Bennett Homes applies a sustainable approach to our business practices and custom
quality homes to ensure our clients, community, staff and the environment benefit
from our actions.
- Education: Teaching our staff, partners and clients about sustainable
practices helps Bennett truly fulfill our mission to foster "personal and professional
growth through continuing education".
- Sustainable to the core: Bennett Homes works hard to provide environmentally
sustainable options to homeowners that can improve the health, cost and efficiency
of their homes.
- Recycling programs: Bennett Homes works hard to recycle as much of
the waste that we generate, as well as purchase recycled content products and business
tools whenever possible.
- Bennett's Fleet is Greenhouse Gas Neutral Bennett Homes has contracted
with DrivingGreen.com
to offset our entire fleet of 45 construction and customer service vehicles, making
us greenhouse gas neutral. With this program Bennett is able to offset its emissions
through the purchase of 291 credits. The proceeds from these credits go to one of
DrivingGreen.com's agricultural projects to purchase equipment that captures and
converts methane gas from animal waste into renewable energy. Bennett Homes has
received a serialized certificate documenting the verified emission reduction credits
(VERs) used to offset our fleet; which is verified by a SES-Inc, (www.ses-corp.com). Additionally, each vehicle will display
a window decal that reads, "This vehicle is greenhouse gas neutral."
Our 2008 Green House Gas Offset of -
291 Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
Results in one of the following:
- Removes 63 passenger cars from the road
- Removes 53 passenger cars and light trucks from the road
- Saves 32,000 gallons of gasoline
- Saves 677 barrels of oil
- Supplies electricity to 37 household
- Preserves 2.39 acres of forest from deforestation
- Stops 1.48 railcars of coal from being burned
- Recycles 98 tons of waste from landfills
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