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AT DIX.HITE WE BELIEVE IN WHAT WE DO. AT OUR LONGWOOD OFFICE
11
25
OUT OF
EMPLOYEES COMMUTE VIA BIKE and ON FOOT TO TAKE SUNRAIL.
WITH SUNRAIL RECENTLY CELEBRATING ITS 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, IT’S TIME WE REFLECT UPON THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF A
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240 DAYS
ON AVERAGE, OUR EMPLOYEES
COMMUTE TO WORK 240 DAYS OUT OF
THE YEAR. OVER THE COURSE OF TWO
YEARS, THAT’S
DAYS.
480
CARLESS COMMUTE!
BY CAR (BOO!), WITH A DAILY AVERAGE
ROUND TRIP OF 30 MILES, THAT’S 14,400
MILES PER PERSON OR (you do the math)
MILES FOR OUR 11 EMPLOYEES.
158,400
WOW, THAT’S A LOT OF MILES!
Now let’s say we have decent cars that average 25 miles to the
gallon; that would be
of fuel. Over the
6,336 gallons
past 2 years gasoline has averaged at $3.00 per gallon. For
our 11 employees, that would have been
$19,008
IN TOTAL
SUNRAIL COSTS $84 A MONTH FOR A TWO COUNTY PASS.
BECAUSE WE WALK THE WALK, DIX.HITE OFFERS TO PAY 1/2 OF
EACH EMPLOYEE’S MONTHLY FEES FOR MASS TRANSIT.
That means our employees have only paid $42 a month or
$11,088 over the past two years. That’s a savings of
per person or
$1008
$7,920
IN TOTAL
But, to us, it’s not all
about the Benjamins.
WITH A 2-YEAR 6,336 GALLON COMMUTE,
114,048 POUNDS OF CARBON
DIOXIDE WOULD HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.
BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS CARBON
DIOXIDE?
= 50 CALORIES/MILE
LET’S FOCUS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 18 POUNDS OF CARBON DIOXIDE IS PRODUCED PER GALLON OF GASOLINE CONSUMED BY A VEHICLE.
DID
YOU KNOW?
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BREATHE IN...
Carbon dioxide is a
greenhouse gas, one of
the leading pollutants responsible for global
warming. Carbon dioxide accounts for 81%
of all American greenhouse gas emissions
caused by human activity (mostly from the
burning of fossil fuels). In 2015, as a nation, we
drove a total of 3.1 TRILLION miles! To help
put that in perspective, that would equal 337
round trips from Earth to Pluto.
That’s 2,232,000,000,000 (that’s trillion)
pounds of carbon dioxide we produced in
2015!
Obviously SunRail is not free!
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BREATHE OUT...
A SINGLE TREE CAN
ABSORB 910 POUNDS
OF CARBON DIOXIDE
PER YEAR? IN FACT,
TREES UTILIZE CARBON FOR GROWTH AND RELEASE
OXYGEN INTO THE AIR FOR US TO BREATHE!
AHHH! IT’S A GOOD THING WE ARE LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTS BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE
2.5 BILLION TREES PLANTED NATIONWIDE
EVERY YEAR TO OFFSET THESE
CARBON EMISSIONS.
In case SAVING THE PLANET
isn’t enough for you, our alternative commute
choices are good for us too!
= 100 CALORIES/MILE
ON AVERAGE, OUR 11 EMPLOYEES TRAVELED 1.25 MILES TO THE TRAIN STATION / OFFICE EACH DAY. OVER THE PAST
TWO YEARS, 5 OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE BIKED OVER 3,000 MILES, WHILE THE OTHER 6 HAVE WALKED OVER 3,600
MILES. THAT MEANS WE HAVE BURNED OVER
510,000 CALORIES.
LONG STORY SHORT? MASS TRANSIT BENEFITS OUR WALLETS, OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR WAISTLINES!
Sources: Orlando Business Journal, Sun-Sentinel, AmericanForest.org, National Geographic, and the Florida Highway Administration