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35 million Euros investments
The construction of a large photovoltaic plant, combined with an energy-saving project, will achieve a 30% reduction in the factory's CO2 emissions by 2010
Modifications to vehicles will result in a 35% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2015
Automobili Lamborghini announces its intention to complete its program of environmental sustainability in record time by presenting new plans which will enable the company:
to achieve a 30% reduction, by the year 2010, in the CO2 emissions produced by its factory
to achieve a 35% reduction, by the year 2015, in the CO2 emissions produced by its vehicles

Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy. June 7, 2009. The plans for reducing emissions will thus involve two areas: modifications to the Lamborghini factory in Sant'Agata Bolognese, and development in vehicle design.
To redefine its industrial processes in accordance with its policy of environmental sustainability, Lamborghini has just begun a project to complete installation of a large photovoltaic system by the end of 2009.
The roof-top plant will produce 1,582 Megawatt hour (MWh) of "green" energy per year, which translates into a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions (-1,067,820 Kg/year) by 2010.
The photovoltaic systems will have a total installed power rating of 1,4 Megawatts and will extend over 17,000 m2 throughout the entire industrial area. The new system will be built by Sinergia Sistemi S.p.A.
At the same time, an equally important energy conservation project involving insulating the production facility's whole roof, improving lighting and heating and introducing destratification systems for heated air will be completed, thus resulting in a 10% energy usage reduction by 2010.
These projects represent the next step in a program that began last year with the opening of the new Lamborghini
Logistics Center. The Center has already contributed to diminishing the impact caused by heavy truck traffic on the roads between Anzola and Sant'Agata Bolognese. It is calculated that this facility has achieved a reduction of emissions by over 75 kg per annum, and nitrogen oxide by over 750 kg (Sources: Standard Euro 3).
In April 2009 Lamborghini obtained the UNI EN ISO 14001 certificate, meeting the international environmental standards. It is also the first firm in the Italian automotive sector to be close to registering for the EMAS environment certificate, having successfully completed the program: EMAS regulations are set by the European Union to support organisations in their effort to evaluate and improve their own environmental efficiency.
These recent achievements support Lamborghini's commitment to protecting the environment in which it operates, and its desire to make all stakeholders aware of its actions in a transparent manner.
With regard to Lamborghini vehicles, the CO2 reduction plan aims for an additional 35% decrease in emissions by the year 2015.
The program reached its first milestone with the Gallardo LP 560-4. Introduced last year, the new car's technical advancements resulted in an 18% reduction in CO2 emissions.
At this point, Research & Development activities will continue in the following directions:
- decreasing vehicle mass
- improving combustion
- reducing friction
- Start-and-Stop systems
- hybrid drive train solutions
- biofuels
Lamborghini's commitment and its sense of social responsibility regarding the environment is evidenced by the numbers and by the sheer size of the investments that are planned. 35 million Euros will be appropriated over the next five years for this purpose.
Stephan Winkelmann, the President and CEO of Lamborghini, has said, "Despite the difficult situation in today's global economy, Lamborghini is committed to its policy of environmental management, since we are well aware of the great opportunities that derive from it. We have an objective to reduce CO2 emissions to the greatest possible degree. We have also set compulsory annual goals that are part of an integrated approach both considering the automobile as an element which is more considerate of the environment, in terms of emissions and the use of resources, to the accomplishment of a series of corresponding measures such as modifications to our factory. This is an important action for Lamborghini and a central opportunity for our long term corporate and product development."
European Parliamentarian Guido Sacconi, President of the European Commission on Climate Change, recently paid a visit to Lamborghini headquarters in Sant'Agata. At that time, he said that, "The commitment shown by Lamborghini with its efforts to reduce environmental impact and develop vehicles with less polluting technologies confirm the company's goal of following the right path toward complying with the directives of the European Union. To safeguard the DNA, history and technology of niche car manufacturers on a European level, a series of exceptions have been passed for manufactures of 'specialty' vehicles (with fewer than 10,000 new cars made per year) who run their own production facilities and design centres, even though they are part of a group of associated producers. This is the exact situation in which Lamborghini finds itself. We have been particularly satisfied with the actions it has taken thus far, because they illustrate this company's desire to embrace a ne w industrial vision which combines competitiveness and performance with social responsibility."
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Located in Casalecchio di Reno, Sinergia Sistemi S.p.A. is a leader on the Italian market of services that help companies save energy. The company specializes in energy certification of buildings and the construction of large systems that take advantage of renewable energy sources. Sinergia Sistemi also acts as an E.S.Co. (Energy Service Company) that finances the plant systems and energy requalification projects it offers to its customers, in a relationship of total Energy Management.
The finalized project was built from a design based on a preliminary study carried out by the CENER National Center for Renewable Forms of Energy of Spain. This study involved a broad evaluation of the feasibility and size of the project.

Massachusetts' investor-owned electric utility companies-National Grid, NSTAR, Unitil, and Western Mass Electric, recently implemented a unique energy efficiency pilot program called the Zero Energy Challenge. These companies, as members of the Massachusetts New Homes with ENERGY STAR Program, enrolled five home builders, who constructed single-family residences throughout the Commonwealth that would attempt to use little to no energy. The purpose of the initiative is to promote the use of advanced energy efficiency technologies and engage Massachusetts builders in utilizing advanced building techniques.
The five projects competed for three prizes totaling $50,000.00 and needed to demonstrate best practice HVAC installations, demonstrate the use of advanced and replicable building techniques, as well as integrating the use of renewable energy technologies.  The winners were selected  based on their projects score on the nationally recognized ENERGY STAR/HERS rating scale and will be announced at the Massachusetts State House on June 29th. The event is open to the media.

Fonte: autoblitz
June 02, 2009. (NAPSI)-In light of tougher federal fuel economy and emissions standards, automotive engineers have found what may be a surprising way to wring an extra mile per gallon out of today's vehicles: proper lighting.
"While current vehicle lighting has many benefits, it's also very inefficient," said David Hulick, global product marketing manager at OSRAM SYLVANIA for its automotive LED systems division. "The incandescent bulbs in today's automotive lighting applications generate more heat than light, requiring more electrical power.
"The vehicle's gasoline engine generates electricity, but it cannot do so very efficiently," added Hulick. "The more energy needed, the harder the engine has to work, increasing fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions."
Engineers are moving to lights powered by light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. Unlike incandescent bulbs, LEDs have no filament, so more of the electricity is used to make light, not heat. An LED can make the same amount of light as an incandescent bulb with 85 percent less energy. LEDs are also free of contaminants such as mercury or cadmium and are designed to last a vehicle's lifetime.
Many of today's vehicles utilize LED signal and tail lighting, including the 2010 Ford Mustang. The vehicle uses the OSRAM SYLVANIA's JOULE system, which incorporates LEDs into a form that resembles a typical incandescent bulb, making it easier to adapt the new technology to current vehicle design.
The vehicle's LED tail lamps use 87 percent less electricity than the incandescent counterparts. That's an annual savings of 10.5 gallons of gasoline and 205 fewer pounds of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere. "Multiply those savings by the nearly 250 million registered light-duty vehicles on America's roads and you can see the impact that LED lighting could have on helping to clean up the environment," said Hulick.
The automotive lighting could play an even bigger role moving forward as more hybrid-electric and full-electric vehicles come to market. A recent study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) compared the power consumption of an electric vehicle equipped with all-incandescent lighting to a vehicle equipped with all-LED lighting.
According to UMTRI, the increased efficiency of LED lighting has the potential to extend the range of the electric vehicle by up to 2 percent of the total distance driven. That equates to as much as one to two full battery charges for the current generation of electric vehicles.