The Bacardi Americas Headquarters is spread across an area of 207,630 square feet of space. The 15-storey, Mediterranean-styled building is located at 2701 Le Jeune Road in Coral Gables and received a total of 36 LEED credits in five environmental categories including Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy & Atmosphere, Materials & Resources and Indoor Environmental Quality.
The facility incorporated a host of measures to win the honour. These include: Water use reduction; optimised energy performance; indoor environmental air quality; heat island reduction; development density and community; availability of alternative transportation; construction waste management; and innovation in design.
The building houses more than 300 employees of the Bacardi Americas region including Bacardi U.S.A., Inc., Bacardi Latin America and Bacardi Americas Travel Retail. It is also equipped with the latest IT infrastructure including voice over IP telephone calls, faster access to Internet-based services, collaboration tools, and rich media intranets, among others.
The headquarters also has one of the four global company Telepresence suites which use high-definition video and audio for groups to meet and collaborate in multiple locations worldwide in real-time. This feature also helped in securing the certification because of reduced corporate travel and a smaller carbon footprint.
