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LEED Green Building Design Triple Bottom Line Initiative
How does the government continue to manage facilities while reducing their impact on the environment? By reducing the carbon footprint in any and every opportunity. The business case for building green using sustainable design and construction is supported by the three cornerstones, known as the triple bottom line: environmental stewardship, social responsibility and economic prosperity. Craft can help in your mission to build sustainable green buildings or redesign existing buildings to meet green standards.

Defining the Triple Bottom Line

Performance - Environmental Stewardship: protecting air, water, land and ecosystems, as well as conserving resources, including fossil fuels, thus preserving the earth’s resources for future generations.

Performance is Environmental Stewardship. Environmental stewardship means protecting the air, water and land while conserving resources, including fossil fuels. High performance Craft equipment helps reduce the amount of physical space required. Allowing buildings to be constructed smaller and far more efficient. These High Performance Buildings reduce energy and water consumption which reduce their carbon footprint.

“Floor to truss” space maximization is how Craft can reclaim up to 85% of the space used by file cabinets, tool, drawer systems, shelving and rack. Craft customer’s can reduce their total building construction footprint by up to 15% by using Craft equipment throughout their facility. These savings provide a lifetime of “Performance and Environmental Stewardship” while saving building maintenance and energy costs.

Ergonomics - Social Responsibility: improving the quality of life and equity for individuals, communities and society as a whole.

Craft technologies are on the cutting edge of best ergonomic practices. Ergonomics Is Social Responsibility Improving the quality of life and equity for individuals, communities and society as a whole is just a part of what Craft equipment provides to an organization.

Does your current storage and retrieval equipment offer full accessibility to their contents for all groups of your workers? The use of Craft equipment provides full ergonomic access for all of your employees. Every Craft MediaStation ELF complies fully with the “Barrier Removal Act” to accommodate your entire work force. All Craft systems eliminate fatigue by automatically bringing items to the operator allowing more productivity from your entire workforce regardless of ability.

Productivity - Economic Prosperity: reducing costs, adding value and creating economic opportunity for individuals, organizations, communities and nations.

Productivity Is Economic Prosperity! Reducing costs, adding value and creating economic opportunity is a tangible result of organizations using Craft automated storage and retrieval systems. Craft systems can increase operator productivity up to 66%. The increased productivity levels translate quickly into reduced labor requirements which help reduce the facility’s energy consumption and carbon foot print.

Automated systems deliver items to the operator eliminating all wasted walk and search time. Easy controls and inventory management software allow organizations to use batch picking and integrated pick-to-light technologies to increased picking accuracy and speeds.

Many Craft customers find that their systems provide a ROI (Return On Investment) in less than 18 months. By combining the benefits of decreasing labor costs, floor space requirements, facility maintenance and energy costs; sustainability provides great economic benefits.