May 29, 2008
Sustainable Life Media

Kraft has netted a LEED Gold green-building certification for its 800,000-square-foot distribution center near Chicago - the largest such facility to earn the rating so far. The certification is another feather in the cap for ProLogis, the warehouse operator that built the facility last year (Kraft currently leases the property). In January, the company vowed to earn LEED certification for all its new constructions in the U.S.

ProLogis currently has nine more warehouses up for LEED review and 8.3 million square feet in the U.S. under design or construction to meet LEED standards, according to managing director Jack Rizzo.

AMB has a LEED-Silver certified distribution center in Savannah and Melaver, Inc. is currently working with DP Partners to earn LEED certification for another dc near the port.