Kitchen Cabinet Manufacture

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Kitchen Cabinet Manufactures Association
www.KCMA.org Created the ESP
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• To Encourage
• Industry policies and practices
• Benefit Sustain the Environment
• Voluntary Certification Program

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ESP Certification

• Based on 5 categories
• 18 different criteria
• 105 total possible points
• 80 to certify

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Categories

• Air Quality
• Product Resource Management
• Process Resource Management
• Environmental Stewardship
• Community Relations

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Category 1

• Air Quality
• 75 or greater of particleboard purchased meets
  the formaldehyde emissions levels of the EPP
• 75 or greater of MDF purchased meets the
  formaldehyde emission levels of the EPP
• Finished Products are finished domestically and
  finishes used emit no greater HAPS than allowed
  by local plant operating permits

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Category 2

• Resource Management Product
• 75 or greater of particleboard purchased meets
  the EPP for recycled/recovered fiber content
• 75 or greater of MDF purchased meets the EPP
  for recycled/recovered fiber content
• On File written documentation and certificates
  for resource management

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Category 3

• Resource Management Process
• Energy Conservation Program
• A documented energy conservation program must be
  in place
• Quarterly Meeting to suggest improvements
• Programmable Thermostats
• Motion Detectors
• Lights
• New Spray Booths
• Timer so they shut down when not in use within 2
  min.
• Compressed Air Audit
• Leaks identified and repaired
• Lighting audit by Alliant Energy
• Replaced metal halide fixtures with T8 six bulb
  fixtures

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Category 3 Continued

• Resource Management Process (continued)
• Active recycling program for processing wastes
• Cardboard
• Paper
• Wood
• Solvents
• Paint
• Paint related wastes, (rags,etc.)
• Empty Drums
• Light Bulbs
• Batteries
• Used Oil

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Category 4

• Environmental Stewardship
• Statement
• Review environmental practices and policies of
  our key vendors and contractors.

Woodharbor Doors Cabinetry, Inc. Environmental
Stewardship Policy As a family owned and operated
company, stewardship is at the core of the
principals and ethics upon which Woodharbor Doors
Cabinetry was founded. Woodharbor is committed
to sustaining and replenishing the environment
through exploring and implementing continuous
improvements to our manufacturing processes and
systems. We are equally committed to stewardship
for our employees through providing a clean,
safe, rewarding work environment and by
supporting efforts to better the communities in
which they live.
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Category 5

• Complied with all Federal, State and Local
  Regulatory Environmental Agencies
• Community Relations
• Francis Lauer
• Cheer Challenge
• Salvation Army
• Winnebago Council of Boy Scouts
• Wee Saints Daycare
• Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank
• Newman
• Several Misc. Groups
• Fund Raising Groups

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• www.greencabinetsource.org

• February Launch
• ESP new Web site
• Consumers and professionals
• Understand how the program can help them achieve
  the benefits of an eco-friendly lifestyle
• Provides an opportunity to educate a broader
  audience on environmental responsibility
• Cabinet industry is leading by example!!!!!

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• What is KCMAs position on formaldehyde?
• Naturally occurring chemical produced by the
  human body that is emitted by wood and other
  organic materials. It is not thought to be
  harmful to most people at the low levels typical
  of materials used to manufacture cabinetry.
• 1 of the criteria 75 of particleboard, plywood
  and MDF used in the cabinets must be certified to
  meet lowest formaldehyde emission standards.

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Suggested Green Building ProgramsKCMA recommends
these

• NAHB-National Association of Home Builders -Green
  Building Program General guidelines for
  building and equipping an environmentally
  responsible home
• EPA-Energy Star Program energy efficient
  appliances
• EPA-Water Sense Program water efficient products
• USGBC LEED -program guidelines for green home
  design and construction being developed