Pivot Brewing Company, Kentucky’s first solar powered craft brewery & cidery located in central KY.
Current Sustainable Practices
Below are the initiatives Pivot Brewing has completed on theĀ Green Check scorecard.
Sustainability Management and the Green Team
- Designated a Sustainability Coordinator or Green Team responsible for managing sustainability initiatives.
- Provide time for quarterly updates from Sustainability Coordinator in upper management meetings.
Awareness, Education and Outreach
- Provide a sustainability information board in a common area such as a break room or kitchen.
- Include a sustainability statement and training in all new hire materials.
- Host annual trainings or workshops to educate employees about sustainability issues, policies and procedures.
- Promote sustainability accomplishments in external marketing materials.
- Provide volunteers for community environmental projects annually.
- Host an environmental event at your location.
- Sponsor an environmental booth at an existing community event.
- Participate in, present at or attend a sustainability workshop.
Energy Efficiency
- Established a power-down policy and checklist that includes items such as shutting off lights at night.
- Applied for energy credits, rebates or incentives.
- Replace incandescent or CFL lights with LED lights 76-100% replacement.
- Upgrade all Exit signs to LED.
- Delamp vending machines.
- Achieve a year-over reduction in energy usage from the baseline of at least 5%.
- Establish a regular filter maintenance policy for your HVAC system.
- Have your HVAC system evaluated every 2 years by a certified service provider.
- Establish a policy for purchasing that requires Energy Star rated appliances and electronics.
- Establish a dress code that encourages employees to dress for thermal comfort.
- Install power strips for computers and equipment to power down during non-business hours.
- Install programmable thermostats and use them to adjust temperature during unoccupied hours.
- Install occupancy sensors in bathrooms, meeting room, and other infrequently used areas.
- Install energy efficient (i.e. Energy Star) rated windows in all conditioned spaces.
- Insulate roof to control energy loss.
- Install efficiency-rated HVAC of minimum standard SEER rating of 14.0.
- Perform external lighting audit.
- Daylight work spaces wherever possible.
Waste Reduction and Recycling
- Implemented a basic recycling program.
- Provides clearly marked recycling bins at work stations and/or in common areas.
- Trains and requires staff responsible for cleaning to segregate waste and recyclable materials.
- Uses reusable mugs and dishware instead of disposable plates, cups, and utensils.
- Established a policy for environmentally friendly printing such as two-sided printing, reusing copy paper, and electronic document sharing.
- Established an electronic waste policy that diverts all e-waste away from landfill.
- Created a landfill diversion goal.
- Replaced at least 50% of paper stock with post-consumer recycled paper.
- Develop or participate in an existing composting program.
- Host, sponsor, or participate in a zero-waste event.
Water Conservation
- Assess, track, and document water consumption using Energy Star Portfolio Manager or similar program.
- Conduct a water audit within the last three years. Monitor and record water usage, check indoor and outdoor pipes and fixtures for drips and leaks.
- Establish a policy for purchase of high efficiency (i.e. WaterSense) rated fixtures and appliances.
- Install water efficient faucets in all of the restrooms.
- Install water efficient toilets in all of the restrooms.
Water Quality
- Establish a policy for proper disposal of fats, oils, and grease, distribute to staff, and post in key areas.
- Perform a stormwater pollution survey on your property
- Coordinate or participate in a community litter clean-up.
- Install outdoor ash trays to prevent cigarette litter, and make pocket ash trays available to staff who smoke.
Urban Forestry and Landscapes
- Establish an Integrated Pest Management policy to reduce use of pesticides in the landscape.
- Establish environmentally friendly lawn care policies to reduce chemical pesticide and fertilizer use.
- Plant a pollinator garden.
Sustainable Purchasing
- Established a policy to purchase non-Styrofoam cups and plates for use at the workplace or at events.
Transportation Efficiency
- Establish and implement a no-idling policy.
- Adopt a telecommuting option and make it available to employees.
- Install weather-protected bike storage (indoor or outdoor).
- Place bicycle storage closer than any other designated parking spot.
Member since 2021