Environmental Issues

Commercial carwashes and car care facilities have numerous environmental concerns, and establishing green business practices is not only an operations solution but a smart marketing strategy. Eco-friendly best practices may include water reclamation or water recycling, wastewater management, high-pressure nozzles, environmentally friendly chemicals, recycled building materials and energy conservation, such as the use of efficient lighting, used-oil heaters and burners, solar energy, wind power and variable frequency drives.

  • New Motor Technology Doubles Carwash Vacuum Uptime
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    As more unattended carwashes pop up and more attended carwashes offer free vacuuming as a way to entice consumers, the goal for carwash operators is to keep their vacuums operational, since running units yield revenue. Not only does a down or poorly performing unit not ...More
    September 1, 2010
    Posted in Articles, Operations
  • LED Lighting Could Save Carwashes on Energy Costs
    In real dollars terms, if you are using a 350-watt bulb over a period of a year, you are basically spending $305 on electricity, with $245 spent due to heat energy. If you were using a comparable LED lamp, your electricity cost would be around $80. That translates to a cost ...More
    August 26, 2010 By Bobby Willis
    Posted in Articles, Operations
  • City Shelves Plan to Reimburse Carwashes Closed by Flood
    The Nashville Metro Council indefinitely deferred a bill last week that would have provided $200,000 in flood relief to carwashes and plant nurseries, according to a report by The City Paper. Carwashes and nurseries were shut down for 30 days due to water restrictions ...More
    August 26, 2010
    Posted in News, Operations
  • Video Shows Carwashes Use Less Water than Home Washers
    The Lower Colorado River Authority has produced a video demonstrating commercial carwashes use less water per wash than hand washing a car at home. In the video, Dean Minchillo, LCRA water conservation coordinator, washes a car in a driveway with a water meter attached to a ...More
    August 11, 2010
    Posted in News, Operations
  • Boomerang Carwash Adds 23 Locations to WaterSavers
    Boomerang Carwash is the latest large operator to join WaterSavers, the environmental recognition program from the International Carwash Association. Boomerang enrolled 23 of its carwash locations, joining more than 800 actively participating carwash facilities. ...More
    August 4, 2010
    Posted in News, Marketing, Operations
  • Wash. County Explores Building Charity Carwash Sites
    Officials in Kitsap County, Wash., are applying for a $120,000 state grant that would help them build three carwash sites designed for charity carwash events, according to a report by the Kitsap Sun. Although the county currently offers groups the use of carwash kits that ...More
    July 28, 2010
    Posted in News, Marketing, Operations
  • Aussie Owners Build Modern Express Carwash Down Under
    The owners of Grand Wash Auto believe so strongly in their standalone, express exterior carwash model that they are not afraid of the 12 competing carwashes in the five-mile radius surrounding their Thornbury, Australia, location. Owners Ali Sadiku, Lee Sadiku and Alfie ...More
    July 22, 2010 Tony Jones
    Posted in Articles, Marketing, Operations
  • Carwash, City Debate Payment of Water Capacity Fee
    If a professional carwash has a large outstanding water capacity fee, how can it pay the money it owes if its water has been shut off? This is the predicament facing Oasis Car Wash and the Salisbury, Md., City Council. ...More
    July 21, 2010
    Posted in News, Operations
  • Colorado 4th Graders Champion Commercial Carwashes
    Fourth-grade students at Indian Ridge Elementary School in Aurora, Colo., are on the verge of winning national recognition for creating a program designed to curb residential carwashing in their area and promote the environmental effectiveness of commercial carwashes. With ...More
    July 14, 2010
    Posted in News, Marketing, Operations
  • Autobell Car Wash Opens 59th Location
    Autobell Car Wash Inc. has opened a carwash in Stallings, N.C., marking the privately owned chain's 59th location and fourth in Union County. Additional county locations include Monroe, Waxhaw and Indian Trail. ...More
    July 7, 2010
    Posted in News, Operations
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