Hull considers environmental impacts and opportunities for environmental improvements in our internal operations and engineering and project development services through our "Hull Goes More Green" companywide sustainability program.

We used information from a comprehensive survey of our employees to help us establish a carbon reduction and sustainability program to become more environmentally-friendly. This highly-involved analysis included data from each employee's daily commute to work, utility consumption for Hull's seven offices, and details on our recycling activities.

Our plan includes measurable tactics, such as having more web-based meetings to help reduce travel, improving the energy efficiency of our offices, using green cleaning products, and recommending low-impact development or renewable energy activities on our projects.

Hull helps our clients implement sustainable activities through energy efficiency audits, renewable and alternative energy production, landfill reuse, brownfield redevelopment, innovative storm water management, and wetland and habitat restoration. So many of the sustainable actions we complete and promote are not only good for the environment, they also make good business sense. As an engineering and project development company, Hull is in a unique position to act responsibly and to help others act responsibly, but the good news is that everyone has an important role to play with this environmental effort.

We are excited about our "Hull Goes More Green" program and hope that others are also contemplating their current practices to identify opportunities to reduce their carbon footprint. Stay tuned as we continue to strive to educate our employees, clients and friends on opportunities to become better environmental stewards.

Some of the ways "Hull Goes More Green":

• Significantly reduced carbon footprint by transitioning Hull INSIDE newsletter to an electronically distributed e-newsletter;
• Switched to environmentally-friendly office cleaning products in each of our seven offices;
• Upgraded technology to enable internet-based meetings between offices to reduce internal travel;
• Improved office recycling/reuse practices;
• Identified opportunities to buy more recycled content or reusable materials;
• Established plans with employees to reduce product and energy use;
• Identified opportunities to promote and reward sustainable practices in Hull's Giving Back Program.

For more information regarding our sustainability program, please contact Jenny Carter-Cornell, in our Toledo office at (419) 385-2018 or jcornell@hullinc.com.