Carlson Headquarters Earns LEED Certification

Published: December 28, 2011

Carlson‘s world headquarters in Minneapolis has learned LEED Silver certification for Existing Buildings (EB). The project, which took 11 months to complete, includes a perfect score of 48 LEED credit points; an Energy Star score of 87, placing the property in the top 15 percent of all comparable buildings nationwide; implementation of an interior pest management program to reduce toxicity of pesticides; replacement of all high-flow restroom fixtures with water-saving models; Energy Star-rated IT equipment; and sustainable food purchases through the Farm-to-Fork program initiated by the building café’s service provider, Bon Appétit.