“How can we make the most profound impact over the next 5 years?” This is the question that Katie Anderson, CEO + Founder, has been asking since the company began in 2014. Starting with water at the forefront, she and her team quickly diversified their overall impact by recycling what materials they can from projects, while always wondering what resources could be saved alongside water.
Water
Landfill deferment
Energy & carbon
Improving and updating your commercial property with sustainable and efficient fixtures is an impactful step that can support your bottom line, enhance the quality of the living space for your residents, add value to your property, and positively impact the environment. Regardless of budget, we have a range of programs to support creating the impact you are looking for.
All metallics are recycled.
Toilets are recycled for reuse in concrete or road base.
All cardboard is recycled.
We are a creative generation with loads of opportunities to shift, create, and renew. “Waste” has been a primary topic within our company. We have ongoing discussions on how to best utilize the “waste” from projects, and the possibility of it becoming a new usable product. This eco-sustainability mindset maximizes resources that have already been extracted from the earth, thereby decreasing the need to extract additional resources.
Energy is required to pump water to your property. For every gallon of water you save, you also save energy. We call this the “life cycle” of water. From capture to treatment to distribution, there is an inherent use of energy for every gallon of water that reaches you. Not only that, but water is needed to produce energy. Therefore, saving water, saves energy, which in-turn saves water which saves more energy. Get it!?
CO2 emissions result from energy use, but how much? For every 1 gallon of water to complete its “life cycle” it requires, on average, 0.0037 kWh of energy. If you save 500,000 gallons of water, you save 1,850 kWh of energy. For every kWh of energy generated, there is an emission of 1 pound of carbon into our atmosphere. In summary, saving 500,000 gallons of water, saves 1,850 kWh of energy which in-turn prevents 1,850 pounds of unnecessary emissions from entering our atmosphere!
