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Honda headquarters earns environmental award
Honda Canada has received the LEED Canada Gold designation for its new headquarters office in Markham, Ontario. The award recognizes “green” building certification from the Canada Green Building Council.
Completed in May 2010, the facility is Honda’s 11th LEED-certified building in North America. Honda has the highest number of “green” buildings of any auto manufacturer on the continent.
“Honda’s environmental vision is to help preserve the global environment for generations to come, and includes broad-based efforts to minimize our company’s environmental footprint,” said Jerry Chenkin, executive vice-president of Honda Canada. “Achieving LEED-Gold certification for our facility in Markham demonstrates our commitment to this vision.”
The four-story, 138,000-square-foot office building is one of three buildings on Honda Canada’s 54-acre campus, along with a parts distribution centre and technical building. The campus is now home to about 500 employees and represents an investment of nearly $100 million in land and buildings.
Features in the design including a heat-reflective white roof, a 33 per cent reduction in energy over a traditional office building of the same size, and a site water management plan that collects and stores rainwater for use in landscaping irrigation.
Honda Canada has received the LEED Canada Gold designation for its new headquarters office in Markham, Ontario. The award recognizes “green” building certification from the Canada Green Building Council.
Completed in May 2010, the facility is Honda’s 11th LEED-certified building in North America. Honda has the highest number of “green” buildings of any auto manufacturer on the continent.
“Honda’s environmental vision is to help preserve the global environment for generations to come, and includes broad-based efforts to minimize our company’s environmental footprint,” said Jerry Chenkin, executive vice-president of Honda Canada. “Achieving LEED-Gold certification for our facility in Markham demonstrates our commitment to this vision.”
The four-story, 138,000-square-foot office building is one of three buildings on Honda Canada’s 54-acre campus, along with a parts distribution centre and technical building. The campus is now home to about 500 employees and represents an investment of nearly $100 million in land and buildings.
Features in the design including a heat-reflective white roof, a 33 per cent reduction in energy over a traditional office building of the same size, and a site water management plan that collects and stores rainwater for use in landscaping irrigation.