Dealerships are leading a green revolution.
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Dealers across the country are making their stores more ecofriendly through recycling, wind power, cutting-edge lighting, and low-
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Ecofriendly dealerships are still relatively unusual. But dealers across the country are beginning to catch on to the pluses of “going green” — such as saving money and drawing increasingly green-minded customers, not to mention ridding the world of tons of greenhouse gas emissions. The trickle of activity a few years ago has become a flood of facility upgrades and new construction totaling nearly $1 billion. Some stores employ cutting-edge heating and cooling methods and efficient lighting; others are brand-new, state-of-the-art “carbon neutral” facilities using alternative energies like wind and solar power.
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