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PUMA Sets Environmental Standards with New Corporate Headquarters
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PUMA Sets Environmental Standards with New Corporate Headquarters

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Scheduled for completion at the end of 2009 and implementing innovating sustainable technologies, PUMA’s new main building with a total investment of around € 50 million will significantly reduce PUMA’s electricity and water usage (and costs), as well as local carbon “pawprint.”

Called the “PUMA Plaza”, the new headquarters covers an area of 50,000 square metres and includes an administration center, a Brand Center, and Concept and Factory Outlet Store. Environmentally-friendly methods heat and cool each of the buildings, maintaining steady and correct temperatures via concrete core temperature control – a low energy and ecologically efficient application.

A photovoltaic power system, 1,000 square metres in size and installed on the roof of the Outlet building, will produce 70,000 kwh per year of electricity, meeting the annual energy needs equivalent to 20 3-4 person households. Combined with 140 square metres of solar modules built into the buildings’ window facades, PUMA will produce 35 tonnes less of CO2 per year. It is estimated that over the course of the photovoltaic power system lifespan (approximately 25 years), PUMA will save a total of 875 tonnes of carbon dioxide. The main building’s solar panels provide the added benefit of heating all of the water at PUMA Plaza.

As testament to PUMA’s commitment to reduce water consumption, all toilets will be eventually converted to flush with “greywater” or, rainwater collected in a central cistern. The extensive turfing of the 1500 square metres of roof atop the Brand Centre and the visitors restaurant will provide an aesthetic complement to the Plaza while acting as insulation against heat and UV-rays in order to maintain more comfortable indoor temperatures. Censors which turn lights off automatically when motion is not detected (such as when employees are not at their desks) will further reduce electricity consumption.

In order to achieve high environmental standards in the design and construction of the new headquarters, PUMA worked closely with the renowned Institut für Energie und Gebäude (ieg) in Nuremburg, which honored the newheadquarters with an energy saving certificate (Energiepass).

Puma's investment in creating a more sustainable work environment is not only good for the environment, but for the employees and overall business as well. PUMA is deeply committed to investing in sustainable development and will expand the sustainability initiatives at the international, retail and product levels.

 












 
 
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