Starbucks coffee Co, is pressing forward toward its goal of achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for all new company-owned stores worldwide, beginning in late 2010.rnThe coffee company announced two important milestones as part of its long-term commitment to environmental stewardship: Starbucks has entered into the construction phase of the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED volume certification pilot program, which will enable the company to reduce the environmental impact of its stores on a global scale with significant cost and time efficiencies; and Starbucks has begun implementing its light-emitting diode (LED) lighting conversion program, the result of an alliance with GE Consumer & Industrial to develop a solution that will help reduce energy consumption as well as utility and maintenance costs at Starbucks stores around the world.
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