Confidential.(Rolls-Royce North America Inc energy conservation)(Toyota Motor Corp transportation management)

Automotive News Europe,  May, 2006  

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Save Earth, buy a Rolls

"Rolls-Royce" and "energy savings" are rarely, if ever, in the same sentence. But employees at the company's Goodwood factory in southern England have found ways to reduce energy costs.

No, they won't redesign the brand's monster V-12 Phantom. What's getting the energy-saving attention is the carmaker's factory, which already has been praised for its grass-covered roof.

Suggestions from Goodwood employees cut the carmaker's electricity bill by 21 percent and reduced gas consumption by 26 percent. This, says Rolls-Royce, saves ...

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