City Of Clayton: City Receives 2021 STL Green Business Challenge Award

Press release from the City of Clayton:

12/10/2021

The City of Clayton has received a 2021 STL Green Business Challenge Award for its commitment to sustainability through various "green" projects, policies and equipment replacement. The Challenge is a program of the Missouri Botanical Garden that encourages businesses and public entities to incorporate sustainable practices that improvement financial performance and engage their employees. Special acknowledgment to our Public Works and Parks and Recreation staff for leading these projects. The City's sustainable projects and initiatives are listed below.

• The Parks & Recreation Department has begun replacing HPS lights in the parks with LED light bulbs. The Public Works Department replaced compact fluorescents in City Hall with LEDs. Both projects took advantage of Ameren rebates. 
• Public Works has been recycling concrete, asphalt, and steel on its construction projects since 2009, diverting over 35,000 tons of construction materials from landfills.
• In 2021, the Parks and Public Works Superintendents took a new approach to storm clean-up. Typically these departments work independently. However, they determined that clearing streets, sidewalks, and parks by area of Clayton as one coordinated unit would result in improved efficiencies. Efficiencies included a significant reduction in miles driven in addition to labor costs, reducing emissions.
• Clayton transitioned to online operations for many functions that used to take place in person, saving paper and other office supplies and reducing business trips to our facilities and the associated emissions.
• Consolidated mowing contracts from Public Works and Parks & Recreation Departments to reduce the number of contractors working in the city, thereby reducing vehicles and equipment and associated emissions.
• Replaced two R-22 AC chiller units at City Hall-Fire Station with R-410A. R22 is one of the last ozone-depleting hydrochlorofluorocarbon substances still commonly used. R41 0A, not a hydrochlorofluorocarbon, absorbs and releases heat better than R22, making it more energy efficient.
• Setbacks are used afterhours and weekends in City Hall to further increase energy savings.

The City of Clayton has received a 2021 STL Green Business Challenge Award for its commitment to sustainability through various "green" projects, policies and equipment replacement. The Challenge is a program of the Missouri Botanical Garden that encourages businesses and public entities to incorporate sustainable practices that improvement financial performance and engage their employees. Special acknowledgment to our Public Works and Parks and Recreation staff for leading these projects. The City's sustainable projects and initiatives are listed below.

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