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CCL Tubes (Wilkes-Barre, PA) will move its Los Angeles headquarters to a certified LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) building. The new location was constructed with a look toward sustainable practices, and is designed to efficiently use energy, water, and material resources. The site was also created with consideration of its environmental impact.

“The building was planned to be a LEED building, it was then customized to CCL’s manufacturing needs,” says Ron Harriman, director of product development. “It integrated our existing green manufacturing and business operations, such as capturing scrap and regrinding, paperless ordering system, office recycling programs, no-smoking property, etc.”

“This just follows our core beliefs in environment responsibility,” Harriman adds. He says it clearly sends the message to customers that CCL “backs up its word.”

CCL plans to install a new, efficient 135-foot long, high-speed tube production line. According to Andy Iseli, general manager, the facilities will allow CCL to create two and a half times the tubes it could make previously, while using 70% of the earlier energy output.

The certification program LEED Green Building Rating System, part of the U.S. Green Building Council, is a nationally accepted organization for designating high-performance green buildings. LEED committees determine a building’s qualifications by reviewing its construction methods.