Patagonia Nevada Building Earns LEED Gold Certification

Patagonia, the outdoor apparel manufacturer, announced that its Reno, Nevada, Service Center, received the GOLD level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification from the U.S. Green Building Council According to the company it is the second distribution center in the country to receive the title. A total of 171 buildings in the country have the gold LEED certification.

The recently expanded and remodeled Reno Service Center was specially constructed with the help of local architectural firm Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects and General Contractor, Trammell Crow Construction, and the advice and direction of a numerous key subcontractors, to help mitigate the building's effect on the environment, which is part and parcel of the Patagonia philosophy.

Patagonia incorporated some of the following characteristics to achieve Gold certification: 100 percent of building electric power is supplied by renewable power; improved energy performance that results in 47 percent energy cost savings; specialized water technologies that result in a 42 percent reduction of potable water and 50 percent of irrigation water; 93 percent of construction waste was recycled during remodel; 95 percent of all in-house waste is recycled and over 50 percent of all wood materials are FSC certified.