanks go to everyone involved in this project, in which we can take pride.”
Visit
www.saint-gobain.com for more information.
