PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay Modesto, CA, facility has become the state’s first food manufacturing site to be awarded LEED® Gold existing building certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), as verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). Frito-Lay North America now has eight certified LEED Gold existing buildings across the country with manufacturing sites in Casa Grande, AZ, Topeka, KS, Perry, GA, Beloit, WI, Jonesboro, AR, and Killingly, CT, along with its Plano, TX-based headquarters.
“Frito-Lay’s certification shows tremendous leadership in greening an existing building, which makes up the vast majority of the U.S. building stock,” says Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO, and founding chair, USGBC. “Greening our existing buildings helps save money and energy, creates healthier places to live, work, and learn—all while addressing our single greatest opportunity to help solve the climate change equation.”
