, Virginia, but not at this scale, Amazon Vice President of Global Realty Daniel Mallory told ESG Dive.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMallory said in an interview last week that the innovation for the facility was the convergence of initiatives that it hopes to learn from and share with the industry. The global realty executive said he views it as a \u201ccritical\u201d Amazon responsibility to engage with industry on sustainability measures, in alignment with the company\u2019s climate pledge.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cDoing a project like this here allows us to continue to earn the license [to engage with the industry], not just because of scale, but because we also have attention to detail, and we can help engage and inform based on that level,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nMallory said not every sustainable measure included will ultimately be the most useful in Indiana, but could help at other company properties globally. For example, he said the facility\u2019s water reclamation system \u2014 which will recycle rainwater, filter and store it to flush restroom toilets \u2014 is not as pressing of a matter in Indiana, which has inexpensive, abundant water resources, but may be more useful in areas with constrained local resources.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nGeneral contracting on the project was done by Graycor Construction, and architecture company ZGF served as the design architect and sustainability lead. Other companies involved included low-carbon concrete manufacturer Carbon Cure, mass timber company Sterling Structural, thermally-modified wood provider Arbor Wood and wood fiber insulation company Timber HP.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nWhile the slate of other initiatives holds potential promise for other Amazon facilities, the mass timber use helps provide a \u201cproof of concept\u201d for scaling the industry to help drive down price premiums, Mallory said. Graycor Construction Project Executive John Denbo told ESG Dive, who led the project, said mass timber manufacturers and suppliers have been increasing capabilities, but at a loss. As demand increases, he expects pricing to become more competitive with traditional methods.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cAs [mass timber] becomes more prevalent, the pricing is going to come down,\u201d Denbo said in an interview Wednesday. \u201cIs it ever going to be the same price? Probably not. But this is something people have to want to do. There’s some responsibility here that people are taking on to make sure and decide that they want to lower their carbon footprint.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nDenbo said Graycor, which has a 20-year working relationship with Amazon, has constructed delivery facilities for the company before, typically out of concrete and typically developed by a third-party. In addition to incorporating mass timber and the sustainability measures within the project, Amazon also self-developed the property, which Denbo said provided Graycor an opportunity to work directly with them. He called the project a result of \u201cpartnership in a forward-looking project.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n[ad_2]
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