NewAge Food and Beverage Hose and Tubing

SUMMARY OF OUR GREEN INITIATIVES

Converted all warehouse and manufacturing lighting to T8 fluorescent, which uses 1/3 the energy of our old lighting — the new lighting is brighter, too, making it easier for team members to read equipment and product labels
Installed a new roof to prepare for our solar panel system
Added 2 inches of solid insulation
The new roof surface was painted white to reflect light and heat
Replaced all windows in the building with new energy efficient, tinted windows with two thermal barriers
Installed screens on all warehouse dock doors to allow ventilation without debris and insects entering the building — exhaust fans on the roof run less often, saving energy
Installed a bank of capacitors and a new high voltage transformer to use electricity more efficiently
Installed highly efficient electric motors throughout our manufacturing areas and in the building's air conditioning units

Initiated company wide recycling of cardboard, plastic, glass and paper to reduce the amount of trash bound for landfills
Installed an industrial trash compactor to further reduce the volume of our non-recyclable trash
Eliminated two tons of computer, CRTs and computer printer waste from the eco system by paying to have our computer waste recycled
Provided aluminum water bottles to every team member to cut down on the use of plastic water bottles — everyone is encouraged to fill up with spring water from the company water coolers

Generates one megawatt of power
- NewAge uses two megawatts of electricity per year
There are 4,082 solar panels on the roof
Total cost of the system: $4.2 million
- Received $1 million grant from state of PA
- Received $1.2 million grant from the federal government
- Total cost to NewAge was $2 million
All major components (panels, inverters, racking system) were made in the U.S.
- NewAge paid $150,000 additional in order to buy U.S.-made solar panels vs. Chinese-made panels
The array took about five months to build and was powered up May 2011
Designer and General Contractor: Borrego Solar Systems

Our array is the sixth largest in Pennsylvania
It is the largest roof mounted system in Bucks County, PA
Because NewAge Industries is an ESOP (49% employee owned) company, the team members collectively own 49% of the solar array