Fugro awarded prestigious LEED Platinum certification

Fugro’s TechCentre in Nootdorp, the Netherlands has been awarded the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certificate ever granted in the Netherlands to a building that combines an office, warehouse, laboratory and workshop on one site. The state-of-the-art green building has solar panels, thermal walls, a grey water collection system and paperless offices. “Reducing the emission of chemicals in the laboratory was extremely complex so we are particularly proud of this achievement and to have been granted this certification by the U.S. Green Building Council,” explains Dennis Koenen, Project Management and Operations Department Manager at Fugro. ….