GM Plant Achieves LEED Gold

The new General Motors Corporation’s (GM’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, Inc., the plant is expected to save 40 million gallons (175 million l) of water and 30 million kilowatt hours of electricity over its first ten years of operation, compared to a conventional plant. The plant features a rainwater collection system, a reflective white roof, energy-efficient task lighting, and 75 acres (30 ha) 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 we trust they’ll do justice to their birthplace by achieving fuel economy consistent with the building’s energy performance!