CANTON, Mass., Dec. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Dunkin' Donuts
announced today the launch of DD Green™, a green building
certification program designed to help franchisees build
sustainable, energy-efficient restaurants. In conjunction with the
announcement, the company is celebrating the grand opening of a DD
Green certified Dunkin' Donuts restaurant at 5560 E. 7th Street in
Long Beach, California. Dunkin' Donuts will work with
franchisees and construction managers to build 100 new Dunkin'
Donuts restaurants DD Green certified by the end of 2016.
To be recognized as a DD Green restaurant, franchisees,
construction managers and architects will follow a five-stage
program during the planning, design and construction phases of
store development. Those that have met the DD Green criteria will
display a DD Green plaque in-store that notes the restaurant's
achievement in energy reduction and sustainable design.
"We are delighted to be able to launch the DD Green initiative,
a green-building certification program that is customized for our
various store formats and designed to enable us to meet our
long-term environmental targets," said Paul
Twohig, President, Dunkin' Donuts U.S. and Canada, and Dunkin' Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Europe and Latin America. "We are committed to building
greener restaurants, and this new program is designed to reduce our
overall environmental footprint and improve operating costs for our
franchisees."
The five stages of the DD Green program include Site
Development, Store Efficiency, Healthy Indoors, Sustainable
Operations and Innovation and Community. Each stage of the DD Green
strategies provides a brief synopsis of the strategy goal, specific
educational information, guidance and metrics to achieve with the
design and construction team.
Each stage focuses on securing sustainable strategies and
practices for restaurants, including the mitigation of construction
pollution and waste recycling, installation of energy-efficient LED
light fixtures, mechanical units and water-saving plumbing
fixtures, implementation of healthy environments with indoor air
quality management and use of zero-VOC paints and a required
sustainable building operations training for employees. Franchisees
can achieve two different levels within the program, DD Green,
where stores meet minimum sustainable requirements, and DD Green
Elite, where stores reach beyond requirements, and achieve
additional suggested sustainable goals.
UL Environment, a business division of UL - the global
independent safety science company - audits and certifies
sustainability programs, and reviewed the DD Green achievement
program structure in 2014. "We applaud Dunkin' Donuts for
their efforts in promoting improved sustainable building practices
via this program," said Catherine
Sheehy, Program Manager for UL Environment. "We have
reviewed the new DD Green certification program and confirmed that
the strategies required for achievement will, if implemented as
described, enable participating Dunkin' Donuts restaurants to
achieve reductions in energy and water usage, and reduce waste and
material sent to landfills in comparison to Dunkin' Donuts
restaurants that do not implement the DD Green strategies required
for certification."
To learn more about Dunkin' Donuts,
visit www.DunkinDonuts.com or follow us on Facebook
(www.facebook.com/DunkinDonuts) and Twitter
(www.twitter.com/DunkinDonuts).
About Dunkin' Donuts
Founded in 1950, Dunkin' Donuts
is America's favorite all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked
goods. Dunkin' Donuts is a market leader in the hot
regular/decaf/flavored coffee, iced coffee, donut, bagel and muffin
categories. Dunkin' Donuts has earned the No. 1 ranking for
customer loyalty in the coffee category by Brand Keys for eight years running. The company
has more than 11,000 restaurants in 33 countries worldwide. Based
in Canton, Mass., Dunkin' Donuts
is part of the Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) family of
companies. For more information,
visit www.DunkinDonuts.com.
Contact:
Lindsay Cronin
Dunkin' Brands
781-737-5200
Lindsay.Cronin@dunkinbrands.com
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