{"id":1004366084,"date":"2019-11-06T13:15:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T21:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004366084"},"modified":"2019-11-06T13:15:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T21:15:52","slug":"automotive-dealership-proceeds-with-solar-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/automotive-dealership-proceeds-with-solar-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive Dealership Proceeds With Solar Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004366090\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004366090\" data-attachment-id=\"1004366090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/automotive-dealership-proceeds-with-solar-power\/lost-pines-toyota-austin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1696,1272\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1572994972&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lost Pines Toyota, Austin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lost Pines Toyota, Bastrop, Texas. Image courtesy of Freedom Solar&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"wp-image-1004366090 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg 1696w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004366090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lost Pines Toyota, Bastrop, Texas. <em>Image courtesy of Freedom Solar<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Freedom Solar of Austin, Texas, has started installing a solar power system at Lost Pines Toyota, a full-service automotive dealership located at 806 Texas 71 W in Bastrop, Texas. The project is slated for completion by the end of the year and will make the Lost Pines location the first automotive dealership in Bastrop to go solar.<\/p>\n<p>The solar array will comprise more than 700 SunPower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/california-auto-dealer-equips-several-locations-with-solar-installations\/\">solar panels on all the dealership\u2019s rooftops<\/a> including its showroom, sales and service departments, as well as the oil change facility. Overall, the rooftop surface totals 34,000 square feet. The panels will produce nearly 370,000 kilowatt-hours of solar power annually, or 60 percent of the facility\u2019s electricity needs. This capacity has the purifying power of 9,835 trees and will offset 246 tons of carbon dioxide per year, which is the equivalent of removing 30 cars off the road. In addition, the project will save Lost Pines $750,000 over the 25-year lifetime of the panels.<\/p>\n<p>Lost Pines Toyota\u2019s attention to energy efficiency and sustainability doesn\u2019t start here, the facility is the only LEED Gold certified car dealership in the Austin area, awarded for new construction. In addition, the property\u2019s green initiatives include a water collection cistern\u2014it recycles rainwater and air conditioner condensation by using it for irrigation\u2014reduced noise pollution by eliminating its overhead PA system storewide and handwashing vehicles to reduce water usage. Moreover, throughout the service department, everyone, including technicians use iPads, with the goal of going completely paperless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lost Pines Toyota is also the only LEED Gold certified car dealership in the Austin area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":1004366090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1578,21742,21749,21786],"tags":[36506,35875],"class_list":["post-1004366084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-austin","category-latest","category-retail","category-sustainability","tag-freedom-solar","tag-solar-power"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Automotive Dealership Proceeds With Solar Power - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/automotive-dealership-proceeds-with-solar-power\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Automotive Dealership Proceeds With Solar Power\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lost Pines Toyota is also the only LEED Gold certified car dealership in the Austin area.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/automotive-dealership-proceeds-with-solar-power\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-06T21:15:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1272\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anca Gagiuc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/automotive-dealership-proceeds-with-solar-power\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/automotive-dealership-proceeds-with-solar-power\/\",\"name\":\"Automotive Dealership Proceeds With Solar Power - Commercial Property Executive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/automotive-dealership-proceeds-with-solar-power\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/automotive-dealership-proceeds-with-solar-power\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-06T21:15:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/340a1a5e8e7dd137bd91ca1dd3a2e9d7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/automotive-dealership-proceeds-with-solar-power\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/automotive-dealership-proceeds-with-solar-power\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/automotive-dealership-proceeds-with-solar-power\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Lost-Pines-Toyota-Austin.jpg\",\"width\":1696,\"height\":1272,\"caption\":\"Lost Pines Toyota, Bastrop, Texas. 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