Volkswagen plant first in automotive industry to attain USGBC LEED Platinum status

摘要

Being first to accomplish something is a remarkable achievement in its own right. Anyone attempting anything after the fact is just considered a follower. Take the automotive industry, for example. The Chattanooga, Tenn.,-based Volkswagen assembly plant, which became fully operational last year and is expected to employ nearly 3,000 people, is the first and only automotive manufacturing plant in the world to receive the highest level of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S.