Shenzhen, China Vanke Centre The first building in China to achieve LEED® Platinum certification has Sloan SOLIS® faucets and Waterfree Urinals. When the Vanke Centre in Shenzhen, located across the border from Hong Kong in southern China, opened in the fall of 2009, it became the first building in China to achieve LEED® Platinum certification. Installing solar-powered, sensor- activated Sloan SOLIS® faucets and Waterfree Urinals from Sloan Valve Company contributed to the building's LEED level.The new Vanke Centre, which is the flagship property of national real estate developer China Vanke Properties, is a mixed-use "horizontal" skyscraper with apartments, condominiums, a hotel, a conference center and office space: If it were to stand upright, the Vanke Centre would be as tall as the Em

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