The Colgate Palmolive Manufacturing Facility in Bangpakong, Thailand achieved Silver certification under the US Green Building Council's LEEDTM Green Building Rating System for New Construction and Major Renovations version 2.2 (LEED-NC). LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for New Construction provides a set of performance standards for certifying the deisgn and construction phases of high-performance buildings. The specific credits in the rating system are listed in the following checklist pages and provide guidelines by which projects use to accumulate points toward a level of certification. LEED for New Construction addresses