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Amazon has developed a mass timber warehouse in Elkhart, Indiana, which will serve as a live testing environment for more than 40 distinct sustainability strategies. The project could provide a blueprint for integrating sustainable practices into logistics and industrial buildings without disrupting core business operations.
Amazon’ s Chief Sustainability Officer Kara Hurst says:“ In climate action, we need to move fast. So our teams got creative and asked:‘ What if we created a real-world testing ground for some of the best sustainability initiatives, in one place?’
“ That’ s exactly what we did at DII5, our brand-new mass timber delivery station in Elkhart, Indiana.”
Scalable green building solution The DII5 facility was constructed primarily from mass timber and designed by ZGF Architects.
It incorporates features such as clerestory windows for natural light, circadian lighting systems and electric vehicle charging stations.
These elements align with Amazon’ s objective to achieve net zero operations by 2040. The project demonstrates a large investment in exploring scalable green building solutions.
“ By testing several sustainability initiatives under one roof, we’ re accelerating our progress toward achieving scalability and standardisation of these initiatives across our building portfolio,” Daniel Mallory, VP of Global Realty at Amazon, says.
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