Quad/Graphics Plant Earns LEED Certification

Quad/Graphics Printing Plant Earns LEED Certification for Environmental Efforts

July 30, 2010

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• The creation of the Quad Building Management Network, an enterprise-wide computerized system for monitoring, recording and, controlling in real time heating, ventilating and air conditioning; electrical and natural gas consumption and demand; process boilers, chillers, air compressors and vacuum systems; indoor air quality; and life safety systems.

• A comprehensive recycling program. The Hartford plant recycles 99.3 percent of its solid waste, including paper, fluorescent lamps, batteries, metal, plastic, wood and concrete.

• Exterior lighting that reduces light pollution of the nighttime sky. Exterior building and parking lot lights at the Hartford facility are shielded, directing light downward to where it is needed. This allows people an undiluted view of the stars and moon and also minimizes the lighting's impact on nocturnal wildlife in the area.

• Installation of high-efficiency, low-mercury fluorescent lighting. Quad/Graphics uses bulbs that burn 50 percent brighter while consuming 52 percent less energy.

• A progressive approach to site development and grounds maintenance. Quad/Graphics' manufacturing plant grounds have been designed to minimize storm water runoff leaving the property and reduce the need for fertilizers that contaminate groundwater. The Hartford plant utilizes a very water efficient landscaping plan.

• Proactive water conservation. Quad/Graphics uses non-potable water for irrigation and has also installed low-flow water fixtures within its plants to reduce water consumption.

More information about the company's practical approach to environmentalism can be found at its Website: http://www.QG.com/aboutus/environment.

About Quad/Graphics
Quad/Graphics /quotes/comstock/13*!quad/quotes/nls/quad (QUAD 42.63, -0.37, -0.85%) is a global provider of print and related multichannel solutions for consumer magazines, special interest publications, catalogs, retail inserts and circulars, direct mail products, books and directories. Headquartered in Sussex, Wis. (just west of Milwaukee), the company has approximately 28,000 employees working from more than 80 locations throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe. As a printing industry innovator, Quad/Graphics (www.QG.com) is redefining the power of print in today's multimedia world by helping its clients use print as the foundation of multichannel communications strategies to drive their top-line revenues.