SUSTAINABILITY
120,000 Trees and Counting
It started as a Green Team idea and it has outlasted most of our competitors. We have been planting every year since 2007.
20
Years of the planting partnership
1956
Family owned in Washington since
5
Material streams we recycle in the shop
2x
Vehicle oil life, through our own maintenance program
Four programs
What we actually do.
Plant A Tree
Two trees for every new job, 65,200 since 2007. [Confirm the current count and the planting partner — the number should be live, not frozen.]
Built Green member
A builder credential, not a consumer one. [What the certification requires and what it means for a builder working with Kartak.]
Building to LEED principles
The Green Team
A standing committee that keeps the conservation and recycling programmes honest.
In the shop
The tell is the truck program.
We recycle aluminum, wood, paper, steel and scrap metal. Energy-saving lighting throughout our buildings. Free bus passes for employees who want to use transit. And a truck maintenance program that doubles the life of our vehicle oil while keeping the fleet efficient.
That last one is the tell. Nobody invents a green truck maintenance program for a website.
Aluminum
Wood
Paper
Steel
Scrap Metal
For builders and GCs
Built Green is a builder credential.
Kartak's Built Green membership and LEED-principled practice support your own green build requirements, with documentation where you need it.
