BATES TROY GREEN INTIATIVES
These are some of the ongoing environmental efforts by Bates Troy Inc.
- Earth Day 2008 Bates Troy received a Green Business Initiative Award from the Broome County
Legislature.
- Our new “Green Machine”, the G. A. Braun 220 Batch Tunnel Washer, is an environmentally-
friendly, state-of-the-art washing machine. Processing up to 6000 pounds per hour this machine
has reduced water consumption to about .6 gallons per pound of laundry from 1.1 gallons/pound,
one of the lowest ratios in the industry.
- The Green Machine recycles more water & more efficiently reuses warm water than conventional
machines.
- Our new line of G. A Braun peripheral equipment, Press Extractor and high efficient dryers (drying
up to 500 pounds of towels in 18 minutes) greatly reduce drying time again saving resources ,
namely natural gas & electricity.
- Bates Troy’s innovative installation and product development assistance of this new equipment
won a grant from the New York State Energy Research Development Agency (NYSERDA).
- The Bates Troy installation is a national sales model for G. A. Braun of Syracuse.
- Bates Troy’s recent plant expansion also included the upgrading and expansion of its entire water
heat reclamation system.
- The plant expansion also included new metering and monitoring of waste water.
- The plant expansion also includes the replacement of all light fixtures for NYSERDA Energy-Saver
approved ones.
- We installed new, smaller boilers to increase efficiency for smaller steam demands.
- The plant is cooled by energy efficient “swamp coolers” rather than resource-heavy air
conditioning.
- Bates Troy uses a fuel efficient diesel Sprinter truck for its dry cleaning deliveries.
- Our employee restrooms use motion sensors for lights and low volume flush toilets.
- Bates Troy introduced “Green Cleaning” bags to its stores to use fewer plastic bags.
- Bates Troy, along with it partner trade Association Textile Rental Services Association (TRSA)
and supplier Gurtler Industries is a voluntary participant in Laundry ESP (the Laundry
Environmental Stewardship Program.
- The resulting six years of industry improvements have surpasses results expected by TRSA and
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
- These results include: 40% reduction in pollutant discharge, 12.5% reduction in waste water,
11% reduction in energy use, and the implementation of environmentally friendly wash chemicals.
- New washing products include low or no phosphate detergents.
- New surfactant technology that meet the EPA’s Safer Detergent Stewardship Initiative (SDSI),
these products offer improved biodegradability.
- New low temperature products which work more efficiently at low water temperature to reduce
energy consumption.
- New Oxygen bleaching technology over chlorine bleaching minimizing the environmental effects of
waste water.
- New enzyme technology detergents that reduce or eliminate the need for bleaches for stain
removal.
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