CERTIFICATIONS
Built in 1998
as a "green" building, Building 701 included design features that help it be an economically profitable, environmentally responsible and healthy, productive place to work. Building 701 has had design and operational improvements over the years, and had become an example of what is possible when you make a serious commitment to building a healthy, sustainable features.
USGBC LEED EB Platinum
LEED for Existing Buildings maximizes operational efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts. It provides a recognized, performance-based benchmark for building owners and operators to measure operations, improvements and maintenance on a consistent scale. Armstrong was awarded the highest USGBC certification, LEED EB Platinum, in 2007.
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Green Power Partner
In recognition of our purchase of 2.2 million kilowatt hours of wind-generated energy, which supplies 75% of the power for our Corporate Headquarters Building 701, Armstrong is now a certified Green Power Partner of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). By using clean, renewable wind power at this rate, it’s as if we planted 149,000 trees or removed 300 automobiles from the road. EPA's Green Power Partnership encourages organizations to purchase green power—solar, wind, geothermal, bio gas, biomass and low-impact hydro—as a way to reduce the risk of climate change and the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use.
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ENERGY STAR
Buildings that earn the ENERGY STAR are the top performers for energy efficiency nationwide and use about 35 percent less energy than average buildings. Only buildings that rate in top 25 percent of energy-effient buildings in the nation may qualify for the ENERGY STAR. Armstrong was awarded this distinction in 2006
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view Armstrong's profile on ENERGY STAR website.
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