Raymour & Flanigan has joined the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partnership by purchasing green wind power for 5% of its electric power use. It has earned ENERGY STAR ratings for the two new-construction showrooms in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and Garden City, New York that feature energy management systems with automated occupancy sensors, climate control systems and HVAC reclaim systems.
The cumulative efforts since 2007 are the equivalent of eliminating 9,200 cars from the road, saving 5.7 million gallons of gas, replanting over 130,000 trees and preserving 11.4 thousand acres of forest.
Motion operated, energy efficient hand dryers in the showroom restrooms replace over 99,000 pounds of paper towels;
Decreased energy consumption by deploying 26,000 compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) in showroom lamps;
Deployed carpeting made of post-consumer recycled content from plastic soda and water bottles for newly constructed showrooms and facilities;
Low-e glass, increased insulation and TPO reflective roofs in numerous showrooms preserve energy through heat loss and gain;
Showrooms and customer service centers transitioned overhead lighting from over 5,600 high wattage fixtures to fluorescent fixtures;
2500 energy efficient flat-panel LCD monitors replaced conventional CRT computer monitors;
The company virtualized their data center, decreasing physical servers by 500% and CO2 output by 22 tons.
Employing green practices supports our customers’ concerns to be environmentally friendly, states Neil Goldberg, chief executive officer and president of Raymour & Flanigan. Recycling is important because very little waste discarded in landfills — including Styrofoam — biodegrades. We don’t want to add to this growing problem. Raymour & Flanigan is proud to serve our communities with all of our eco-friendly programs implemented to date, added Goldberg.
