Business efforts are rewarded.THE Scottish Green Awards - with headline sponsorship from Scottish Power - showcased outstanding environmental achievement in many fields. The business categories revealed an impressive quality of innovation for sustainable enterprise. The winners were: Best green SME (1) (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) See SMB. (2) (Subject Matter Expert) An individual who is well-versed in the policies and procedures of a particular department or division. Junk-It Professional removal service Junk-It carry out office and house clearances in the Glasgow area. In the past, unwanted items went to council refuse centres but now 70 per cent of material collected is recycled or re-used. Best green large company City Building (Glasgow) Formed from the Building Services Department of Glasgow City Council, City Building (Glasgow) are one of the largest construction firms in Scotland. The company have set stretching energy reduction targets over the past two years and have already reduced gas and electricity consumption by 25 per cent. Their fleet of more than 600 vehicles is powered by low-emission engines. And their Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries arm - Europe's largest assisted workshop facility - use waste wood and other materials as bases for tables and chairs. Best green industry SME Aquamarine aquamarine (ăk'wəmərēn`, äk'–) [Lat.,=seawater], transparent beryl with a blue or bluish-green color. Sources of the gems include Brazil, Siberia, the Union of Myanmar, Madagascar, and parts of the United States. Power Wave energy company Aquamarine Power are currently developing their flagship technology, an innovative hydroelectric wave power converter called the Oyster. It uses a hinged flap hinged flap n. A turnover flap transferred by lifting it over onto its pedicle as though the pedicle was a hinge. connected to the seabed which drives a hydraulic piston to deliver high pressure water to an onshore turbine. Aquamarine Power are at the forefront of a fast-emerging industry, which could provide the UK with an export market worth pounds 4.5billion a year by 2050. Best green industry large company William Tracey Group Established in 1948, the William Tracey Group, of Paisley, offer recycling and resource management services. The company also manufacture a number of their own products from recycled timber and construction waste. They recently spent pounds 1.5million on a new waste transfer station which will increase recycling rates to about 80 per cent. CAPTION(S): GLITZY glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. CEREMONY: Nick Horler, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of headline sponsors ScottishPower, and TV presenter Jackie Bird, who hosted the event, at the Scottish Green Awards |
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