Capstone Turbine Corporation a manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, has announced that its facilities in Van Nuys and Chatsworth, California, have received ISO 14001:2004 Certification under Capstone's 14001 Certification initiative.
The ISO 14001 Standard is an internationally accepted specification for environmental management systems created by the International Organization for Standardization to help organizations minimize harmful effects on the environment caused by their activities, and to achieve continual improvement of their environmental performance by complying with related laws, regulations and requirements.
As part of the efforts to achieve this well-recognized certification, Capstone Turbine Corporation has established its own Environmental Management System (EMS) to provide assurance to management that it is in control of the organizational processes and activities having an impact on the environment, and to assure employees that they are working for an environmentally responsible organization.
"Capstone not only produces environmentally friendly green and clean microturbine systems, but by adhering to strict ISO standards, we also manufacture our products in environmentally friendly surroundings," said Leigh Estus, Sr. Vice President of Operations.
"In fact, Capstone's EMS helps monitor and improve upon a number of areas that touch on the environment such as chemical control, waste management, toner cartridge recycling and utilization of recyclable products on our manufacturing floors."
In October 2007, Capstone announced the launch of its 65 kilowatt microturbine that meets extremely low exhaust emissions requirements including California Air Resources Board's (CARB) stringent distributed generation emissions standard. "Our microturbines have become even 'greener' with the super low emissions products designed to meet the CARB 2007 standard," said Darren Jamison, President and CEO of Capstone Turbine Corporation.
"In fact, our efficient CARB-certified combined heat and power systems provide the best value in terms of greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions reductions per dollar of investment compared with solar and wind systems because we can reduce these emissions 24 hours a day.
"We are particularly pleased to be able to offer our customers these CARB 2007-certified turbines in addition to continuously improving our environmental performance in all our business activities.
"We are very happy to have received the ISO 14001:2004 certification and we will continue our operations in a manner to have the least impact on our environment and the least burden for future generations."
