Crystal’s Vietnam knits factory, Regent Garment Factory, has achieved an international green building certification system, EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies). The certificate is for its newly designed factory building, in recognition of the reduction in energy use, water use, and embodied energy in materials meeting the EDGE standard.
As an innovation of International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank group, EDGE focuses on the next generation of green building certification in more than 170 countries and includes a cloud-based platform to calculate the cost of going green and utility savings. For obtaining the Level 1 EDGE certification, a green building should earn a minimum of 20 per cent savings in energy, water, and embodied energy in built materials to meet the green building standard. The new factory building reached 28 per cent in energy savings, 37 per cent in water savings, and 44 per cent less embodied energy in materials. The building is still under construction and will be completed next year. Crystal received a preliminary certificate at the design stage and will earn the final certification at the post-construction stage, the company said in a press release.Crystal's Vietnam knits factory, Regent Garment Factory, has achieved an international green building certification system, EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies). The certificate is for its newly designed factory building, in recognition of the reduction in energy use, water use, and embodied energy in materials meeting the EDGE standard.#
Over the years, Crystal has been putting efforts to promote environmental conservation and taking proactive actions to implement environmentally friendly practices in the factories and headquarters. This is the first building environmental certificate in Crystal that recognises its persistent efforts. It shows further determination to embrace sustainability in an earlier stage of green building design, which goes beyond the production processes, offices, products or water treatment. By attaining EDGE standard, the new factory building will be able to achieve resource efficiency and improve operational performance.
Crystal will integrate this sustainable design concept to the future building projects, which does not only achieve energy and water savings, but also supports the long-term group sustainability goal for tackling climate change.
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