Our Commitment to Sustainability
Spacesaver designs and manufactures products that inspire smarter, more responsible uses of space. The pioneer of high-density mobile storage, Spacesaver was founded over 50 years ago by a small team with a simple goal: help companies save space. Just as relevant today as it was in 1972, that space-saving goal embodies everything the entire Spacesaver Group works toward – giving people the space and tools they need to do their jobs in a way that makes them safer, more productive, and more efficient.
How Saving Space Adds To Sustainability
We’re proud that our products help create better spaces to learn, protect, heal, and grow. Beyond that, the fundamental outcomes of saving space include:
Building Sustainable Products
In addition to its internal and external impact on physical locations, designing products for sustainability is an integral part of our environmental initiative. Spacesaver supports this aspect with storage solutions that:
- Contain an average of 25% recycled steel
- Are built to last a lifetime
- Can be reconfigured, reused, and relocated
- Can leverage existing shelving to reduce material needs
- Integrate alternative materials such as acrylic and glass
- Meet Indoor Advantage™ Gold for Indoor Air Quality (SCS-EC10.3.2014 v4.1)
Clear, Consistent Material Reporting
Spacesaver’s environmental product declaration (EPD) documents transparently communicate the environmental performance or impact of our solutions over their lifetime, ensuring the sustainable use of resources within our manufacturing process. Additionally, our health product declaration (HPD) documents provide comprehensive information about our products’ ingredients and any potential health hazards and disclose each solution's chemical composition, including intentionally added substances and known contaminants or impurities.
Sustainable Product Manufacturing
Because how we build our products is just as important as what we build, we take precautions both locally and globally to preserve the availability of natural resources for future generations. Here are some of the ways our manufacturing facility participates in this effort:
- Water is adjusted for pH in a pretreatment process before it is discharged to the City of Fort Atkinson’s Wastewater Treatment Facility for final treatment.
- Spacesaver uses a chemical that is low in phosphates in all five powder coat paint lines.
- Water is recycled in the paint washer process.
- Recycling measures are in place for waste oil, raw materials, product scrap, and more.
- Spacesaver uses truck carriers that are part of the US EPA SmartWay Transportation Partnership.
- Controls in our painting process reclaim about 75% of over-sprayed powder.
- Forklifts are battery-powered when possible.
- Heat from paint ovens and compressors is redistributed throughout the manufacturing facility, maximizing heat reuse.
Support of LEED® Green Building Rating System
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council to assist owners, architects, contractors, and vendors in designing, constructing, and fabricating products that are environmentally friendly when compared to standard building practices. Spacesaver products can help contribute to LEED credits in a variety of ways. High-Density Mobile Storage may assist projects in obtaining a LEED rating in the following categories.
By allowing a dramatic increase - as much as 50 to 100 percent - in on-site storage over conventional, stationary methods, compact storage may help reduce building size, minimize site disturbance, and preserve open space.
LEED Projects
Spacesaver recognizes the importance of supporting the LEED program. Collaboration with a Spacesaver storage specialist early in the project can assist in the achievement of your LEED Certification goal. Contact us today to get started.
