UPS http://www.ups.com  has become the first major package delivery and logistics company to earn Gold Status certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) http://www.usgbc.org/LEED along with an Energy Star http://www.energystar.gov certification for its corporate headquarters complex.

UPS engineers evaluated five main elements necessary for LEED certification:  sustainable site,  water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and indoor environment quality.

The Energy Star award certifies the UPS headquarters uses less energy, is less expensive to operate, and generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions than most similar buildings in the U.S. To qualify for the Energy Star rating, a building or manufacturing plant must perform better than at least 75 percent of similar buildings nationwide. wt