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| UnCommon Sense Case Studies - All West Realty |
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ALL WEST REALTY
Real Estate and Development Company, Lander & Dubois, WY
allwestrealty.com
Reasons for Applying
Sam Dunlap moved to Wyoming because of the grandeur of the landscape,
and as a real estate agent and developer, he deals directly with the
land. Personally Dunlap has always tried to live lightly on the land,
but professionally he is part of an industry that often places a heavy
burden on the environment. He signed up for UnCommon Sense to gain more
knowledge on how to lessen that impact.
Benefits Received
As a result of what Dunlap learned, All West has reduced the amount of
paper it sends to the landfill by three cubic yards a month. He did
this by asking the publisher of the monthly real estate periodicals to
pick up all unused periodicals when the new ones are delivered. The
publisher now takes the magazines to the Lander Solid Waste Department,
where they are shredded and added to compost. With two offices totaling
3700 square feet, All West was also able to reduce its energy costs by
10-12% during a time when the cost of energy went up. Dunlap and his
staff set the heat lower and the air conditioning higher, started
turning off lights and replaced 40-50 traditional florescent bulbs with
compact florescent bulbs. More significantly, UnCommon Sense exposed
Dunlap to the U.S. Green Building Council’s
LEED-certification rating system and the new Greater Yellowstone
Framework for Sustainable Development. This awareness now influences
what kinds of projects All West will develop and how that development
will happen. One of its current projects is an affordable housing
subdivision of 10 residential lots, each with a sustainably built
modular home. These changes have also had an impact beyond All West, as
Dunlap has made it a practice to spread the word of sustainability
within his industry. He has shared information about his recycling and
energy-reduction programs with the seven other real estate offices in
Lander, all of whom now use the same procedures. On a daily, weekly and
monthly basis, in meetings and personal encounters, he tries to make
industry people aware of the means by which they can lessen the imprint
left by development.
Bottom Line Results
• Diverted three cubic yards of
paper a month from the landfill
• Reduced energy costs by 10-12%
• Reduced energy costs of seven
other real estate offices in Lander by sharing their recycling and
energy reduction practices
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