Full Text of HR0129 96th General Assembly
HR0129 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the administration | 4 |
| and employees of PepsiCo's Chicago headquarters and the members | 5 |
| of the PepsiCo Green Chicago Team on the occasion of receiving | 6 |
| the prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design | 7 |
| (LEED) Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building | 8 |
| Council; and
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| WHEREAS, The LEED Green Building Rating System is the | 10 |
| nationally accepted benchmark for maximizing operational | 11 |
| efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts in existing | 12 |
| buildings operations and maintenance; to earn LEED | 13 |
| certification, points are awarded for building attributes in | 14 |
| five categories: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy & | 15 |
| Atmosphere, Materials & Resources, and Indoor Environmental | 16 |
| Quality; and
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| WHEREAS, PepsiCo's Chicago Plaza office earned this | 18 |
| prestigious recognition by reducing the building's energy use | 19 |
| by 10 percent in less than a year, cutting water usage to 37 | 20 |
| percent below Energy Policy Act performance standards, and | 21 |
| eliminating almost 226 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions | 22 |
| through energy saving programs; and
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| WHEREAS, The PepsiCo Green Chicago Team, an | 2 |
| employee-established environmental committee, focused on four | 3 |
| critical elements in the large-scale effort to obtain LEED | 4 |
| certification, including energy savings, specifically the use | 5 |
| of employee-nominated floor leaders to keep employees engaged | 6 |
| and aware of their daily energy use; waste reduction, which | 7 |
| involves monthly contests that pit each of the 16 floors | 8 |
| against each other in competition to reduce waste, recycling, | 9 |
| involving a formal recycling program that focused on recycling | 10 |
| 100 percent of the recyclable glass, paper, plastic, cardboard, | 11 |
| batteries, printer/fax cartridges, and light bulbs discarded | 12 |
| in the Chicago Plaza's refuse bins; and air quality, which | 13 |
| involves the replacement of all janitorial and cleaning | 14 |
| products with alternative cleaning products that meet the | 15 |
| USGBC's stringent Sustainable Cleaning Products and Materials | 16 |
| standards and the improvement of the building's HVAC system to | 17 |
| be more efficient; and
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| WHEREAS, Building on PepsiCo's "Performance with Purpose" | 19 |
| sustainability vision to improve environmental, social, and | 20 |
| economic aspects for a better tomorrow, the (LEED) Silver | 21 |
| Certification the headquarters has received reinforces | 22 |
| PepsiCo's commitment to reduce the impact of its businesses on | 23 |
| the environment; PepsiCo's Green Team is now working with other | 24 |
| PepsiCo office buildings across the country to encourage | 25 |
| greater environmental responsibility and LEED certification of |
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| other PepsiCo office buildings, another telling measure of the | 2 |
| company's commitment; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 |
| congratulate the administration and employees of PepsiCo's | 6 |
| Chicago headquarters and the members of the PepsiCo Green | 7 |
| Chicago Team on the occasion of receiving the LEED Silver | 8 |
| Certification and wish them continued success in their future | 9 |
| endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the PepsiCo Green Chicago Team as a symbol of our | 12 |
| esteem and respect.
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