Almost Everything Autobody–Community Hero

October 29, 2011, San Francisco–Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) names Almost Everything Autobody a "Community Hero" for its participation in a groundbreaking energy conservation program. Almost Everything Autobody allows PG&E to remotely turn off its air conditioning when demand spikes. In its thank you letter, PG&E said that Almost Everything Autobody's participation in the program helped "ensure the grid's reliability for communities across California. . . When less electricity is generated from fossil fuel plants during peak times, fewer greenhouse gases are produced. This means cleaner air for everyone." PG&E reports that the program saved enough energy to power 84,000 homes!

Almost Everything Autobody is proud of our green credentials. In addition to our participation in the PG&E program we work to continually improve our processes and reduce our impact on the environment:

• 2007 Converted facility to ultra-efficient lighting
• 2008 Installed new paint booth with super efficient filtering to keep 99.5+% of paint pollutants from escaping into atmosphere
• 2008 Converted to low VOC paints to reduce smog causing chemicals
• 2009 Converted to premium, ultra-low VOC paints to further reduce smog causing chemicals while improving paint performance
• 2009 Introduced latest "waterborne" paints in our "Factory Platinum" line to virtually eliminate VOCs with the best paints in the industry
• 2010 Joined PG&E SmartAC Program to reduce energy consumption
• 2010 Converted 90% of primer processes from sprayed-on to rolled-on. Process change reduced VOCs, health hazards to employees and waste streams
• 2011 Converted landscaping to drought tolerant plants to eliminate need for watering

Almost Everything Autobody encourages you to participate too! For more information visit:   www.pge.com