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City Transforms Brownfield into Water Bureau's Green DreamCity of Rochester - Bureau of Water and LightingProject Activity: Redevelopment of the site including demolition, site remediation and construction of the new building, began in the Spring of 2005. The contractors employed a combination of ... |
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Coler's Soy-Based Insulation Seals In Residential ComfortColer Natural InsulationProject Activity: The insulation product, BioBased 501, a soy-based, spray-on expanding foam was applied to several areas of the house that had previously lacked insulation. Read full case study |
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Hydrogen Fuels School's Drive for Energy IndependenceEast Rochester Central School DistrictProject Activity: Through an in-depth energy audit, an energy profile was produced for East Rochester School District facility at Woodbine Avenue, East Rochester, NY. Opportunities for energy ... |
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Biogas Generated from Waste Increases Profit$ at Canandaigua WineEcovationProject Activity: In 1997, Ecovation, (based in Victor, NY), designed, built, financed and commenced operating a two-module anaerobic ... |
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Flower City Turns Medical Arts Green and $aves GreenFlower City ManagementProject Activity: The renovation of the 11-story, 71,000 sq. ft. historic art-deco building commenced in 2003 and was completed in 2005. It was converted to 25,000 ... |
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Gintzler Finds UV Cure That Increases Productivity and QualityGintzler Graphics IncProject Activity: Phase 1 was to convert one water-based press to uv-cured and Phase 2 was to purchase several uv-cured presses. Project ... |
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Guardian Recycles e-WasteGuardian IndustriesProject Activity: Approximately 700lbs of electronic waste consisting of computers, monitors, printers, circuit boards, etc. was collected for disposal. Due to the hazardous substances contained in electronic waste (i.e. lead, ... |
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Harbec Plastics Takes Control of Energy CostsHarbec PlasticsProject Activity: Installation of a 250kW wind turbine and twenty-five microturbines (combined heat and power) which generate electricity and provide the heating and cooling ... |
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Harbec Reduces Insurance Costs by Recycling WaterHarbec Plastics IncProject Activity: Design and installation of an on-site pond with auxiliary equipment, including a fire suppression system and heat exchange equipment. The facility was configured to ... |
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JASCO Uses EMS to Improve Profits and Save ResourcesJASCOProject Activity: JASCO began implementation of an environmental management system (EMS) in 2000. The EMS development process resulted in the identification of a number of ... |
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From Wastewater to Fleet Center: County Demonstrates Successful Adaptive Re-useMonroe County Fleet CenterProject Activity: From 2001 to 2005, the County re-developed 145,700 sq. ft. of new building space on the site of the former Gates Chili Ogden (GCO) Plant, including 107,610 sq. ft. of ... |
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Penfield Fitness Club Eliminates Use of Hazardous ChemicalPenfield Fitness and Racquet ClubProject Activity: In December 2003, the liquid chlorine sanitization system was replaced by an electrolytic chlorine generation system that produces chlorine through ... |
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Penn Yan Aero Improve Productivity by Going AqueousPenn Yan AeroProject Activity: Penn Yan Aero (PYA) replaced solvent-based cleaning techniques with three new separate non-solvent cleaning technologies for cleaning aircraft engine parts - a high pressure aqueous spray washer, a multi-media ... |
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Pliant Saves Thousand$ thru Inventory ControlPliant CorporationProject Activity: LEAN principles were used to understand workflow and inventory control. New ink management software was installed, processes to control ink inventory levels were implemented and mangement practices to ... |
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City Schools Save Million$ Thru Energy Conservation & EducationRochester City School DistrictProject Activity: A Plant Engineer position with special emphasis on energy management was re-instated and John Songer, the individual hired for this position, recommended an integrated ... |
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A Plan to Convert RIT Dining Services to BioplasticsRochester Institute of Technology |