Environment Policy

Commitment to the Environment Automatic Laundry has long recognized that although community laundry rooms require utilities – water and energy – to operate, installing state of the art equipment and providing state of the art technology will minimize the environmental impact of its laundry rooms. Automatic Laundry works closely with its manufacturing partners and customers to provide the most technologically advanced and energy friendly equipment available to reduce the impact laundry rooms have on the environment.

Environmental responsibility begins with laundry equipment. Automatic Laundry exclusively uses Speed Queen equipment. Speed Queen washers and dryers are Energy Star ™ qualified and the most energy efficient commercial laundry equipment available. Speed Queen’s front load washers offer significant water reduction as compared to water usage in top load machines. A matched set of Speed Queen washers and dryers provides maximum utility efficiency. For example, the unrivalled extract speed of the washer spin cycle leaves considerably less water in clothing at the end of a washer cycle; therefore, the dryer cycle takes less time to dry clothing, saving energy in the process.

Automatic Laundry’s entire business operation is cognizant of and responsive to environmentally conscious practices. As a leader in technological advances, Automatic Laundry initiated laundry payment programs that are environmentally friendly. For example, cashless laundry systems eradicate the need for additional collectors, thereby reducing the need for collection vehicles. Cashless systems also eliminate service calls related to the coin and cash mechanism failure, eliminating environmentally unfriendly service vehicle usage. Automatic Laundry’s innovative use of the internet also permits it to issue refunds over the web, minimizing mailed refunds and unnecessary use of paper products related to mail correspondence.

Of course, in order to provide proper service to its customers, Automatic Laundry employs a fully stocked service fleet. In order to reduce gas usage, Automatic Laundry monitors the fleet through GPS technology and dispatches calls through its computerized call system. When a service call is placed, we are able to immediately see which technician is closest to the problem, and dispatch the nearest service van to respond to the call. GPS eliminates unnecessarily lengthy travel. We are also able to monitor the manner in which the vehicles are operated, ensuring that gas mileage is optimized. Of course, all of our vehicles undergo routine maintenance checks to make sure that they operate at maximum performance levels.

Our Vent Jet ™technology cleans dryer vent systems permitting dryers to dry clothes quicker, thereby expending less energy. Clogged vents impede efficient equipment performance and Automatic Laundry’s routine maintenance schedule ensures that clogged vents will not lead to unnecessary energy use.

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