Comments on: Top 10 Green Power Users — Ready for a Shock? http://thedigitalnirvana.com/2009/09/top-10-green-power-users-%e2%80%94-ready-for-a-shock/ Transpromo, Short-Run Book Publishing, Inkjet and other Printing Industry Issues Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:01:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://thedigitalnirvana.com/2009/09/top-10-green-power-users-%e2%80%94-ready-for-a-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-2283 Eric Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:43:32 +0000 http://thedigitalnirvana.com/?p=809#comment-2283 The top 10 list shows companies who can afford to buy offsets, not those who actually produce their own power on-site. My employer, Phoenix Press, of New Haven, CT is in the final stages of installing its own Northwind 100 kw wind turbine ON-SITE. Since our annual revenues are tiny compared to the large organizations on the list (we are a customer of Mohawk Paper), we went further and actually produce (Fall '09) our own electricity for our printing operation. NO offsets here! The Top 10 list should take into consideration the annual revenues of a company in relation to it's financial commitment towards ON-SITE electricity generation, not the purchasing of credits (permission-to-pollute). It's good to see companies "get it" that pollution ultimately hurts their bottom line, but in the end, Top Performers can't all be multi-million dollar companies! The top 10 list shows companies who can afford to buy offsets, not those who actually produce their own power on-site. My employer, Phoenix Press, of New Haven, CT is in the final stages of installing its own Northwind 100 kw wind turbine ON-SITE.

Since our annual revenues are tiny compared to the large organizations on the list (we are a customer of Mohawk Paper), we went further and actually produce (Fall ’09) our own electricity for our printing operation. NO offsets here!

The Top 10 list should take into consideration the annual revenues of a company in relation to it’s financial commitment towards ON-SITE electricity generation, not the purchasing of credits (permission-to-pollute).

It’s good to see companies “get it” that pollution ultimately hurts their bottom line, but in the end, Top Performers can’t all be multi-million dollar companies!

]]> By: Jeff Lazerus http://thedigitalnirvana.com/2009/09/top-10-green-power-users-%e2%80%94-ready-for-a-shock/comment-page-1/#comment-2279 Jeff Lazerus Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:38:38 +0000 http://thedigitalnirvana.com/?p=809#comment-2279 Thanks for this, Heidi. Looking at the list, there are numerous printing companies also. Thanks for this, Heidi. Looking at the list, there are numerous printing companies also.

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