Interloop Plant 4, Region’s First LEED Gold Certified Socks Production Facility

10 Oct Interloop Plant 4, Region’s First LEED Gold Certified Socks Production Facility

Driven by our Mission, Interloop Limited’s sustainability philosophy, is to transform the way we do business; from sourcing responsibly to reducing our carbon footprint, from supporting labour rights to taking care of our communities, while continuously growing our business.

Pursuing our commitment to protect environment, Interloop undertook the much needed sustainable building development initiative in Pakistan and in August 2018, our New Socks Production Facility at Faisalabad – Plant 4 became Pakistan’s and Regions First Socks Production Facility to achieve LEED Gold certification from US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL, under V4 (Version – 4) rating system, which is the latest and most stringent LEED rating system so far.

LEED; Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the most widely used green building rating system in the world, providing a framework to create healthy, highly efficient and cost-saving green buildings. LEED certification is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement.

Interloop Plant 4, the new vertically integrated manufacturing facility has been planned on LEAN based operational procedures and equipped with 736 state of the art Knitting Machines, e-Flow Washing Technology and Latest Boarding Machines.

Under LEED v4 BD+C: New Construction, Plant 4 was evaluated on following Impact Categories and scored 65 out of attempted 74 points:

• Integrative Process
• Location & Transportation
• Sustainable Sites
• Water Efficiency
• Energy & Atmosphere
• Materials & Resources
• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Innovation
• Regional Priority Credits

The Path We Followed to Achieve LEED Gold Certification:

• Improved erosion and sedimentation control to reduce negative impacts on water and air quality during Construction
• Metered and Monitored Energy
• Reduced water consumption with efficient water fixtures and metering of water at each consumption head
• Used environmental friendly material including low VOC paint material & recycled material
• Installed efficient HVAC System having Electric water-cooled chillers, Evaporative coolers, Energy recovery ventilators and VRF System for Office Block
• Enhanced thermal comfort by using the double glazed glass and insertion of insulation boards at all outdoor windows, walls and ceiling respectively
• Constructed external roads with Tuff Pavers replacing the Bitumen carpeted road to reduce the heat island
• Developed rainwater management plan to store water and re-use for horticulture
• Targeted to install the 260 KW Solar System to harvest renewable energy and reduce grid electricity

Sustainability Impacts Achieved:

• 26% Savings in Energy Consumption
• 51% Reduction in Potable Water Usage
• 25% Enhanced Fresh Air Intake to improve Comfort

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LEED Gold Certification is an important achievement for Interloop Limited and one of the many milestones reached on the Sustainability Route