Come spring, you’ll likely find members of the Field’s Point staff cruising around the facility’s 23-acre site on tricycles — not the toys of childhood but sturdy, industrial trikes outfitted with utility boxes to transport tools. The idea behind the tricycles is twofold: to promote employee wellness and to realize some cost savings in the process. At about $1,000 each, the tricycles are considerably less expensive than the $14,000 golf carts that are commonly used to get around the plant. There’s also energy savings from using manpower instead of electrical power.“You can see the economics of it,” says Carmine Goneconte,
Pedal Power: The Green Way to Get Around Your Plant
At the Field’s Point Wastewater Treatment Facility in Rhode Island, workers make their rounds via tricycle.
Mar 10, 2015
| by Kyle Rogers |
