Company X, Sugarbox Studios & Shout It Out Loud Music Committed To 100 Percent Green Power Efforts

Company X, Sugarbox Studios & Shout It Out Loud Music (SIOLM) recently joined the Green Power Partners, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program aimed at the development of new renewable-generation capacity nationwide. The three companies are purchasing more than 120,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, which is enough green power to meet 100 percent of the organization's purchased electricity use. The purchase of renewable energy certificates (RECs) will be facilitated by Good Energy, an energy management consultant.

Green power is electricity that is generated from environmentally preferable renewable resources, such as wind, solar, geothermal, biogas, biomass and low-impact hydro, which generate electricity with a net zero increase in carbon dioxide emissions. Green power purchases also support the development of new renewable energy generation sources nationwide.

“America is shifting to a ‘green culture,’ with more and more businesses taking important steps to combat climate change,” said Kathleen Hogan, Director of the Climate Protection Partnerships Division at the EPA. “EPA commends Company X, Sugarbox and Shout It Out Loud Music for making a long-term commitment to protecting the environment by purchasing green power.”

According to the U.S. EPA, Company X, Sugarbox and SIOLM’s green power purchase of more than 120,000 (kWh) is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of 16 passenger vehicles per year, or is the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power 11 average American homes annually.

“There’s no good reason not to go green,” says Andrew Hollander, Composer/Partner of Sugarbox & SIOLM. “I’d encourage people to look into this. It’s an incredibly easy and straightforward process. What’s great about companies like Good Energy is that they provide a suite of services, which are tailored to our goals – in this case, to do our part for the environment and invest in green power.”

This commitment to green energy purchases is also done in tandem with energy conservation efforts by company employees, such as recycling, using energy-efficient light bulbs and turning off machines when not in use.

“Company X, Sugarbox & Shout It Out Loud Music are essentially paying to pull additional green energy into our national electrical grid, thereby displacing dirty energy generated from fossil fuels,” concludes Gary Fogelman, Business Development Manager for Renewable Energy at Good Energy. “They are now fully green in their power supply. The added benefit is that they are also saving a substantial amount on their energy costs. It’s a total win-win for the companies.”

For more info on Good Energy, please visit www.goodenergy.com.

To view the EPA Green Power Partners list, please go to
www.epa.gov/grnpower/partners/partners/companyxmediallc.htm.