" We will continue to use all of our resources to lower our Carbon Footprint"
We are in an industry which requires us to discard several tons of shingles per year. The Mastercraft Exteriors staff has found several ways to lower our carbon footprint. We are now actively searching for alternatives for our roofing shingles.
We at Mastercraft Exteriors have never liked the idea of tons and tons of shingles filling up our landfills, so we did some research on how we could recycle them. We happily discovered that asphalt shingles can be ground up and used to construct roads and patch potholes. The shingles act as a cushion beneath a layer of gravel or paving stone. This helps cut noise and dirt from traffic and absorb fuel and oil that leak from vehicles. They also help make the roadways water permeable, durable, and resistant to water damage from freezing and thawing cycles. Rest assured that we have taken advantage of this opportunity to extend the life of the shingles!
Our proudest green accomplishment has been the implimentaion of a new web-based program called AccuLynx.com, that has allowed us to cut paper use by well over 75%. We now scan all paperwork into electronic format and upload it into our program. This enables all office staff, managers, and field supervisors to view the paperwork with the click of a button rather than printing multiple copies. This drastically reduces the use of not only paper, but toner as well. We used to change the toner in each printer every other week, and now we can’t even remember the last time we had to change any of them!
The rest of our green movements may not be as large of accomplishments, but every little bit counts! Here are a few of them:
- We Order recycled paper products such as paper towels, printer paper, etc.
- We Use both sides of the paper
- We Use Method® cleaning products (found at your local Target Store or http://www.methodhome.com/)
- We Purchase fair-trade organic coffee for our morning pick-me-up (and drink it out of reusable cups)
- We Recycle all the plastic, metal, and paper that would otherwise end up in the waste basket
- We use rechargeable batteries
- We use reusable UPS packages
Another great accomplshment:
"Mastercraft Exteriors is researching alternative power options for our location, like solar, wind, etc."
"It is great to know that Mastercraft Exteriors is a responsible roofing company." 
