2. Office Depot’s Global Headquarters Earns EPA’s Energy
Star(R) Certification for Superior Energy Efficiency
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Office Depot, celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of
office supplies and services, today 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 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy
efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set
by the EPA.
3. “Office Depot is pleased to accept EPA’s ENERGY STAR
certification in recognition of our energy efficiency efforts,”
said Edward Costa, Vice President of Construction for Office
Depot. “Through this achievement, we have demonstrated
our commitment to environmental stewardship while also
lowering our energy costs.”
Commercial buildings that earn EPA’s ENERGY STAR
certification use an average of 35 percent less energy than
typical buildings and also release 35 percent less carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere. Office Depot improved its
energy performance by managing energy strategically across
the entire organization and by making cost-effective
improvements to its building.
4. “Improving the energy efficiency of our nation’s buildings
is critical to protecting our environment,” said Jean
Lupinacci, Chief of the ENERGY STAR Commercial &
Industrial Branch. “From the boiler room to the board
room, organizations are leading the way by making their
buildings more efficient and earning EPA’s ENERGY STAR
certification.”
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:
5. – 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 percent.
Over the past five years, Office Depot has consistently built and operated
environmentally sustainable stores and facilities. The global headquarters
was Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certified
in 2010, and Office Depot opened its first LEED Gold Certified store in
Austin, Texas during the summer of 2008. In early 2010, Office Depot
announced plans to only open LEED for Commercial Interior certified
stores going forward and has opened 15 locations since. Additionally in
2010, Office Depot announced that it will pursue LEED certification at its
new warehouse facility in Newville, PA. For more information on Office
Depot’s environmental strategy, please visit
www.officedepot.com/environment.
6. About ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR was introduced by EPA in 1992 as a voluntary,
market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions through energy efficiency. Today, the ENERGY STAR
label can be found on more than 60 different kinds of
products as well as new homes and commercial and industrial
buildings that meet strict energy-efficiency specifications set
by the EPA. Last year alone, Americans, with the help of
ENERGY STAR, saved $18 billion on their energy bills while
reducing the greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of
34 million vehicles.
For more information about ENERGY STAR Certification for
Commercial Buildings visit
www.energystar.gov/labeledbuildings.
7. About Office Depot
Celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of office
supplies and services, Office Depot is Taking Care of
Business for millions of customers around the globe. For
the local corner store as well as Fortune 500 companies,
Office Depot provides supplies and services to its customers
through 1,627 worldwide retail stores, a dedicated sales
force, top-rated catalogs and global e-commerce operations.
Office Depot has annual sales of approximately $11.6
billion, and employs about 40,000 associates around the
world. The Company provides more office supplies and
services to more customers in more countries than any
other company, and currently sells to customers directly or
through affiliates in 56 countries.
8. Office Depot’s common stock is listed on
the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol ODP. Additional press information
can be found at:
http://mediarelations.officedepot.com and
http://socialpress.officedepot.com/
