Maple Leaf Foods Receives LEED Certification

Maple Leaf Foods said its Mississauga offices in Ontario, Canada, have been awarded the leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) Core and Shell Gold certification by the US Green Building Council.

Maple said the 152,000ft² building has sustainable features including a thermoplastic olefin white roof to reduce the heat island effect and low flow fixtures that result in 40% water savings.

The heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems have enabled the infrastructure to record a 36% better energy performance than a typical model.

The company said more than 75% of construction waste was diverted from landfill during construction and the building materials were highly recycled and contained regional content with low volatile organic compound.

The building’s green cleaning and recycling programmes divert over 80% of ongoing waste from landfill, the food manufacturer said.