EDI Sustainability Initiatives

Energy Savings Project

We just completed the installation of 3,800 new fluorescent bulbs which reduced power consumption facility wide by 16 Kwh per hour or 115,000 KWh per year. EDI also installed (85) load correction devices at specific motors throughout the facility to increase the efficiency of the motors, especially under light duty loads. Overall the project is projected to save 11% on our electrical consumption or 285,000 Kwh’s over the course of an average year.

Hydraulic Oil Usage

EDI has instituted the use of premium hydraulic oil for its machine tools that has a 5 year life versus a 2 year. This project reduces our hydraulic oil consumption by 1,500 gallons of oil per year.

Metal Scrap Program

A program was instituted in early 2008 to collect and segregate all metal scrap in the building. In 2008 approximately 6,000 pounds of material avoided going into a land fill and was put back into service via recycling. EDI was already recycling 450,000 pounds of alloy tool steel chips.

Paper Reduction

EDI has made a concentrated effort to reduce paper consumption. This resulted in approximately 90,000 square feet of plotter paper from being generated per year. In addition to the paper the power consumption of the plotter, its ink and toner were also reduced by roughly 15%.

Grinding Wheel Recycling

Until 2008 EDI disposed of its used grinding wheels into the landfill. A source was located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan that crushes the wheels and reclaims the abrasive material for use in making new products. In 2008 EDI avoiding depositing approximately 12,000 pounds of solid waste into landfills.

Wood products recycling

Using a local resource EDI disposes of used and damaged lumber that is chipped and sold to make landscaping mulch, wood pellet fuels and pressed board material.

Lawn Care

EDI has extended its Sustainability initiatives outside the four walls of the enterprise to lawn care and maintenance. Working with a company based in Hudson, WI we have eliminated the use of petroleum based fertilizers, pesticides and weed killing chemicals.

Elimination of Bottled Water

EDI completed the installation of direct from tap filtered water coolers. This action eliminated the approximately 750 pounds of land fill mass.