LEGO to Install Over 40,000 Solar Panels at its First U.S. Factory – ESG Today

The LEGO Group introduced immediately that it plans to construct an 80-acre photo voltaic park at its new $1.5 billion U.S. manufacturing facility, LEGO Manufacturing Virginia, supporting the corporate’s ambition to supply 100% renewable vitality for the power’s annual wants.

Presently below development, the brand new website shall be LEGO’s first manufacturing facility within the U.S., spanning 340 acres and containing 13 buildings together with workplace areas, molding and packing buildings, an vitality heart, a excessive bay automated warehouse. LEGO introduced its plans for the power in 2022, noting on the time that the manufacturing facility shall be designed to function as a carbon-neutral facility, with 100% of vitality wants matched by renewable vitality, and with design options to attenuate vitality consumption and use of non-renewable sources.

The corporate stated that development of the brand new photo voltaic park is predicted to start this summer time, and that it’s going to characteristic over 30,700 ground-mounted panels with a complete capability of twenty-two MWp. LEGO Group additionally stated that it plans to put in 10,080 rooftop photo voltaic panels on high of its buildings, producing an extra 6.11 MWp of capability.

Further sustainability options of the brand new facility highlighted by the corporate embody an ambition to realize zero waste from manufacturing facility to landfill and the intention to safe LEED Platinum certification (Management in Vitality & Environmental Design) for the constructing as soon as it’s accomplished together with vitality, water and waste. LEGO Group additionally famous that the location’s workplace areas are constructed from mass timber, a renewable useful resource that sequesters carbon slightly than releasing it.

Jesus Ibañez, Normal Supervisor of LEGO Manufacturing Virginia, stated:

“We’re happy with the progress we proceed to make. These initiatives are key to growing our use of renewable vitality and assist our ongoing dedication in direction of extra sustainable operations.”