IT’S OFFICIAL: SOUTHERN VILLAGE SUBWAY IS GREEN!
Market Street at Southern Village is pleased to announce that our local Subway® Restaurant has received its official LEED® certification, the first stand-alone Subway restaurant in the entire state of North Carolina to be so recognized. Local businessman and Subway® franchisee Mike Abdallat will be honored with a certification plaque in a ceremony to be held at the restaurant on Monday, June 29th at 10:00 am, attended by city, state and Subway® officials. The restaurant will offer coupons and specials all day. Southern Village offers ample parking and can also be reached by 2 Chapel Hill Transit Bus Lines.
Location: Subway® Restaurant, 400 Market Street, Southern Village, Chapel Hill, NC
Time & Place: Monday, June 29th, 10:00 am
The complete press release and more information about LEED (R) certification is included below:
CHAPEL HILL SUBWAY® GOES GREEN IN NORTH CAROLINA
WILL BE FIRST LEED® CERTIFIED STAND-ALONE RESTAURANT IN ENTIRE STATE
– First SUBWAY in NC and Only Second in Chain’s 30,000+ Store System -
CHAPEL HILL, NC – North Carolina’s first stand-alone LEED® certified SUBWAY® Restaurant on Market St. in Southern Village — will be officially recognized in a ceremony to take place on Monday, June 29 at 10A.
In fact, the store is only the second LEED certified store in the entire SUBWAY system that totals more than 30,000 stores as well as the first of some 740 SUBWAYS in NC.
LEED is a third-party certification program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED serves as a benchmark for rating environmental performance and occupant satisfaction for several building scenarios.
City, state and SUBWAY dignitaries will officially mark the unique distinction by presenting Franchisee Mike Abdallat with a plaque along with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.
“All of us at NC SUBWAY Group are excited with the recent opening of the first SUBWAY restaurant in North Carolina to be built and operated in accordance with LEED standards,” said Tim Mann, chief operating officer, North Carolina SUBWAY Group, Inc. “We are especially appreciative to SUBWAY Franchisee Mike Abdallat who understood the importance of this initiative early on in the process. SUBWAY looks forward to many more LEED restaurants throughout North Carolina in the near future.”
“I am thrilled to receive a LEED certification and to be the first restaurant in the state. It is a fantastic store in an incredible community. I wanted my new ‘Green’ SUBWAY to compliment Southern Village and the community surrounding it,” Abdallat said. “I believe customers, residents and merchants will see that we’ve created an inviting neighborhood, family-friendly restaurant. I could not have achieved this without the support of the building’s landlord, John Fugo, who backed my project 100 percent.”
Abdallat, who lives in Durham, owns two other SUBWAYS in Carrboro and Raleigh. He said his ‘Green’ investment was already paying dividends since his utility bills have been reduced by at least half. “I am sold on ‘Green’ and will definitely do another eco-friendly store.”
Since September ‘08, SUBWAY and Abdallat have been working with Cary-based Green Tech Consulting, Inc. to earn a LEED certification for the Southern Village store. GreenTech worked with the U.S. Green Building Council to obtain the certification, complete the entire submittal application for review by the USGBC, and respond to comments and accept the final rating following USGBC’s review.
”We look forward to sharing what we have learned about applying sustainable principles and practices to the SUBWAY franchise to more SUBWAY locations,” said Liz Bowen, LEED AP, GreenTech Consulting, Inc. “SUBWAY is extending its concept of healthier lifestyle choices from the customer’s standpoint to the health and well being of the environment as a whole. We are happy to be a part of this concept transformation.”
Designed to have an overall smaller environmental footprint by requiring less energy and consume less water, the eco-store elements for the SUBWAY restaurant include — recycled floor tile, high efficiency Energy StarTM rated HVAC systems, low flow and flush fixtures in public restrooms, less lighting power and more natural light for seated customers. Overall, the new SUBWAY store was renovated within its existing shell, thus avoiding a new building footprint.
Additional eco-friendly elements of the SUBWAY store include:
- Building materials used from sustainable sources and extensive use of recycled products and furnishings
- LEED interior and exterior signage
- Remote condensing units for refrigeration and ice-making equipment
- Energy StarTM rated kitchen equipment
- Low VOC adhesives, sealants, paints and coatings
- Recycling collection of post-consumer recyclable waste generated in-store
- Forest Stewardship Certified (FSC) wood.
The SUBWAY is accessible by two Chapel Hill Transit bus lines and is walkable to numerous shops and services.
About SUBWAY® Restaurants
Headquartered in Milford, CT, and with more than 30,000 locations in 87 countries, the SUBWAY restaurant chain is the world’s largest submarine sandwich franchise. The restaurant chain was co-founded by Fred DeLuca and Dr. Peter Buck in 1965. That partnership, which continues today, marked the beginning of a remarkable journey-one that made it possible for thousands of individuals to build and succeed in their own business. The SUBWAY brand has been honored as the number one franchise opportunity in Entrepreneur magazine’s “Annual Franchise 500®” listing for 15 of the past 21 years, and was ranked as “America’s Top Global Franchise” for 2009. For more information, visit www.subway.com. SUBWAY® is a registered trademark of Doctor’s Associates Inc.
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