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Subway units in North Carolina receive LEED certification

May 22, 2011

Subway restaurants has announced that two of its recently opened stores in the Raleigh, N.C. market are Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified for being environmentally friendly.

One of the locations is at 10130-300 Green Level Church Road in Cary, and the other is at 705 Ninth St. in Durham. The locations were designed and constructed according to U.S. Green Building Council guidelines to receive the certifications.

"Subway is committed to progressive environmental causes, and we are proud that these new stores help the company achieve this goal,” said Burhan Ghanayem, Subway franchisee. "They are designed specifically to have an overall smaller environmental footprint by requiring less energy and consuming less water than typical restaurants. We look forward to adding more LEED-certified stores throughout the Raleigh market."

LEED is a third-party certification program for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings that serves as a benchmark for rating environmental performance and occupant satisfaction for several building scenarios.