ODP HQ earns Energy Star certification
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Office Depot announced that the company’s global headquarters, located in Boca Raton, Fla., has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Energy Star certification. The certification signifies that the building performs in the top 25% of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA, Office Depot reported.
"Office Depot is pleased to accept EPA’s Energy Star certification in recognition of our energy efficiency efforts,” said Edward Costa, VP construction for Office Depot. "Through this achievement, we have demonstrated our commitment to environmental stewardship while also lowering our energy costs.”
Energy-saving actions that Office Depot took to earn the Energy Star certification included retrofitting most of the lighting on the global headquarters’ campus, which consisted of:
Replacing all T5 lamps with 27-Watt, 4100 Kelvin lamps;
Changing all parking garage lights from 150-Watt metal-halide to 42-Watt florescent lamps; and
Reducing the amount of lamps that are on during the daylight hours by 70%.