What was the vendor selection process like?
During this time, the State of Maine had approved a project to construct wind energy mills. However, it wouldn’t be complete for several years. So, while we would have preferred to source the wind energy from a local wind farm, we wanted to see what we could do to source green energy immediately. We partnered with Constellation New Energy, a company located in Boston. We signed up to use 100% wind energy in our facility. Under the deal, we are purchasing renewable energy credits from Constellation. The credits are certified by the Green-e certification program, administered by the Center for Resource Solutions in San Francisco. We are supporting a wind farm in Nebraska. We did a lot of research during the negotiation process, because we wanted to ensure its location had minimal impact on the local environment and community. Using wind energy, we will offset about 1.5 million pounds per year of carbon dioxide emissions, the equivalent of planting 214 acres of trees each year. What was t
