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From left to
right: Ranieri Niccoli, Industrial Director
Automobili Lamborghini – Maurizio Reggiani,
Research and Development Director Automobili
Lamborghini – Elisabetta Margiacchi, Vice
Prefect of Bologna – Corrado Clini, Minister
of the Environment,
Land and Sea – Stephan Winkelmann, President
and CEO Automobili Lamborghini – Daniela
Occhiali, Mayor of Sant’Agata Bolognese –
Paola Gazzolo, Regional Councillor for
Territorial Security of Emilia-Romagna –
Raffaello Porro, Communications and External
Relations Director Automobili Lamborghini. |
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Lamborghini has inaugurated a new building
designed specifically for the development of
prototypes and pre-series vehicles. The new
structure is the first multi-story
industrial building in Italy to earn Class A
energy certification. |
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Lamborghini has inaugurated a new building designed
specifically for the development of prototypes and
pre-series vehicles. The new structure is the first
multi-story industrial building in Italy to earn Class A
energy certification. Attending the ceremony were
Corrado Clini, Minister of the Environment, Land and
Sea; Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili
Lamborghini; Paola Gazzolo, Regional Councillor for
Territorial Security of Emilia-Romagna; and Daniela
Occhiali, Mayor of Sant’Agata Bolognese, as well as
numerous distinguished dignitaries and officials.
The occasion represents a further development in
Lamborghini's strategy towards environmental
sustainability. Moreover, it shows Lamborghini's desire
to send a positive message of recovery to the Emilia
region, hit hard by the recent earthquakes. As further
proof of Lamborghini’s solidarity with the towns and
cities impacted, the company has made donations towards
the rebuilding of five school laboratories. In addition,
it announced today at the press conference that a part
of the proceeds from the events celebrating Automobili
Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary in 2013 will be
contributed to help rebuild cultural treasures and
places of worship in areas damaged by the earthquake.
“Our new building confirms Lamborghini's commitment not
only to environmental sustainability and energy
efficiency, but also to advanced technology and
innovation with an eye on the future" said Stephan
Winkelmann, President and CEO of the Sant’Agata
Bolognese-based company.
“The earthquakes that recently struck our region caused
serious problems that have placed a considerable strain
on us, on our families, and on our local area. However,
we know that the strength to begin a new springs from
the daily commitment and the work that each of us brings
to bear. That’s why today’s inauguration also has a
symbolic meaning of renaissance and of a strong impetus
for recovery".
“Inaugurating a sustainable, antiseismic industrial
building here today at Lamborghini, in the heart of the
area struck by the earthquake, sends an important
signal," commented Corrado Clini, Minister of
Environment, Land and Sea. “It expresses the strong,
determined desire to move forward that is evident in the
Emilia area.”
The industrial building
Developed in cooperation with the Prospazio engineering
studio, the new multi-story structure was specially
designed to earn the Class A industrial energy rating
(yearly energy consumption: ≤ 8 Kwh/m3) and is the first
industrial building in Italy to be built with such
characteristics.
This result was achieved by utilizing latest-generation
solutions and techniques for the external facings. In
fact, the façade consist of special walls made of
triple-layer polycarbonate and of ventilated walls
covered with ultrathin ceramic cladding, which were
specifically created in the “Lamborghini black” colour
and provide a high level of thermal insulation. The new
building also meets today’s latest anti-seismic
regulations.
The building will then be equipped with a photovoltaic
system that generates enough power to meet its yearly
electricity needs, so it will have zero CO2 impact. This
requirement will become the standard that all new
Lamborghini buildings must meet.
On the second floor of the building, a “mini” assembly
line with advanced technical solutions has been set up
to duplicate the entire range of assembly steps
performed on a standard production line. The miniature
line will be used to carefully study the steps in
assembling pre-series models, so that high standards of
quality can be reached during subsequent industrial
production. The same line can be used to build a small
series of vehicles such as the Sesto Elemento
technological demonstrator introduced at the Paris Motor
Show, with 20 units being produced as a limited edition.
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