LIGHTING EFFICIENCIES BRING SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS
Since moving into its new facility in February, Vanguard Packaging discovered its electric usage based on
kilowatt hours decreased 13 percent compared to the first quarter of last year when it was located in its
former facility.
The savings is thanks to the company’s lighting system, which is comprised of T5 lighting. Every light in
the building is on a motion sensitive switch. “The bottom line is that we put the same amount of product
out the door the first quarter of last year compared to the first of this year, so it was an equal comparison,” says Mark Mathes, CEO, Vanguard Packaging, in regard to its Kansas City, Mo., office.
The company is a leader in sustainability efforts in the $35 billion corrugated industry (see main article.)
Mathes says that in addition to the cost savings from sustainability initiatives, the company’s customers
want to see it implementing sustainable practices. “If nothing else, just as our product answers the need
the customer is requesting, so does our being involved in sustainability,” Mathes says.
To learn more, visit www.vanguardpkg.com.
Prairie Bunkers’ research finds that the CO2 emissions
saved by reusing the bunkers are substantial. The bunkers
sit atop the Ogallala Aquifer, which provides geothermal
resources to cool the systems in these data center opera-
tions. “These are closed loop systems so we wouldn’t need
to drill and disturb the underground water because we
use the movement of the underground water to dissipate
the heat of the data centers,” says Pam Brown, president
and CEO, Prairie Bunkers. “There are substantial savings
on the cooling with geothermal. We anticipate being a
highly green data center.”
In Anadarko, Okla., a former carpet factory site is
being repurposed to anchor a green tech park to create
support businesses that are green industries. The park is
40 acres and features a 250,000-square-foot facility. “We
started a green initiative a year ago in order to create
green jobs,” says Kerry Holton, president, Delaware
Nation. “It goes backs to our roots as acting as stewards
of the earth. We will rejuvenate the economy and do it
in a way that will not be damaging to the earth, and hope-
fully will restore and heal the earth.”
Holton says the Delaware Nation aims to manufacture
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