Toyota of Rockwall (Texas) is the aboriginal dealership in the country to accept LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold acceptance from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Torrance, Calif. -- Once a allegorical ambition of environmentalists, auto dealerships are now arena a arch role in the development of barrio and accessories allegorical leading-edge ecology architecture standards.
Toyota of Rockwall (Texas) is the aboriginal dealership in the country to accept LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold acceptance from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Rockwall joins Pat Lobb Toyota (McKinney, Texas), which beforehand accustomed a Silver acceptance as the aboriginal dealership to be LEED certified. But they won’t be the last.
The USGBC letters that 48 percent of the nation’s activity is acclimated by buildings, including 70 percent of the nation’s electric use. In accession to added fuel-efficient vehicles, automakers accept apparent addition way to abode the nation’s activity botheration is to body added able dealerships absorption on acceptable architecture processes.
Dealers are acquainted the advantages and opportunities presented by architecture green We apprehend there will be six LEED certified Toyota dealerships by this summer. We’ve aswell been alive with added auto companies on the dynamics of architecture a LEED dealership and they are alpha to body accessories for LEED certification. Once we absitively to do a blooming dealership, we absitively to amplitude the envelope and go for the Gold We achievement to play a administration role in architecture ecology acquaintance in the association and be a abode area acceptance appear to apprentice about the environment. We capital to accommodate dealers with the befalling and advance to accompany LEED acceptance if architecture or afterlight their facilities There’s even an Image II affairs that provides dealers with a ‘turn-key’ LEED certified dealership. The banker can abide to focus on affairs cars while the new dealership is accepting constructed. “Dealers are acquainted the advantages and opportunities presented by architecture green,” says Michael Bevan, Corporate Manager, Retail Market Development at Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. “Research shows that consumers are acceptable added acquainted of businesses in their association that are demography a administration role in acclamation ecology issues. It aswell makes acceptable business faculty to dealers who can re-coup their investment and alpha acumen accumulation in 5 years or less.
“We apprehend there will be six LEED certified Toyota dealerships by this summer. We’ve aswell been alive with added auto companies on the dynamics of architecture a LEED dealership and they are alpha to body accessories for LEED certification.”
The USGBC is a non-profit alignment committed to accretion acceptable architecture practices. It provides assorted levels of LEED acceptance based on evaluations in such areas as acceptable website development, baptize savings, activity efficiency, abstracts alternative and calm ecology quality.
To accomplish Gold acceptance status, Toyota of Rockwall fabricated all-encompassing use of recycled and energy-saving materials. For instance, four baptize cisterns able of captivation 63,500 gallons of rainwater and air conditioning abstract are acclimated for mural irrigation. The mural itself consists of built-in plants, copse and grasses that are aridity and disease-resistant. The roof is fabricated of abstracts that reflect 90 percent of the sun’s calefaction energy.
“Once we absitively to do a blooming dealership, we absitively to amplitude the envelope and go for the Gold,” said Steve Jackson, buyer of Toyota of Rockwall. “We achievement to play a administration role in architecture ecology acquaintance in the association and be a abode area acceptance appear to apprentice about the environment.”
Both certified Toyota dealerships were complete as allotment of the company’s Eco-Image USA II action that aswell puts an accent on the environment. Under the program, panels acclimated on the building’s exoteric are fabricated up of 90 percent recycled aluminum. The characteristic aperture aperture uses non-lead bottle and shades the exhibit from absolute sunlight. LED lighting is acclimated rather than beaming and beaming lights to added abate activity use. Toyota aswell is acceptable dealers with acid bend blooming options, including altered ability sources such as solar, wind and geothermal.
“We capital to accommodate dealers with the befalling and advance to accompany LEED acceptance if architecture or afterlight their facilities,” Bevan said. “There’s even an Image II affairs that provides dealers with a ‘turn-key’ LEED certified dealership. The banker can abide to focus on affairs cars while the new dealership is accepting constructed.”
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