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Ganau America has obtained the Sonoma Green Business Program certification. We are honored by this recognition as we thrive in creating and implementing best practices for our industry.

Our newly built facility in Sonoma, California is energy neutral and equipped with a 119kW DC photovoltaic solar system. Through its use, the solar system will prevent the emission of over 5,000,000 pounds of carbon dioxide over the next twenty years (the equivalent to planting 24 acres of trees). The integration of sustainable materials in the design of the building includes insulated metal panels, renewable bamboo flooring and recycled ecofriendly furniture. Our landscaping focuses on water conservation, indigenous drought resistant plants and, of course, numerous cork oak trees.

Ganau has developed an environmentally preferable purchasing policy as well as implementing a recycling program to help achieve this goal

SONOMA, Ca., March 21, 2011 – Ganau’s new eco-friendly building is a blend of Italian aesthetics and sustainable principles. Ganau shows its commitment to respect our environment by installing solar panels, selecting green building materials and using high efficiency lighting and machines.

The new facility includes 5,000 square feet of office space and more than 35,000 square feet of warehouse space with 22-foot interior clearance height.

“Our new building is a living example of our ongoing commitment to our industry, our community, and to our customers,” said company CEO Mariella Ganau. “Its upgraded technology, improved efficiency and doubled capacity improves the way we do business and, once again, raises the bar for the cork industry.”

The 120 kW solar power system installed on Ganau’s roof is yet another innovation. To meet Ganau’s needs, Sunlight Electric of Sonoma custom-designed an innovative non-penetrating racking system to support the panels at a 15-degree tilt to maximize solar production. Through its use, Ganau will prevent the emission of over 5,000,000 pounds of carbon dioxide over the next twenty years — the equivalent of planting 24 acres of trees. The system installation was completed by Shamrock Renewable Energy Services of San Ramon.

SONOMA, Ca., October 5, 2009 – Ganau America broke ground on September 21st to double its United States’ cork output with a new facility in Sonoma, California – a significant element of the company’s expansion in the United STates market. A state-of-the-art green building will be constructed using the most environmentally sound practices and materials available. This honors the Ganau family’s commitment to keeping the international communities it serves both environmentally and economically healthy.

This building will be an important addition to the area’s green structures, minimizing wasteful heat transfer, substantially reducing carbon dioxide emissions, using solar power, efficient lighting, and a fully insulated building, all designed to help minimize global warming.

Highly respected local architect Del Starrett has designed the building. Jim Murphy & Associates is the General Contractor with Soule Building Systems providing the metal building.

The upscale 53-acre Carneros Building Park in Sonoma will host Ganau’s 39,000-square-foot building on a 2.8-acre parcel. Landscape will be a reproduction of a Sardinian cork forest, the primary source of Ganau’s premium wine closures. The building should be completed in 2010.

“This expansion underscores the Ganau Family’s continued commitment to supply the United States market using the same high-tech facilities we deploy in Europe,” Mariella Ganau, CEO of Ganau America, says. “The sonoma facility is part of a worldwide expansion of Ganau production over the last two years, with construction of over 230,000 square feet, including expanding the Sardinian facility, and building new facilities in Epernay, France and Montijo, Portugal”