Altec's Corporate Sustainability & Green Fleet
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Presented by Adam Cox, Account Manager, Altec Industris, on October 4, 2012, at an Odyssey Day focused on Wisconsin Fleets and hosted by Wisconsin Clean Cities.
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Altec's Corporate Sustainability & Green Fleet
- 1. Corporate Sustainability & Green Fleet Leading the Way
- 2. Who is Altec? • Altec is a leading provider of hydraulic truck mounted aerial devices to the electric utility, telecommunications and contractor markets • Private, third generation, family owned company from AL • In business since 1929 • Manufacturing & Service facilities throughout the USA • Provide products and services to over 100 countries • Primary products include: bucket trucks, digger derricks, cranes
- 4. Corporate Sustainability 1. Culture & Community 2. Manufacturing 3. Innovation
- 5. At Altec, we make environmentally conscious business decisions to meet the needs of the present without compromising the future.
- 6. SUCCESS #1 – Culture & Community • Create a culture of sustainable development in all our business units and in all our daily work. • It begins with our Associates.
- 7. SUCCESS #2 – Manufacturing Dedicated to saving energy and resources. • Sustainable practices • Recycling: Steel, Copper, Aluminum • High-efficiency lasers, lighting and compressors • Low VOC paint processes • Installation: High-Efficiency Equipment
- 8. Leading The Way #3 – Innovation: Product • Engineering and development: innovative products and services •Altec Green Fleet
- 9. Hybrids • Integrated plug-in system that uses stored electrical energy to power the aerial device, exportable power, and cab comforts • Energy storage system is recharged by plugging into shore power or by the truck’s internal combustion engine • ROI within the life cycle of the vehicle
- 10. Hard dollar benefits of Altec idle Elimination Technology. •Fuel cost eliminated at jobsite •Reduced maintenance •Emissions reduced
- 11. Soft Dollar Benefits • Reduced Operating Noise • Operator Health & Safety • Environmental Stewardship • Difficult to monetize all of the benefits that contribute to Payback
- 12. Opportunities • A typical diesel engine consumes from 1 to 3 gallons/hour at idle. • An idling engine does not generate enough heat to achieve proper combustion. Deposits can build…, contaminating the oil and…wears out engine components faster. • Diesel engines achieve optimum performance at a reasonably high RPM under load.
- 13. Innovation: Altec Green Fleet Aluminum Bodies • 45% lighter than steel • 15% lighter than fiberglass • Increase payload: 9% fuel savings Lightweight Material • Corrosion-Resistant • Made from Recycled material
- 14. Leading The Way: To the Future 1. Culture & Community 2. Manufacturing 3. Innovation
Editor's Notes
- Sustainability and green practices have become a more key component for businesses across the country. In fact, most of you were asked to hang up the towel at your hotel this morning! Whether you did it or not, well…that’s the choice. Altec chooses to keep the environment at the forefront in all aspects of our business.
- Altec is actively engaged with state and federal organizations with a goal in mind to develop and implement clean, efficient transportation technologies. We are proud to be recognized with many large corporate organizations, by the Business Roundtable for our societal and economic environmental commitment through the SEE Change initiative, which creates solutions to improve society across our country.
- A sustainable culture starts from within—from product development and manufacturing—to our associates.
- Within our facilities, we’ve implemented processes to save energy and decrease waste and emissions, including: Our Low VOC paint processes used with our Powder Coat and E-Coat operations High-efficiency lasers, lighting, and compressors Recycling of steel, copper, and aluminum
- Altec’s Green Fleet includes a number of technologies that have been crafted into Products that help Customers operate more efficiently while easing the environmental impact of doing business.
- AluminumOne of the Green Fleet products includes Aluminum bodies, which are 45% lighter than steel and about 15% lighter than fiberglass. The result is an increase in payload, about a 9% fuel savings.Aluminum is corrosion-resistant, helping your equipment last longer in harsh environments. Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)Teaming with our customers, we are deploying Vehicles converted to operate on Compressed Natural Gas and Green Diesel. These fuelsreduce operating costs, and reduce tailpipe emissions.JEMSTo stay at the forefront of technology, Altec has developed a Jobsite Energy Management System – we call it JEMS. This patented battery system completely eliminates tailpipe emissions andidle-time at the job site.
- As we continue to face the ever-rising challenges of environmental issues, Altec will be here working for you to provide the solutions.