FullBloom was featured in the article, “LEEDing” the Charge by Paula Frank published in Baking Management Magazine. Below is a list of some of the things we’ve done to reach LEED Platinum Certification.
FullBloom Baking Co. Newark, Calif., certified LEED platinum
The following practices and programs helped FullBloom Baking Co., Newark, Calif., achieve LEED certification:
- Added bike racks to support alternative transportation
- Provided preferred parking spaces for fleet of Priuses and other hybrid vehicles
- Used water efficient landscaping
- Reduced water use by 42.8 percent from baseline design
- Selected refrigerants and HVAC that minimize the ozone depletion
- Green power: 100 percent of building’s electrical usage provided by renewable sources
- Building reuse: 98.3 percent of existing wall, floor and roof elements have been retained
- Building reuse, non-structural: maintained 73.9 percent of existing interior non-structural elements
- Construction waste management: diverted 130 tons of site-generated construction waste from landfills
- Resource reuse: used salvaged, refurbished or reused materials
- Recycled content: 12.5 percent of total building materials manufactured using recycled materials
- Rapidly renewable materials: extracted, harvested or recovered 19 percent of total building material within 500 miles of facility
- Outdoor air delivery monitoring: No high-density spaces require CO2 monitoring
- Increased ventilation: Outdoor air ventilation increased by 30 percent for all occupied spaces
- Low emitting materials: all indoor adhesive and sealant products comply with VOC limits, including paints, carpet systems, composite wood and agrifiber
- Thermal comfort design
- Innovation in design for major equipment reuse; CCOP certification for organic; composting of food waste; employee input for design
- Daylight views: 92 percent of occupied seated spaces have direct line of sight views
