Rita Cook, who writes a weekly "Green" column in the Dallas Morning News, recently featured Von Anthony Salon.
Check out all the ways Rita shares about how Von Anthony Salon has "above and beyond in incorporating eco-friendly additions."
From the article, which can also be read here.
First, there are the SpectraLights over the work areas.
"These lights are the first LED lights engineered for the beauty industry and the greenest lights available on the market," Hovland says. "They save up to 85 percent in energy by virtually eliminating wasted heat."
Additional work lights in the salon are energy-efficient as well, using compact fluorescent bulbs that operate in the daylight spectrum.
"The sign lights are also LED, and the sign is on a timer with a photocell," Hovland says. "The photocell brings the sign on at dark, and the timer turns the sign off after hours so it doesn't waste energy by running all night."
Need a blow-dry? The Freestylist Support System turns dryers on and off when pulled up or down, eliminating wasted energy.
Hovland, who also owns an air-conditioning company, is a member of Green Built Texas. Naturally, there's an energy-efficient air-conditioning system in the salon.
"We were also able to reduce the size of the air-conditioning system because we did not have to compensate for heat from the lights," Hovland says, adding that Von Anthony also has programmable thermostats, vinyl floors made of 20 percent recycled content and a high-efficiency water heater with a digital thermostat that turns the heater off when not in use.
The heater "has a very fast recovery time, is on a circulation pump that delivers instant hot water to all fixtures, and there is no wasted water or wasted energy heating water."
Other appliances in the salon are Energy Star approved.
Stylist Melissa White says she uses less hot water and uses cool water while shampooing.
"This, combined with a cool rinse at the end, will smooth down the cuticle and help save energy at the same time," White says.
Hovland says the salon can even cleanly capture hair clippings; eventually these will be recycled into mats used to clean up oil spills.
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