By Angelo Purpura
HMH Builders
HMH Green Team
In April of 2011 the Green Team began the process of making HMH Builders a Sacramento Area Sustainable Business (SASB). The program is led by the Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC). The purpose of the program is to promote businesses that take voluntary actions to prevent pollution and conserve resources. There are six Categories: Water Conservation, Energy Conservation, Pollution Prevention, Solid Waste Reduction, Green Building Practices, and Transportation and Air Quality. After a few months of listing and verifying our company’s existing processes, in addition to implementing some new ones (for instance, the sign above the sink in the kitchen that directs users to not pour chemicals, fats, or grease down the drain), we were successfully certified as an SASB in all categories on June 10, 2011. This achievement was possible because HMH employees care about our environment. We recycle, we turn off lights when they are not in use, we make double sided copies when possible and the list goes on.
Congrats to the HMH team for their recent certification!