PECO Earns Coveted LEED Certification for Philadelphia Headquarters
April 04 2016 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
12 company buildings now LEED certified
PECO has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for the
company’s Philadelphia headquarters. This achievement culminates a
multi-year, $15.3 million environmental initiative to improve the
sustainability of PECO’s buildings and operations across
southeastern Pennsylvania.
In total, PECO’s LEED initiative comprises nearly 1.5 million
square feet of building space, representing 80 percent of the total
square footage of all PECO buildings. PECO’s certified buildings
now represent more than 30 percent of all LEED Existing Building
Operations + Maintenance (EBOM) certified buildings throughout
Pennsylvania.
“This certification is a testament to our steadfast dedication
to sustainability and environmental leadership,” said Craig Adams,
president and CEO. “I commend the vision of Denis O’Brien, CEO of
Exelon Utilities, who launched these initiatives in 2008, and the
hard work of our employees who contributed to this achievement.
This work has an ongoing positive environmental impact on our
customers and communities we serve.”
PECO’s headquarters received LEED EBOM Gold certification
through a series of building upgrades and operational enhancements,
including:
- From 2009 to 2014, PECO completed,
extensive energy-efficient lighting improvements, which led to a
reduction of 2,700 light fixtures and 30,000 fluorescent
lamps.
- Heating and cooling upgrades and the
installation of a new building automation system to control the
HVAC system.
- A 45,000 square foot green roof, which
mitigates storm water runoff and reduces energy usage for heating
and cooling, was installed in 2008.
- In 2009, PECO’s iconic Crown Lights
system atop our Philadelphia headquarters was updated with
energy-efficient LED technology.
This work has helped reduce building energy usage by 7.25
million kilowatt-hours each year.
This building joins 11 other LEED certified PECO buildings
across the region, including two LEED-New Construction Certified
sites and nine Existing Building Operations + Maintenance Certified
sites.
- Bucks County: Warminster Service
Building
- Chester County: Berwyn Campus (three
buildings) and West Chester Service Building
- Delaware County: Baldwin Service
Building
- Montgomery County: Plymouth and
Phoenixville Service Buildings, Plymouth Line School Building
- Philadelphia County: Company
Headquarters, G & Luzerne and Christian Street Service
Buildings
From the company’s green building initiatives, to operating an
environmentally-friendly fleet, to launching PECO Smart Ideas to
help customers save energy and money, all of PECO’s environmental
efforts contribute to and support the long-term sustainability
efforts of our parent company, Exelon, to benefit the company’s
customers and communities.
Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas
utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC). The
company’s 2,400 dedicated employees provide advanced, innovative
energy solutions to 1.6 million electric and more than 511,000
natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. In 2015
PECO delivered 86.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 38
billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. The company also has an
estimated annual economic impact of $4.5 billion in Pennsylvania,
supporting more than 9,600 local jobs and producing $760 million in
labor income. Founded in 1881, PECO is one of the Greater
Philadelphia Region's most active corporate citizens, providing
leadership, volunteer and financial support to numerous arts and
culture, education, environmental, economic development and
community programs and organizations. For more information visit
PECO.com, and connect with the company on Facebook and Twitter.
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