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FLEET ENERGY AND EMISSIONS
Davey Tree's GPS program enables our employees to reduce fleet emissions by implementing efficient routing.
These efficiency gains also lead to service improvements for clients. The GPS program helps reduce our fuel usage
and emissions by eliminating unauthorized use of equipment and closer monitoring of equipment.
FACILITY ENERGY AND EMISSIONS
As part of our environmental strategy, we actively manage our fuel consumption and aim to reduce our environmental
footprint and energy costs. In 2014, we reported data from 80 offices in the United States and Canada. In 2015,
we took a significant leap forward and through data management improvements, we were able to collect electricity
data from 100 percent of our facilities, a 33 percent improvement in our reporting boundary. This year, our facilities
consumed 25,182 Gigajoules (GJ) of energy.
Davey Tree operates over 150 facilities throughout North America. Facilities range in employee counts from less
than 10 to more than 100, and operations change drastically between them. Additionally, because we lease many of
our facilities, we do not have control of their energy use. Due to this diversity in our building footprint, we do not have
a formal facility energy reduction program. As we remodel Davey Tree-owned facilities, however, we perform energy
reduction initiatives, such as upgrading lights to LEDs and adding motion sensors.
In 2015, we began renovating our Bryce Road facility in Kent, Ohio. Formerly used for record storage and furniture
inventory, the newly remodeled building will house several employees from Davey Resource Group. As part of the
renovations, we installed new LED lighting and added more windows to provide natural light. We are testing new
motion sensors in the Bryce Road facility's break room, server room and bathrooms, which we plan to expand to
other facilities in the future.
As facility energy and emissions are only 2 percent and
less than 5 percent of Davey Tree's total energy and
emissions footprints, respectively, and therefore not
significant, future reporting will only include a discussion
of our fleet.
2015 Global Fleet Fuel Use
Vehicle Category Number of Vehicles Fuel Units (U.S. Gallons)
Cars, Light Trucks and Vans 1,576 1,634,877
Super Duty 1,676 2,283,524
Medium Duty 2,180 2,644,672
Heavy Duty 130 238,575
Chippers and Grinders 1,661 459,693
Off Road, Turf Equipment and Miscellaneous Powered Equipment 1,476 588,825
Total 8,699 7,850,166
2015 Energy and Emissions
Energy (GJ) Emissions (mtCO
2
e)
Facility 25,182 3,497
Fleet 1,141,526 69,447
Total 1,166,708 72,944
