Nissan Accepts the 2015 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award

Nissan has earned the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award. The Sustained Excellence Award is only given to organizations that are committed to protecting the environment by making operations processes at their facilities more energy efficient.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gives the award out annually. Nissan’s “continued commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy management” has landed the organization on the list for the fourth year in a row. Nissan has reduced energy usage by changing to more efficient LED lights, fixing compressed air leaks, and incorporating an environmentally friendly paint process.  

"Since Nissan became an ENERGY STAR partner in 2006, we have made continual improvements to our operations, which has helped us reduce both our environmental footprint and manufacturing costs," said John Martin, senior vice president, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management and Purchasing. "In 2014, those improvements reduced the amount of energy required to build vehicles by 13 percent—that's the same amount of energy it would take to power more than 5,400 homes for an entire year."

Nissan is among the top 25 percent of the automotive manufacturing industry in energy management. Nissan’s Vehicle Assembly Plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, which produced more vehicles than any other auto plant in 2014, and Nissan’s plant in Canton, Mississippi, were awarded the ENERGY STAR certification for the ninth year in a row.

Nissan works with ENERGY STAR to complete its company sustainability program, the Nissan Green Program, which pledges to reduce Nissan’s carbon footprint by 20 percent by 2016.

We are honored that Nissan has been awarded the 2015 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award here at Sheehy Nissan of Mechanicsville. To learn more about Nissan’s sustainability initiative or want to test drive one of Nissan’s energy efficient vehicles, stop by today!