The East Tower, in the middle, and the Alamaden Tower, to the right, at Adobe’s headquarters in San Jose, California have joined the West Tower (not shown) in achieving a Platinum rating in the LEED® for Existing Buildings Rating System.
Photo: William A. Porter Adobe Systems, Inc., of San Jose, California, has reached new heights in the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® Rating System by having three of its buildings achieve a LEED for Existing Buildings Platinum rating. The first of these buildings, the West Tower of the company’s headquarters, was certified in July 2006; two other buildings, the East and Almaden Towers, were certified in December. According to Adobe, the company has invested $650,000 in energy and environmental retrofits in the East and Almaden Towers since 2001 and has seen $728,000 in savings as of 2006. The retrofits included the installation of drought-tolerant landscaping and a weather-based irrigation control system as well as the installation of carbon dioxide sensors in the office areas that adjust exhaust fan operation to control indoor air quality.
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