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| Country: | Germany |  |
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| Product group: | Vehicles | |
| Name of the institution: | LEGOLAND Germany |
Located in Bavaria, Günzburg, LEGOLAND Germany is the biggest tourist attraction in Bavaria and welcomes over 1.3 m. visitors yearly. Due to the huge consumption of resources, environmental protection plays a significant role for the park’s management.
Institutional details
| Address: |
LEGOLAND® Deutschland Freizeitpark GmbH LEGOLAND Allee 2 89312 Günzburg |
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| Contact person: | Kristina Krupp |
| Function: | Manager of promotion and strategic partners |
| Phone: | +49 (0) 8221 700 230 |
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| Website: | www.legoland.de |
| Number of employees: | 130 and 800 seasonal staffs |
LEGOLAND Germany has been found on the 17th of May 2002 in Günzburg and has 1.3 mio. visitors yearly. A mixture of entertainment and playing education aims at families consisting of children between the age of 3 and 13. Environmental protection plays an important role for LEGOLAND Germany. The most recent development is the replacement of the whole vehicle fleet by environment-friendly natural-gas-run vehicles.
Procurement process
LEGOLAND Germany has entered a three-years-lasting strategic partnership with the „Trägerkreis Erdgasfahrzeuge“ to enable an effective change of the fleet to natural gas consumption.
Measures
LEGOLAND Germany is going to change its whole fleet to natural-gas-run vehicles and bought 24 cars of brands like VW, Fiat and Opel.
Success
Nitric oxide emissions will be reduced by at least 70 %. CO2 emissions will decline by 21,000 kg (25 %) followed by fine particulates which will vanish completely due to natural gas engines. Since about 50 % of the fuel costs will be saved because of the reduced costs for natural gas, the whole vehicle fleet spares a considerable amount of its budget.
