Hobbymasters' Green Initiatives


	Hobbymasters Green Initiatives Solar power on a grand scale! Hobbymasters is proud to be the owner of one of the largest solar arrays in Monmouth County, with 106 panels putting out 24 kilowatts of power. This system powers most of our building when we're open and gives power back to the community when we're closed. CLICK TO SEE THE SOLAR ARRAY CLOSE UP AND LEARN MORE! Making More Light with Less Power We took the savings from the solar panels and used it to replace all of the light fixtures in the store with new high-efficiency T8 lighting. These fixtures use 30% less electricity then the old ones yet make the store much brighter inside. Our green initiatives have made our 7000 square foot building light up all day 7 days a week with less electricity then most people's homes use. STOP IN TO SEE HOW INCREDIBLY THESE LIGHTS BRIGHTEN THE STORE! Peanuts! Get your Green Peanuts! Hobbymasters is located in the heart of Downtown Red Bank, a busy retail district. Most of the stores in town receive their shipments and used to throw away their packing materials. Now all of their packing materials are collected by Hobbymasters and re-used to ship your order to you. Better then Recycling! Hobbymasters uses a lot of cardboard boxes to complete all of the orders we receive. Like the big chain stores we could get fancy boxes made with our name on it. Instead we choose to re-use boxes that come to us from our distributors and neighboring stores. While there are some items that we've had to purchase specialty boxes for to get them to you safely, we'd prefer to keep even our recycled cardboard contributions to a minimum. More Power to the Dumps! Hobbymasters repairs a lot of remote control vehicles and Power Wheels Ride-On vehicles. As a result we collect an enormous amount of dead batteries. Not just regular alkalines either. We make special trips to a recycle center with lead acids, lithium polymers, nickel cadmium, and nickel metal-hydride batteries. This is not a requirement but a choice that we feel is the right thing to do. Giving Back Green to the Country! In 2007 the town of Greensburg, Kansas had 95% of all residential, commercial, industrial, and farm buildings destroyed by a massive tornado. The town has decided to rebuild every building in a "e;green"e; manner, with either solar, geothermal, or other alternative fuel sources. And that barely touches on the green initiative the town is taking. In 2008 Hobbymasters' employees held a fundraiser to collect Green Educational Science Kits for the Greensburg School System and Visitor Center. This resulted in more then $1500 in contributions to help educate their town. For more information read here:Greensburg, Kansas Fundraiser


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