Ashok Leyland office in city gets another LEED certification

: Hinduja group flagship Ashok Leyland Thursday said its corporate office here has received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system (LEED v4.1) award instituted by the US Green Building Council.

With the receipt of the award, the office of Ashok Leyland has become the first in the country and fourth in the world to receive a platinum certification, a press release from the company said here.

"We were awarded the LEED gold certification in 2009 and by striving for continuous improvement, we have now been able to receive the LEED v4.1 platinum certification. We are the only corporate office in the country to have received this certification," company's Communication and CSR president-HR, N V Balachandar said in the release.

One hundred per cent of the waste generated at the building is segregated on-site, pre-processed and recycled from landfills, he said.

Ashok Leyland's certification demonstrates tremendous green building leadership. As the first project in India to receive LEED v4.1 platinum certification, the firm's Chennai office serves as an international model for sustainability excellence, managing director of Green Business Certificate Institute (APAC and Middle East) Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan said in the release.

Ashok Leyland has set a benchmark in the industry by creating a sustainable workspace in the automobile sector, he said.