Kitchen Cabinet Manufacture’s Association

www.KCMA.org

Created the: “ESP”

• To Encourage:

– Industry policies and practices

– Benefit & Sustain the Environment

– Voluntary Certification Program

ESP Certification

•Based on 5 categories–18 different criteria

•105 total possible points–80 to certify

Categories

1.Air Quality2.Product Resource

Management3.Process Resource

Management4.Environmental Stewardship5.Community Relations

Category 1

• Air Quality– 75% or greater of particleboard purchased

meets the formaldehyde emissions levels of the EPP

– 75% or greater of MDF purchased meets the formaldehyde emission levels of the EPP

– Finished Products are finished domestically and finishes used emit no greater HAPS than allowed by local plant operating permits

Category 2

• Resource Management – Product– 75% or greater of particleboard purchased

meets the EPP for recycled/recovered fiber content

– 75% or greater of MDF purchased meets the EPP for recycled/recovered fiber content

– On File written documentation and certificates for resource management

Category 3• Resource Management – Process

– Energy Conservation Program• A documented energy conservation program must

be in place– Quarterly Meeting to suggest improvements– Programmable Thermostats– Motion Detectors

» Lights– New Spray Booths

» Timer so they shut down when not in use within 2 min.

– Compressed Air Audit» Leaks – identified and repaired

– Lighting audit by Alliant Energy» Replaced metal halide fixtures with T8 six bulb

fixtures

Category 3 Continued

• Resource Management – Process (continued)

• Active recycling program for processing wastes

• Cardboard• Paper• Wood• Solvents

– Paint– Paint related wastes, (rags,etc.)– Empty Drums– Light Bulbs– Batteries– Used Oil

Category 4• Environmental Stewardship

• Statement

• Review environmental practices and policies of our key vendors and contractors.Woodharbor Doors & Cabinetry, Inc.

Environmental Stewardship PolicyAs a family owned and operated company, stewardship is at

the core of the principals and ethics upon which Woodharbor Doors & Cabinetry was founded. Woodharbor is committed to

sustaining and replenishing the environment through exploring and implementing continuous improvements to our

manufacturing processes and systems. We are equally committed to stewardship for our employees through

providing a clean, safe, rewarding work environment and by supporting efforts to better the communities in which they

live.

Category 5• Complied with all Federal, State and

Local Regulatory Environmental Agencies

• Community Relations:– Francis Lauer– Cheer Challenge– Salvation Army– Winnebago Council of Boy Scouts– Wee Saints Daycare– Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank– Newman– Several Misc. Groups – Fund Raising Groups

www.greencabinetsource.org•February Launch

•ESP new Web site

•Consumers and professionals

•Understand how the program can help them achieve the benefits of an eco-friendly lifestyle

•Provides an opportunity to educate a broader audience on environmental responsibility

•Cabinet industry is leading by example!!!!!