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Patagonia Goes For Gold At Reno Distribution Center
Patagonia Goes For Gold At Reno Distribution Center
To accommodate growth plans to 2016, the outdoor gear and apparel company Patagonia constructed a 171,000-square-foot addition to its 12-year-old, 342,000-square-foot distribution center in Reno, Nevada and achieved LEED Gold certification, writes Modern Materials Handling. The new green ...
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Sierra Nevada beer production waste used to make ethanol
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Patagonia Goes For Gold At Reno Distribution Center
NaturalPath Media - — ... To accommodate growth plans to 2016, the outdoor gear and apparel company Patagonia constructed a 171,000-square-foot addition to its 12-year-old, 342,000-square-foot distribution center in Reno, Nevada and achieved LEED Gold certification, writes Modern Materials Handling. The new green distribution center features: A steel frame, insulation, and window glass that contain recycled materials Energy-efficient lighting systems  that use motion [...] Feed: Environmental Feeder Original article

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Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit — ... Patagonia Goes For Gold at Reno Distribution CenterWith all the talk of Michael Phelps and his indiscretions this past week, it’s tough to remember that there are other golds worth going for. The folks at Patagonia hope to achieve LEED Gold with their new distribution center by using building materials containing recycled materials, motion sensors radiant heating and some other cool stuff. ...

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