NEW YORK and BOSTON, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK) , the global leader in asset management and securities servicing, today announced that its facility in Everett, Mass. has been awarded a Gold-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in the existing building (EB) category. BNY Mellon Everett achieved its LEED EB Gold certification for superior energy, lighting, water and material use, along with a variety of sustainable building strategies. Specific highlights include: - Decreasing energy consumption by nearly 20 percent through building-wide control systems, operating methods, and lighting automation; - Renewable energy power generation from a rooftop solar array; - Exemplary recycling, waste management and employee education programs; - A superior water management program delivering a 34 percent reduction in usage from efficient fixtures and landscaping; - A green cleaning policy with environmentally-sensitive products and processes; and - BNY Mellon's sustainable purchasing program. Working with National Grid and leveraging a grant from the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust, plus state and federal tax incentives, BNY Mellon installed a 76-kiloWatt-hour rooftop solar array on the Everett location in early 2009. The system is designed to annually reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 50 tons and it will pay for itself in less than five years, while also relieving peak energy demand on the Everett grid.
