General Motors Dealer Facilities Bill Hepburn

1
General Motors Dealer FacilitiesBill Hepburn
Gary Laundroche
2
ExampleLaFontaine Buick Pontiac - GMC
Cadillac

• Located in Highland, Michigan
• 63,000 SF facility
• Pursuing a LEED Gold certification.
• Would be one of the first Gold certified
  dealerships in USA
• Dealers are independent businesses.

3
Short Term Goals

• Assist our dealers
• Reduce energy use cost
• Develop a competitive advantage in the market
  place
• Market sell vehicles to environmentally
  conscious consumers
• Expect an increase in sales
• Improve image in the community
• Part of solution Not part of the problem
• Stimulate local economies with regional materials
• Do the right thing

4
Long Term Goals

• Assist our dealers
• Reduce negative impact on the environment
• Reduce long term lifecycle cost
• Reduce the impact of spikes in energy cost
• Help the local community
• Be a good corporate citizen

5
Barriers to Success

• Decision to go for LEED certification made too
  late in process
• Project team including Architect, Contractors and
  Suppliers lacked LEED knowledge and experience at
  onset of project
• Steep learning curve sub education needed
• Additional coordination efforts needed
• General perception cost of construction would be
  considerably higher
• Industry executives recently estimated 13-18
  incremental cost
• Perception more difficult to build
• General belief LEED is cost prohibitive
• As reported by Market Barometer, Turner
  Construction

6
Business Case for Sustainability

• Economic Benefits
• Reduced utility cost 2-30
• Improved employee productivity 2-16
• Reduce total lifecycle cost over 20 years
• Sales marketing benefits
• Tax deductions energy credits

• Health Community Benefits
• Easier community permitting less red tape
• in some cases
• Environmental Benefits

As reported by US Green Building Council
(USGBC) As reported The Cost of Green
Revisited Davis Langdon, July 2007
7
Best Practices Lessons Learned

• Make decision to go for LEED certification early
  in process
• Before site selection
• Assemble a team of LEED accredited
• professionals with experience in designing
• building Green buildings
• LEED is about more than Green its
• about sustainability for generations to come

8
Sustainability at PepsiCo

• Tim Carey

9
Profile of PepsiCo

• Global Food and Beverage Company
• Over 35 Billion in Revenue, more than 6 Billion
  in Profit
• 17 billion-dollar brands
• Major Operating Sectors
• PepsiCo Americas Foods
• (Frito Lay, Quaker Foods and Snacks)
• PepsiCo Americas Beverages
• (Pepsi Cola, Gatorade, Tropicana)
• PepsiCo International

10
Our Evolution

• Phase I Environmental
• Reduce environmental impact by improving
  PepsiCos operational effectiveness and
  eco-efficiency
• Strengthen corporate environmental governance
  mechanisms
• Enhance external communications and transparency
• Phase II Social
• Through engagement, address key social issues
  local and global. AIDS/HIV, child labor, safety
• Phase III Integration
• Full integration of the three legs of
  sustainability into all decision making

Phase 3
Phase 2
Phase 1
Integration
Maturity
Social
Environmental
2010
2000
1990s
11
Environmental Platforms
Resource Conservation 2010 Goals 30 reduction
over 2004 To date savings PepsiCo-Chicago -- 1
billion gallons water -- 520,000 equivalent
bbls of oil -- 386 million KWHs
Technology Development - Faster product lines -
On-Site Bottle Delivery - Waterless Rinsing

• World Class Conservation
• Largest LEED Bev Sites in World
• Largest Energy Credits in World
• Energy Star Partner of Year

• (4) LEED Sites
• - Facility Efficiency
• - Process Innovation
• - Sustainability Education

12
LEED Certification
Blue Ridge Gatorade Plant, 2nd Largest Food
/Beverage LEED Site in the World LEED Gold
April 2007
Future
PepsiCo Chicago Headquarters will be the first
PepsiCo office to achieve LEED Certification
JUL08
Future
Tolleson, AZ Gatorade Plant LEED GOLD AUG07
Pryor, OK Gatorade Plant, Largest Food/Beverage
LEED site in the World April 2008 -- LEED GOLD
Central Florida Gatorade DC LEED GOLD ca 2009
13
Example Projects Facilities

• PhotovoltaicsFullerton Warehouse
• Capture Suns energy ?
• convert to electricity
• Warehouse will be off-grid during peak hours
  (11AM to 3PM)
• Start-up May 2008
• Target savings 1,000 barrels of oil/year

14
Example Projects Manufacturing
Nearly 63mm Gallons of Juice Storage
Tropicana Unit Train backhaul program
Modified storage and transportation methods

• Significant decrease in operating costs
• Reduced electrical consumption
• Reduced waste water discharge and treatment costs
• Significantly reduced GHG emissions