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Maf Footwear Ltd awarded LEED Platinum Certificate

Green buildings help reduce negative impacts on the natural environment by using less water, energy, and other natural resources; employing renewable energy sources and eco-friendly materials, and reducing emissions and other waste.

Maf Footwear Ltd awarded LEED Platinum Certificate

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the most widely used green building rating system in the world. Available for virtually all building types, LEED provides a framework for healthy, efficient, and cost-saving green buildings. This rating is developed by US Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Building Certification Incorporation (GBCI). This is globally accepted standard for LEED Certification.

The USGBC has a Certification level. LEED platinum, LEED gold, LEED Silver and certified. A project is approved when it achieves 40 points, Silver certified when it scores 50 points, Gold certified when it achieves 60, and LEED Platinum when it earns 80 out of 110 points benchmark. Bangladesh, which has demonstrated exceptional dedication to eco-friendly practices, has 257 LEED-certified factories, with 100 platinum and 146 gold-rated factories. Currently, Bangladesh is home to 54 of the top 100 LEED-certified factories globally, including nine out of the top 10, and 18 out of the top 20 units.

Maf Footwear Ltd awarded LEED Platinum Certificate

Maf Footwear Ltd is a 100% export oriented quality athletic shoe, sandal, slipper, & flip-flop manufacturing factory with the ability to deliver impeccable quality and punctual shipment within a framework through a professional, reliable and sincere business atmosphere.

Maf Footwear Ltd manufactures a wide range of footwear for all age group and it equipped with vertical production units. Maf Footwea Ltd is an only shoe factory who produces various footwear related finish products and semi finished products in same factory premises.

On September 11, 2024, Maf Footwear Ltd was awarded LEED Platinum Certified by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Building Certification Incorporation (GBCI) in the existing building category (EB O+M V4.1). The project is located in the Nasirabad Industrial area of the port city of Chattogram. The marvelous factory is about 5.5 lakh square feet shoe manufacturing factory. The state of the art factory has a unique architectural view, enough open space, more than 30% fresh air into the production space (it is required as per ASHRAE guideline), 450 KW renewable energy (rooftop solar), rainwater harvesting system, efficient waste management, low emitting (DG or sandwich) glass at the mechanically ventilated area, various energy efficient measure. They have performed excellently in energy and water saving in their building. They did huge plantations at the rooftop as well as in open spaces at the factory premises.

Maf Footwear Ltd has achieved 85 points out of 100 benchmarks (total points), which is the highest for any shoe factory in Bangladesh.

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