HKS Trace Paper

We have recently annouced that we are offsetting 100 percent of the annual electricity consumed at our 110,000-square-foot corporate headquarters, with the purchase of 4,300,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable energy credits (RECs) generated by wind farms across America through the Boulder, Colo.-based provider Renewable Choice Energy.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that this purchase helps avoid a similar amount of CO2 emissions as produced by driving over 4.8 million miles in an average car, or the electricity use of 283 average American homes.

This agreement allows us to achieve points toward Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification and contributes significantly to large-scale renewable energy development.

Over seventy percent of U.S. electricity comes from fossil fuels such as coal and gas. Wind-generated electricity is renewable, sustainable and does not produce environmental pollution like other types of electricity generation. By purchasing RECs, wind energy producers add the same number of kilowatt hours of clean electricity to the national grid, reducing the overall need for fossil fuels and resulting in a cleaner and more sustainable environment. (more…)