L’Oreal USA opens new headquarters

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. L’Oreal USA announced on Wednesday the official opening of its new headquarters in Berkeley Heights, N.J. The new facility marks L’Oreal USA's second corporate office; the first is located in New York City.

The new facility is home to more than 400 employees, and it occupies 156,000 sq. ft. covering four floors. It was developed as a high-performance "green" building incorporating energy-efficient and sustainable design criteria.

Some of the building's highlights include high energy performance windows, giving 90% of the building's interior access to natural daylight and views: heating, ventilation and air-conditioning and lighting systems designed to maximize their energy performance; water-conserving plumbing fixtures serving to reduce the building?s overall water use by 30%; use of regionally extracted materials and low emitting materials; and use of FSA-certified wood from renewable forests. In addition, during construction 75% of waste was diverted from the landfill.