Business and Environmental Success Stories

The Eco-Efficiency Centre views promoting success stories as an important part of how we support business.

2011 Success Stories

• Ambassatours Gray Line / Children's Clean Air Network - An 'IDLE-FREE' Bus Company - The Destination is in Sight
• DeLuxe Dry Cleaners - A Conscious Switch to Give PERC the Pitch
• Down East Hospitality Incorporated - Serving Up Environmental Change, One Cup at a Time
• Farnell Packaging Limited - Packaging a Sustainable Future
• L'Acadie Vineyards - A Toast to Nova Scotia's First Organic Winery
• Louisiana-Pacific Corporation - Chipping Away at Water Consumption
• Maritime Paper Products Limited - In the Box: An 80 Year Legency of Sustainability

2010 Success Stories

• CHAIRS Limited - Well Seated for Environmental Excellence in the Supply Chain
• Colchester Regional Development Agency - From Unused Space to Eco-Place: CoRDA Sets the Standard
• Joggins Fossil Cliffs - Preserving the Past by Sustaining the Future
• Oxford Frozen Foods - Putting the FREEZE on Inefficiency
• PolyCello - Making a Mark on Recyclable Packaging
• Wolf Collision Ltd. - Colliding with Success: Chemical Reduction at its Best

2009 Sucess Stories

• Armour Group Park Place V: LEEDing the way in green workplaces
• Chanterelle Country Inn & Cottages: Greening the cabot trail experience
• Clearwater Seafoods: A green school of thought 
• den Haan's Greenhouses: Redifining the greenhouse effect
• Mountain Equipment Co-op: Retail as nature intended
• Valley Mushroom: The valley's own cap-and-stem system

2008 Sucess Stories

1. Ascenta Health: Promoting the health of people and the planet
2. Digby Pines Golf Resort and Spa: Kick your feet up and relax, it's easy being green.
3. Minas Basin Pulp and Power Co. Ltd.: Giving paper production the Minas touch
4. O'Regan's Auto Mall: Shifting gears towards sustainability
5. Pratt & Whitney Canada (Enfield): Making blue skies greener
6. TRAX Construction Ltd.: Greener Construction: Can you dig it?

2007 Sucess Stories

• Atlantic Gardens: Making every drop count
• Baile Langan Log Cottages: Modern sustainability the old-fashioned way
• Nu-Air Ventilation Systems Inc.: Energy Efficiency while breathing easy
• Frito Lay Canada: Chipping in on waste reduction
• Royal & SunAlliance: Insuring a green future
• U.J. Robichaud TIMBR Mart: Building a green future

2006 Success Stories

• Acadian Seaplants Limited: Searching for 100% Product
• APC Coatings: Efficiency All Around
• Finewood Flooring and Lumber Ltd.: Small, Productive, and Efficient
• Maritime Paper Products Ltd.: In it for the Long Haul
• Nautel Limited: Making Water Go Further
• Petit Passage Whale Watch:  Working Towards Environmentally Responsible Tourism
  2005 Success Stories 
• Atlas Cold Storage  - Putting the Freeze on Energy Consumption
• C-Vision Ltd.: Visioning an Environmental Future Today
• Holiday Inn Harbourview: Inn-suring An Environmentally Sustainable Stay
• Louisiana Pacific Corporation: Using Resources Efficiently and Effectively: A Better Mill
• Precision Powder Coating Inc.: Practical and Innovative – Finding Treasures in Trash!

• Thermo Dynamics, Ltd.  - Walking the Talk
• Ocean Nutrition Canada  - Fish to Fuel, Waste to Resource
• Inventive Marine Products - Pioneering Marine Applications
• Future Aqua Farms Ltd.  - Aiming for Zero Waste
• Ribbons Recycled Inc.  - Growth through Recycling and Remanufacturing

• Miller Tire Services Ltd. - When the Rubber Leaves the Tire
• Scotian Gold Cooperative Limited - One Good Apple
• Farnell Packaging Limited - Continuous Environmental Commitment
• MI Drilling Fluids Inc. - ISO 14001 and Beyond
• Bebbington Industries - More than Just Clean

• Wartsila Canada Inc. - From Building Design to Daily Operations: Environmental Choices that just make Good Sense
• Southwest Properties/Office Interiors Group - Windmill Crossing: From Brewery to Office- Something Old with Something Very New!
• Midland Transport Ltd. - Small Steps Lead to Big Benefits
• Imagerite Ltd. - A Cutting Edge Technology Results in Multiple Benefits
• Canadian Maritime Engineering Ltd. - Building the Business with Innovative Thinking

• Argo Protective Coatings Inc. - Reaping the Benefits of Going Green
• Canadian Maritime Engineering Ltd. - A Profitable Lesson in Reuse
• Imagerite - Solving a Packaging Pickle!
• Jacques Whitford (Dartmouth) - Employee Awareness - From Idea to Implementation
• Nova Scotia Construction Safety Association - A "Printer Perfect" Win-Win
• Swedwood Canada Ltd. - Achieving Results Requires Tracking, Training and Top-Down Support

• Farnell Packaging Ltd. - Water Efficiency
• Metrographic Printing Services Ltd. - Solid Waste Reduction
• Miller Composting Corporation - Liquid Waste Reduction
• Swedwood Canada Ltd. - Energy Efficiency