29.03.2016, 08:40
Five Star Rating: GM Earns Fifth ENERGY STAR® Award
OREANDA-NEWS. General Motors earned its fifth U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year award for leadership in protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency. The company continues to find ways to cut energy each year and reduced energy by 5.6 percent per vehicle in 2015 at its U.S. manufacturing plants.
Energy savings mean financial savings. GM avoided $237 million in energy costs and reduced 1.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions by engaging 73 of its facilities in an EPA ENERGY STAR energy-reduction challenge since 2010. The company has also earned ENERGY STAR certification at 11 facilities, meaning those sites perform more efficiently than similar buildings.
The resulting bottom-line savings ultimately benefit customers through new product innovations and offerings.
“GM reinvested $7.4 billion to develop safer and more fuel-efficient vehicles with reduced emissions last year,” said Jim DeLuca, GM executive vice president of Global Manufacturing. “We’re continually in pursuit of innovative technologies to reduce the environmental impact of driving, as well as practices that lessen the carbon footprint of manufacturing those vehicles.”
GM has a robust energy management system integrated into its business plan, engages its suppliers in ENERGY STAR practices and honors dealerships committed to reducing environmental impact. In total, these activities helped the company win the highest distinction of the award: Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence, for the fourth consecutive year.
A Partnership for Change
Collaboration drives continued progress at GM. The company joined EPA ENERGY STAR as a partner over 20 years ago and uses several of its programs.
GM recently became an EPA Green Power Partner, working together to advance clean energy use. The company’s Fort Wayne Assembly plant is a top 30 generator of onsite green power, powered 30 percent by methane captured from decomposing trash at a nearby landfill.
GM also uses EPA SmartWay® to redesign shipping routes. Through mode changes, optimizing drop-off locations and altering delivery frequency, GM and its logistics suppliers avoided 116,000 tons of carbon emissions in 2015. This is equivalent to the carbon emissions from over 13 million gallons of gasoline burned.
“By continued collaboration with ENERGY STAR, GM is helping Americans save money, save energy and do their part to reduce our nation’s greenhouse gas emissions that exacerbate climate change,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.
General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM, TSX: GMM) and its partners produce vehicles in 30 countries, and the company has leadership positions in the world's largest and fastest-growing automotive markets. GM, its subsidiaries and joint venture entities sell vehicles under the Chevrolet, Cadillac, Baojun, Buick, GMC, Holden, Jiefang, Opel, Vauxhall and Wuling brands.
Energy savings mean financial savings. GM avoided $237 million in energy costs and reduced 1.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions by engaging 73 of its facilities in an EPA ENERGY STAR energy-reduction challenge since 2010. The company has also earned ENERGY STAR certification at 11 facilities, meaning those sites perform more efficiently than similar buildings.
The resulting bottom-line savings ultimately benefit customers through new product innovations and offerings.
“GM reinvested $7.4 billion to develop safer and more fuel-efficient vehicles with reduced emissions last year,” said Jim DeLuca, GM executive vice president of Global Manufacturing. “We’re continually in pursuit of innovative technologies to reduce the environmental impact of driving, as well as practices that lessen the carbon footprint of manufacturing those vehicles.”
GM has a robust energy management system integrated into its business plan, engages its suppliers in ENERGY STAR practices and honors dealerships committed to reducing environmental impact. In total, these activities helped the company win the highest distinction of the award: Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence, for the fourth consecutive year.
A Partnership for Change
Collaboration drives continued progress at GM. The company joined EPA ENERGY STAR as a partner over 20 years ago and uses several of its programs.
GM recently became an EPA Green Power Partner, working together to advance clean energy use. The company’s Fort Wayne Assembly plant is a top 30 generator of onsite green power, powered 30 percent by methane captured from decomposing trash at a nearby landfill.
GM also uses EPA SmartWay® to redesign shipping routes. Through mode changes, optimizing drop-off locations and altering delivery frequency, GM and its logistics suppliers avoided 116,000 tons of carbon emissions in 2015. This is equivalent to the carbon emissions from over 13 million gallons of gasoline burned.
“By continued collaboration with ENERGY STAR, GM is helping Americans save money, save energy and do their part to reduce our nation’s greenhouse gas emissions that exacerbate climate change,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.
General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM, TSX: GMM) and its partners produce vehicles in 30 countries, and the company has leadership positions in the world's largest and fastest-growing automotive markets. GM, its subsidiaries and joint venture entities sell vehicles under the Chevrolet, Cadillac, Baojun, Buick, GMC, Holden, Jiefang, Opel, Vauxhall and Wuling brands.
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