APS environmental benefits really do add up.PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 1997--One at a time, APS environmental efforts really add up to something: helping clean up the Valley's air. Spearheaded by Ed Fox, APS vice president of environmental health and safety & technology development, APS has strengthened its voluntary clean air efforts in the past two years. Consider the newest, APS Partners for Clean Air electric lawn mower mower, farm machine used for cutting grasses and other hay crops. Mowers, drawn by or attached to tractors, or self-propelled, have superseded scythes. The mower is essentially an adaptation of the much earlier reaper. The first commercial mower was patented in 1847. rebate rebate, partial refund of the total price paid for goods or services. In the United States, rebates were historically given by railroads to favored shippers as a return on transportation charges. program (see related news release) offered to consumers Valleywide. By itself, the program can make a significant contribution to cleaner air by reducing ground-level ozone, carbon monoxide carbon monoxide, chemical compound, CO, a colorless, odorless, tasteless, extremely poisonous gas that is less dense than air under ordinary conditions. It is very slightly soluble in water and burns in air with a characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide; and particulate par·tic·u·late adj. Of or occurring in the form of fine particles. n. A particulate substance. particulate composed of separate particles. pollution. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. David Jallo, APS environmental consultant, the goal of the Partners for Clean Air is to sell 2,000 electric lawn mowers to replace gas mowers. Jallo estimates that eliminating 2,000 gasoline-powered lawn mowers will reduce a total of 132,600 pounds of carbon monoxide and more than 11,000 pounds of total organic gases emitted into the Valley's air every year. "Equally important to this effort is our longer-term goal of raising the consumer's awareness of options that can help clean the Valley's air," said Jallo. Last summer, APS spearheaded the development of the Clean Air Business Challenge with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, the local chambers of commerce, and 130 Valley businesses and agencies. Participants committed to take voluntary steps to help reduce air pollution. Additionally, APS developed and provided educational forums for businesses through its Clean Air Resource Manual, which provided background information on air pollution and ways to help reduce the pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. . APS also implemented an extensive company program for employees to help reduce air pollution. The effort included reducing more than 6,000 pounds per year of volatile organic compounds volatile organic compound Environment Any toxic cabon-based (organic) substance that easily become vapors or gases–eg, solvents–paint thinners, lacquer thinner, degreasers, dry cleaning fluids from products used at APS through product changes (i.e., using water-based paints in place of oil-based paints); increasing the use of electric vehicles, installation of teleconferencing equipment at major company facilities to help reduce travel, and encouraging employees to increase their participation in trip reduction. Last year, APS piloted the company's Temporary Construction Power program in a partnership with the Homebuilders Association of Central Arizona to reduce ground-level ozone. The program gave homebuilders the option to use temporary electric power instead of gasoline-powered generators when constructing new homes. APS has also begun offering solar-powered options to customers who live in remote areas. This past winter, APS created a first-of-its-kind effort with Cavco Industries, the largest builder of manufactured housing Manufactured housing (also known as prefab housing) is a type of housing unit that is largely assembled in factories and then transported to sites of use. In the United States, the term "manufactured home" specifically refers to a house built entirely in a protected to offer custom-made solar powered packages. This year, APS has been an active participant in the Governors' Air Quality Strategies Task Force and Transportation Issues Task Force, providing input, guidance and technical assistance. CONTACT: Arizona Public Service Arizona Public Service Company is the largest electric utility in Arizona and the principal subsidiary of publicly-traded S&P 500 member Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (NYSE: PNW), which in turn had been formerly named AZP Group , Phoenix Maria Arellano, 602/250-2269 |
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