Royal Farms – Mid-Atlantic Project Type: Retail LEED Rating System: New Construction Certification Level: Certified / Silver In 2005, Royal Farms decided to evaluate their design and construction processes to ensure they were building the most efficiently operating buildings possible. This led to an understanding that their design and construction practices were closely aligned with the LEED rating system. Since 2007, Royal Farms has certified over 20 stores under various LEED rating systems, and continues to design and construct all of their stores to sustainable standards, making them Real Fresh, Real Fast, and Real Green. The stores have had a few hurdles to overcome from the beginning. Given the nature of a 24-hour convenience retail store,

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