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GM Plant Achieves LEED Gold
The new General Motors Corporation’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant is the world’s first automobile manufacturing plant to achieve a Gold rating under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for New Construction rating system. Designed and constructed by Alberici Group, the plant is expected to save 40 million gallons (175 million liters) of water and 30 million kilowatt hours of electricity over its first ten years of operation when compared to a conventional plant.
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General Motors’ Lansing Delta Township plant, shown here during construction, makes use of local and recycled materials. Eighty percent of construction waste was diverted from landfills through recycling, reuse, and resale.
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The plant features a rainwater collection system, a reflective white roof, energy-efficient task lighting, and 75 acres of preserved natural habitat. GM hasn’t reported on the efficiency of the new crossover sport utility vehicles to be manufactured in this building, but there is hope they will achieve a fuel economy consistent with the building’s energy performance.
This article was produced by BuildingGreen, Inc.- www.buildinggreen.com
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