Showcase® Strives to be Green
Some buzzwords are more important than others. The latest and greatest of these has to be the word “green”. As in the color green and, by extension those matters pertaining to the environment. Most specifically, those matters intended to be ecological, lessening our impact upon the world, and generally protecting from harm the planet we know and love.
There are many ways to understand and interpret the “green” mission, and just as many with which to carry it out.
For a transformational industry such as ours, the task is fairly straightforward. After all, Showcase Custom Vinyl Windows and Doors is, in many ways, more akin to an assembly plant than a strict manufacturing facility. Our vinyl extrusions are some of the heaviest and most structurally stable in the industry. Yet, we do not manufacture these extrusions. We only bend them to shape, cut them to size and friction weld them together to create our exceptional window frames. Whatever is left over from this benign assembly process is sent out for re-cycling and ultimate reuse. This is inherently a “clean” process, producing virtually no by-products. We do not thereby dirty the air, soil the ground or poison the water.
The same can be said for the glass we use, irrespective of the type of glass. We do not manufacture it; just as for our vinyl extrusions, our glass is only purchased from environmentally responsible producers. We cut, shape and fit the glass into our frames. As some types of glass can be re-cycled for window pane purposes, and some cannot, we dispose of our cuttings in an appropriate, responsible manner.
The above is the least we can do. Which is why we go much further in our striving for “green” status?
Green should be, and at Showcase is, a state of mind permeating everything we do, everyday, at every level and in all departments.
Ours is an efficient plant, assembling custom windows and doors only on an order basis. There is no inventory as such. We sell all we make, we make only what is sold. Our work force is as stable as possible, in an ever-changing economic environment. Management is keen to fully employ, for as long as is economically possible, as many employees as we have and need, and no more. We are not fans of the expand at will, contract as necessary, employment method. Thereby, we insure ourselves a loyal, smart and hardworking work force. They are respected and know it. Being green and responsible at showcase also applies to the people on this earth, not only the earth itself.
No, our windows may never be organic. Though they will last a very long time, our windows and doors will not achieve sustainability. Yet our low impact processing, our constant striving for durability and quality, and our respect for our people undoubtedly qualify Showcase Custom Vinyl Windows and Doors for legitimate “green” status.