Apple Signs is committed to minimizing our impact on the environment and maximizing the best service and cost to our valued clients. Here are a few of the areas we have been focusing on to keep “green” as part of our mission.
Switching from neon to LED’s wherever possible
- Lowers energy consumption
- Increases reliability reduces service calls and saves fuel from trip charges
- Reduces mercury usage & disposal
Recycling
- Recycle scrap acrylics, aluminum & PVC to reduce landfill waste and overall costs.
- Recycle ink cartridges, printers, paper and plastic
- Donate older vehicles to be recycled
LEED certified projects
- Work with architects and builders to provide enviro-friendly sign solutions that don’t compromise on impact or durability
Focus on efficiency
- Maintain our “get it right the first time” attitude to reduce fuel consumption and material waste
- Equip our service trucks with more product to allow our techs to respond more comprehensively in the field
- GPS-outfitted trucks to allow for better economy of the work day
How You Can Get Involved
- LEED - The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design: Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction. Since its inception in 1998, LEED has grown to encompass more than 14,000 projects in 50 U.S. States and 30 countries covering 1.062 billion square feet (99 km²) of development area. The hallmark of LEED is that it is an open and transparent process where the technical criteria proposed by the LEED committees are publicly reviewed for approval by the more than 10,000 membership organizations that currently constitute the USGBC.
Individuals recognized for their knowledge of the LEED rating system are permitted to use the LEED Accredited Professional (AP) acronym after their name, indicating they have passed the accreditation exam given by the Green Building Certification Institute (a third-party organization that handles accreditation for the USGBC). Source: http://en.wikipedia.org.
- Maryland Environmental Division Program, DNR
- Waste Management Think Green Case studies
- The World's Shortest Comprehensive Recycling Guide (Obviously.com/recycle)
- Guide to recycling common materials (Obviously.com/recycle)
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