Agriboard Provides Environmentally Friendly Building for Newest Chipotle Mexican Grill

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Aug 10, 2010

Agriboard Industries of Vernon was recently awarded a third contract to supply its unique structural insulated wall and roof panels to a new Chiptole Mexican Grill, this time one block east of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.

”Chipotle has been a pioneer in the utilization of environmentally friendly, energy- reducing components and systems in its restaurants,” said Tim Evans, Agriboard Industries’ VP of Sales and Marketing. “Chipotle benefits from lower utility costs while helping the environment through the use of products like ours that actually have a negative carbon footprint.”

In addition to this use of green wall and roof panels, Chipotle was the first restaurant ever to receive Platinum level LEED® certification – the highest level – by the U.S. Green Building Council for its Gurnee, Ill., restaurant that features an on-site wind turbine and an underground cistern to harvest rainwater for irrigation. Chipotle also has a LEED certified restaurant in Long Island, NY, and a third restaurant that is pending certification in Minneapolis. All of Chipotle’s new restaurants include some environmentally friendly materials or systems, including low VOC paints and sealants, recycled drywall and stainless steel, photocell light controls that regulate electric lighting based on availability of natural lighting, or low-E window glass that helps reduce heating and cooling needs.

Chipotle’s pursuit of more sustainable building options is an extension of a philosophy it calls “Food with Integrity” that has the company pursuing ingredients from more sustainable sources. This commitment has led Chipotle to serve more naturally raised meat (from animals raised in a humane way, never given antibiotics or added hormones, and fed a pure vegetarian diet) than any other restaurant company. It also maintains significant commitments to serving organic and locally grown produce, and cheese and sour cream made with milk from cows that are never given the synthetic hormone rBGH.

About Chipotle

Steve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO, started Chipotle with the idea that food served fast did not have to be a typical fast food experience. Today, Chipotle continues to offer a focused menu of burritos, tacos, burrito bowls (a burrito without the tortilla) and salads made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods and served in a distinctive atmosphere. Through our vision of Food with Integrity, Chipotle is seeking better food not only from using fresh ingredients, but ingredients that are sustainably grown and naturally raised with respect for the animals, the land, and the farmers who produce the food. Chipotle opened its first restaurant in 1993 and currently operates nearly 1,000 restaurants. For more information, visit Chipotle.com.

About Agriboard

Agriboard Industries manufactures sturdy, environmentally-friendly, structural insulated panels for exterior & interior walls, roofs, and floors. Features include fast erection that can cut weeks off project delivery time; energy-efficient; virtually air-tight; up to 2-1/2 hour fire-rated; F-5 wind-rated; bullet resistant; blast resistant; mold proof; and vermin proof. Agriboard panels have a unique insulated core that is made from highly compressed agricultural fibers encased in a sturdy, engineered wood frame and faced both sides with high-strength oriented strand board. Visit www.agriboard.com.