It's Easy Being Green

5/2/2018 (Permalink)

At SERVPRO of West Brown County we’re invested in being green and that goes for more than just our famous trucks.

Our interest in being environmentally friendly starts with the building we operate from. Our home base is an office and a large shop in the Village of Howard. On the roof you can see a few dozen solar panels.

Those panels produce the majority of the electricity we use here. The investment was a large one up front, but we’ve found it’s definitely worth it to produce clean electricity for our own use.

Outside our home base, we’re concerned with conservation as well.

When we work on a home or business that’s been damaged by an incident like a fire or flooding, we try hard to salvage as much of the items in that home or business as possible. We work on cleaning and restoring furniture, for example, instead of throwing it out. That way less trash ends up in the dump AND we’re able to save our clients money. If clients can keep their old belongings after an incident, they don’t have to spend money to buy new ones.

When we DO need to remove items that are beyond repair from a home or business, we make sure as little of those wind up in the dump as possible. That means we ensure whatever can be recycled is recycled and that all materials, be they metals or electronics, get to the right locations.

Being as environmentally friendly as possible is important to us. So is saving you money. Luckily there are a lot of times when those two goals go hand in hand and we take advantage of them when they do.

We’re all about being green and saving green at SERVPRO of West Brown County.