Case Studies

Imagine! Print Solutions

“Being a printing company, the quality and color of facility lighting is critical.We have had numerous comments from employees about how much brighter and whiter the new lighting makes the work environment.”

Jack Lothenbach
Procurement and Facilities Manager, Imagine! Print Solutions
Shakopee, MN     PDF
Before Imagine! Print Solutions Before Imagine! Print Solutions
Imagine! Annual Savings
Energy Savings - $107,963
Displaced Energy - 1,580,720 kWh
Imagine! Environmental Impacts*
CO2 Reduction - 1,038 tons/year
SO2 Reduction - 4.16 tons/year
NOx Reduction - 1.53 tons/year
Mercury Reduction - 0.04 grams/year
Imagine! Environmental Equivalents*
Planting 290 acres of trees
Removing 255 cars from the road annually
Saving 130,490 gallons of gasoline annually
Reducing oil demands by 3,107 barrels annually

Imagine! Print Solutions began with a vision of mastering insurmoutable tasks, offering personalized, superior customer service, seeing beyond the need, providing beyond the request and making the future happen today. We are the market leader in the latest technology, capacity, on-time deliveries, on-line communications, quality standards and customer service. With locations in Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Dallas and Connecticut, Imagine! is one of the fastest growing printing companies in the United States.


Meisel

“The new lights are much brighter and more color balanced than our previous lights. These high-bay fluorescents actually increase the amount of light for our printing operations, while using less electricity, which helps reduce our impact on the environment.”

Butch Youngblood
Facilities Manager, Meisel
Carrolton, TX     PDF
Before Meisel Before Meisel
Meisel Annual Savings
Energy Savings - $24,450
Displaced Energy - 248,485 kWh
Meisel Environmental Impacts*
CO2 Reduction - 163 tons/year
SO2 Reduction - 0.65 tons/year
NOx Reduction - 0.24 tons/year
Mercury Reduction - 0.01 grams/year
Meisel Environmental Equivalents*
Planting 46 acres of trees
Removing 40 cars from the road annually
Saving 20,513 gallons of gasoline annually
Reducing oil demands by 488 barrels annually

Meisel opened its doors in 1945 as a photographic laboratory for professionals, serving the needs of photographers in the Dallas area. Over the years, Meisel’s reputation grew to include photographic professionals from all over the U.S. as well as around the world. Today, the focus is entirely on producing graphics for the corporate, retail, and trade show industries. Meisel’s products are produced exclusively using digital technologies. With over 50 years of producing the very highest quality in visual images, the employees and management of Meisel Visual Imaging bring talent, experience and expertise to bear on client’s projects.


Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“We replaced two-year-old lighting fixtures and still saw significant enough savings to make the change.”

Dennis Laskaskie
Facility Manager/Maintenance Supervisor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee, WI     PDF
Before Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Before Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Annual Savings
Energy Savings - $64,889
Maintenance Savings - $12,978
Displaced Energy - 968,490 kWh
Displaced Capacity - 147.82 kW
Milwaukee Environmental Impacts*
CO2 Reduction - 636 tons/year
SO2 Reduction - 2.55 tons/year
NOx Reduction - 0.94 tons/year
Mercury Reduction - 0.03 grams/year
Milwaukee Environmental Equivalents*
Planting 178 acres of trees
Removing 156 cars from the road annually
Saving 79,950 gallons of gasoline annually
Reducing oil demands by 1,904 barrels annually
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel- formally created in April 1995 when two Milwaukee papers merged- is Wisconsin's largest and most influential newspaper. One of only a handful of employee-owned newspapers in the United States, the Journal Sentinel coverage reaches out well beyond the metro area's boundaries. The paper has one of the strongest readership penetration rates in the nation; its Sunday edition ranks No. 1 among the 50 largest populated metropolitan markets with 71 percent of adults reading an average issue, and the daily newspaper ranks third. The Journal Sentinel puts out four editions each day.

Quad Graphics

“Quad/Graphics has long believed that what is good for business is good for the environment, and this energy efficient lighting project is proof positive.”

Thomas A. Quadracci
President & CEO, Quad Graphics
Milwaukee, WI     PDF
Before Quad Graphics Before Quad Graphics
Quad Annual Savings
Energy Savings - $1,683,650
Maintenance Savings - $336,730
Displaced Energy - 30,611,800 kWh
Displaced Capacity - 3495 kW
Quad Environmental Impacts*
CO2 Reduction - 20,104 tons/year
SO2 Reduction - 80.49 tons/year
NOx Reduction - 29.64 tons/year
Mercury Reduction - 0.83 grams/year
Quad Environmental Equivalents*
Planting 5,617 acres of trees
Removing 4,944 cars from the road annually
Saving 2,572,040 gallons of gasoline annually
Reducing oil demands by 60,168 barrels annually
Quad/Graphics is the largest privately held printer of magazines, catalogs and other commercial products in the Western Hemisphere and the third largest printer-public or private-in the nation. Constant, rapid growth-mostly through internal expansion- has resulted in a company with the most modern plants, equipment and capabilities in the commercial printing industry.

Sells Printing

Sells Printing
New Berlin, WI     PDF
Before Sells  Printing Before Sells  Printing
Sells Annual Savings
Energy Savings - $25,548
Maintenance Savings - $5,110
Displaced Energy - 473,111 kWh
Sells Environmental Impacts*
CO2 Reduction - 311 tons/year
SO2 Reduction - 1.24 tons/year
NOx Reduction - 0.46 tons/year
Mercury Reduction - 0.01 grams/year
Sells Environmental Equivalents*
Planting 87 acres of trees
Removing 76 cars from the road annually
Saving 39,056 gallons of gasoline annually
Reducing oil demands by 930 barrels annually

From advancements in print technology to how we communicate the goal of Sells Printing Company is to improve your sales by improving the quality of your message, the time it takes to produce and price to make it so. We listen to what it will take for you to succeed; we proactively train, advise and consult with you on the newest advancements in technology; we align our resources to help you efficiently achieve your goals; and we deliver the flexibility in scheduling that you require.

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*Environmental impacts and equivalents calculated using state emission factors per the EPA’s eGrid database.
 

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