The soon-to-be-opened McDonald’s on Kildaire Farm Road in Cary is the first LEED-certified McDonald’s in North Carolina and only the third of its kind in the country (certification pending). Scheduled to open in July, the Cary McDonald’s submitted for a LEED Gold rating. Sustainable and environment-friendly elements can be found throughout the store, from the countertops to the restrooms to the dining room décor. Even the old location, which was razed to make room for the new, was demolished in a green manner: 99.1 percent of it was reused or recycled. Special features includes unique lighting that provides natural lighting to 92 percent of the restaurant and help it use 24 percent less energy than a standard McDonald’s; Energy Star-rated kitchen equipment; low-VOC interior materials; petroleum-free, recyclable furniture; and water-sustaining equipment, like toilets and dish washing machines that will help them save 550,000 gallons of water a year. The parking lot even contains, along with bike racks and transit maps, charge points for fuel-efficient cars, making this McDonald’s the first restaurant in the country to have them.