VDS Group, world’s top rated sustainable apparel manufacturing company specializing in denim and all types of woven garments, has confirmed that its new manufacturing facility in Bangladesh, Vintage Denim Studio, has earned LEED® Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. The 3,00,000-square feet, state-of-the-art facility is the first factory in Bangladesh to earn LEED certification, and, having achieved a LEED score of 90. It is also the first factory worldwide to achieve LEED-NC v3 status.
The facility treats and reuses 100 per cent of its waste water, and has installed a storm water management system and water-efficient landscaping and fixtures, with expectations of achieving water savings of 46 per cent. It is equipped with a 100-kilowatt photovoltaic panel that provides 13 per cent of its total energy, and the company has installed energy-efficient fixtures and other design features that are expected to cut energy consumption by 45 per cent. The facility also sends no waste to landfills.
Other environmental initiatives include a site design geared to controlling erosion and sedimentation, heat island reduction, use of non-fossil fuel vehicles, and monitors and controls to regulate water and energy consumption as well as carbon dioxide emissions and other chemicals and pollutants.
