Green Initiatives

REDUCE. REUSE. RECYCLE.

Pierce takes a strong stance in environmentally responsible manufacturing.                             Our efficiencies are helping to save and preserve our natural resources and energy.

Products | Facilities | Pollution Prevention Programs

2010 Diesel Engines - Near Zero Emissions

You can be ready, with an apparatus friendly solution that combines efficiency with environmental and public health benefits.

• Pierce provides engines that meet and exceed 2010 EPA emissions standard.  

• In 2010, the pollutants emitted by 65 trucks is equivalent to the pollutants emitted by just 1 truck in 1988.

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OTHER FEATURES

• Reduces service intervals over life time of apparatus

• APU takes over all electrical loads of vehicle, including an auxiliary cab climate control system if desired

Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) - Idle Reduction Technology

Fuel Consumption Reduction

The APU uses less fuel compared to the chassis engine.  This saves fuel costs and extends the chassis engine service intervals. 

Idle Time Reduction

In conjunction with an automatic diesel engine control, the auxiliary power unit shuts down the main diesel chassis engine allowing the APU to take over the electricity load demand.  This process is automated and does not require the intervention from the vehicle operator.  

Available to use when:

• Chassis air brake is set

• Transmission is in neutral 

• Pump assembly is not engaged

• No power take-off activity

Commercial Hybrid
 

Electric Hybrid Power
 

• Integral transmission mounted motor/generator
   
• 340-volt battery pack

Dedicated Power Management System

In slower, stop-and-go traffic, the system acts as an electric motor utilizing power from the battery pack. 

• In steady driving conditions above 30 mph, all power comes from the diesel engine. 

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Raw Materials

Generated from scrap

Generated from smelted ingot (Melted to mold to cast metal)

Paint

• 5052 aluminum sheet

• 304L stainless steel

• 5052 plate aluminum 

• 6061 plate aluminum

• Primers & top coats are chrome and lead free

COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY

Pierce has implemented numerous projects aimed at saving energy. The total cumulative savings is nearly 36 million kilowatt hours (kWh) and over 825,000 therms (qty of heat). 
 

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT?

The total energy savings of these projects equals an estimated annual savings of 7 million kWh and 170,000 therms. This is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide emissions of 1,100 vehicles annually or the total energy used in 475 homes in one year.

Below are just a few ways Pierce has been able to accomplish this task:

Project

Total efficiencies

Equivalent to Avoiding the carbon dioxide emissions of:

Paint Booths

• Installation of Variable Frequency Drives on air makeup and exhaust motors to automatically reduce motor speed to 50% when idle for 20 minutes.

 
11,321,950 kWh

476,733 Therms

cars (per year)

Facility Lighting Upgrade

• A one for one replacement of 1,385 ceiling light fixtures at our assembly plant.

15,514,562 kWh

CARS (Per Year)

Sanding Booths

• Installation of Variable Frequency Drives on sanding booth motors reduce motor speed to 50% when grinding stops for 20 minutes.                 

4,565,379 kWh

46,933 Therms

CARS (PER YEAR)

PLURAL MIX PAINT SYSTEMS

• Used in the paint process to reduce the disposal of catalyzed paint

HVLP PAINT GUNS

• Use of high volume,
  low-pressure paint guns, whenever possible  

COFFEE MUGS

• Reusable mugs used in vending machine to eliminate paper cups

USED SOLVENT WIPES

• Collected and sent off for fuels blending

WASH BOOTH WATER

• Reused with solids removed mechanically on a continual basis to keep water clean

ABSORBENT PADS

• Launderable pads used instead of disposable 

FOAM & PLASTIC PACKAGING MATERIAL

• Collected and donated to area packaging stores for reuse

STEEL & PLASTIC DRUMS

• Reused - remainder sent to drum reconditioner

• Over 6 tons of plastic drums and spools are recycled annually

PROCESS WATERS

• Collected and treated in our waste water treatment plant prior to discharge to the local publicly owned treatment works

AEROSOL PAINT CANS

• Punctured - waste paint collected - cans sent for metal recycling

PAINT WASTE

• Disposed in an environmentally safe manner and used as fuel in kilns used in the cement manufacturing process

USED OIL & ANTI-FREEZE

• Sent off for recycling

WOOD PALLETS

• Sent to pallet reconditioner for reuse or ground into landscape mulch

• Over 35,000 pallets recycled annually

SCRAP METALS

• Collected and sent to local metal recyclers

SCRAP PAPER & CARDBOARD

• Collected and sent off for recycling

• Over 300 tons of cardboard and over 120 tons of office paper are recycled each year

PLASTIC and ALUMINUM CONTAINERS

• Collected and sent off for recycling

LINE FLUSH SOLVENT

• Captured and recycled for reuse