What steps have you taken to make your business more sustainable?
“In July, we received word the terminal is officially LEED Silver certified, recognizing the importance we place on sustainability at the airport, whether it’s building facilities to LEED building standards, the solar farm we have in place, or the recycling program we do.” – Terry Hart, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport chief executive
“From these tests and studies (done at the UTC SIMCenter), U.S. Xpress has deployed trailer tails, aerodynamic mud flaps and trailer skirts to improve fuel economy by reducing aerodynamic and rolling resistance drag.” – Natalie Parker, director of marketing at U.S. Xpress.
Santek Waste Services, Inc., will use leaves sucked up by its vacuum trucks to distribute as daily cover at a landfill in Jackson County, Alabama. “It’ll be a creative way to find a better end use for those leaves.” – Cheryl Dunson, executive vice president of marketing.
“To be more sustainable and with the whole idea that ‘less is more,’ we wanted to develop a type of tiny house to test the market.” – Martina Guilfoil, president of Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise which is building a 525-square-foot home on South Willow Street in Ridgedale that will be one of the city’s first tiny homes priced around $80,000.