Fresh & Easy joins LEED pilot program

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market announced today it has joined the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design volume certification pilot program.

Fresh & Easy is one of a small number of companies selected as a pilot member of the LEED volume certification program, allowing the company to certify multiple buildings with the LEED rating system in a streamlined process. The LEED Green Building Rating System is a highly-respected rating tool that evaluates a building's approach to sustainability through energy efficiencies, site development, water savings, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

Fresh & Easy estimates its buildings will reduce energy output by approximately 30% compared to a typical grocery.

"Designing green buildings makes sense," said ceo Tim Mason. "When we sat down to design Fresh & Easy stores, one of our first considerations was to make sure they were sustainable. It is important to our employees, our customers and our neighborhoods for us to reduce our emissions and our footprint on the environment."