There’s been and continues to be a lot of talk about LEED Certified wineries.
To start, a LEED Certified anything means that the building in which a business is housed has passed criteria in energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts. LEED, after all stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The US Green Building Council created LEED certification in 1998 and it has been THE acronym ever since.
Stoller Winery in Oregon became the first US LEED Certified winery in 2006. Hall Wines of St. Helena became the first winery in California to achieve LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Cade Wines were the first organic winery to be awarded in Napa Valley. Goldeneye Winery became the third LEED certified winery in CA this year.
This looks like a great trend to keep watching. In the mean time, take a look at these sites for information about what a LEED winery does differently. Gravity flow anyone?
Stoller
Hall
Cade
Goldeneye
1 comment:
Hall Wines was the first winery in Napa to be LEED Gold certified. I know, my company worked on the project. They are also organic. :) I don't know why Cade is making the same claim.
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