Clothing factory in Sri Lanka - Holcim Lanka Ltd

Ecological quality and energy
conservation
Sustainable buildings conserve finite resources and minimize greenhouse gas
emissions. Good built environments are healthful for humans, animals, and
plants. Green buildings help keep the natural environment and ecosystems
healthy by reducing waste, controlling pollution, and treating land, air, and
water as precious resources.
MAS Intimates Thurulie was
designed in compliance with
USGBC standards for green buildings.
The owner is applying for
LEED certification for the building,
which attests to outstanding overall
environmental performance.*
Energy required for operation is
forty percent lower than that of
comparable factories. Only renewable
and carbon-neutral energy
sources are used.
* LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) is the Green Building Rating System of
the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
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The compact building is carefully
placed on the intensively planted
site to minimize environmental
impact and provide habitat for a
broad variety of plant and animal
species.
Every drop of water on the site is
carefully managed; consumption
of potable water is half that of
comparable plants.
To reduce the gray energy in the
building, the main exterior walls
are made of compressed stabilizedearth
blocks manufactured forty
kilometers from the site.