RENEWABLE ENERGY
Issue: One of the largest contributors to environmental degradation and climate change is electricity production and the emissions associated with its generation. Modern industry has become dependent on the availability of seemingly inexpensive energy from fossil fuels: oil, coal, and natural gas. The combustion of these fuels destroys a non-renewable resource and is the main cause of global climate change.
Response: Interface seeks to ensure that by 2020, all fuels and electricity to operate our manufacturing, sales and office facilities will be from renewable sources. Interface has taken an aggressive approach to achieving these goals by supporting markets for renewable energy, testing technologies, installing renewable energy systems at numerous locations, and committing to renewable energy purchasing targets. Below is a partial list of our accomplishments.
Renewable Energy Strategies
| Seven facilities operate with 100% Renewable Electricity |
| 27% of Interface’s global energy consumption comes from renewable sources |
Bentley Prince Street - City of Industry, CA – 100% renewable electricity, for
entire facility
InterfaceFLOR Europe – Shelf Mills, England – 100% renewable electricity for entire facility
InterfaceFLOR Europe – Scherpenzeel, The Netherlands
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Gray County Wind Farm - Kansas Provider of renewable energy credits for Bentley Prince Street and InterfaceFLOR. Photo Courtesy of Sterling Planet |
- Interface is a member of the World Resources Institute’s Green Power Market Development Group in the US and the UK and the US EPA’s Green Power Partnership all of which are committed to building markets for renewable energy. InterfaceFLOR is also a member of the US EPA’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP).
- Bentley Prince Street and InterfaceFLOR are members of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership . Both Bentley Prince Street and InterfaceFLOR have been included in the Green Power Leadership Club, honoring those partners that have made exemplary purchases that significantly exceed the partnership requirements.
- Interface received a 2004 Green Power Purchasing Award from the U.S. EPA, U.S. DOE and the Center for Resource Solutions.
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Landfill Methane Gas Project
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In 2003, the city of LaGrange, Ga., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and InterfaceFLOR formed a partnership to convert naturally occurring
methane gas from the local landfill into a green energy source to fuel for
process heat at Interface's Kyle plant.
InterfaceFLOR won the 2005 "Energy Partner of the Year" Award, presented by the EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program(LMOP). Click here to read the press release. "We believe this is a first for the American carpet industry," said John Wells, president of Interface Americas. "By turning waste into fuel for our manufacturing process, we are eliminating harmful emissions and increasing the use of renewable energy. We are not only reducing our negative footprint, we are moving towards our goal of being a restorative company." Click here to read more. |
Energy Efficiency Strategies
Only when energy usage is at its irreducible minimum are we likely to be able to afford significant investments in renewable sources. Click below to read more about what Interface is doing to increase energy efficiency in its facilities:Previous Page