InterfaceFLOR achieves LEED-CI Gold

BANGALORE, INDIA: InterfaceFLOR India Pvt. Ltd, the 100% subsidiary of InterfaceFLOR Europe, Bangalore facility has achieved the LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Gold for Commercial Interiors (CI) certification from the US Green Building Council (USGBC).

USGBC developed the LEED rating system to encourage the development of more sustainable buildings and interiors.

Raj Menon, country manager, InterfaceFLOR India, said, “This InterfaceFLOR facility is the first building in Bangalore and the third in India to receive the honours. Keeping in line with our company’s vision of Mission Zero, it was quite natural for us to go in for an energy efficient and sustainable office space. Going Green will reap tremendous benefits for us, both tangible and intangible, such as reduced operating cost and enhanced productivity of occupants.”

The facility, spread over 4265 sq. ft, scored high in key LEED environmental categories like indoor environmental quality, energy and atmosphere and water efficiency.

For InterfaceFLOR, this is not the first building or interior it has entered for this accreditation. The company’s Atlanta showroom received the first ever LEED-CI Platinum certification in 2004 followed by the Shanghai facility, which received the LEED-CI Gold certification in 2006, the  first LEED-CI rating at any level to be awarded in China. InterfaceFlor Thailand also undertook the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for New Construction (LEED-NC) accreditation programme for its  factory extension and achieved a certification.