EFEC provides a systematic approach for reviewing and improving your company’s operations for better environmental performance and improved profitability. In addition, many states now offer specific benefits for companies with an environmental management system in place. These benefits may include less reporting, fewer inspections, permit flexibility, faster permit approvals, government recognition and reduced permit and application fees.

EFEC registration requires a company to analyze the environmental impact of its operations, raw materials and finished products on a facility-by-facility basis. Measurable benefits include:

• Better management of resources and raw materials;
• Reduced energy and water consumption;
• Reduced waste disposal and associated costs; and,
• Improved overall operational performance and efficiency.

All of a company’s domestic facilities, including headquarters buildings and warehouses in addition to factories,
must be EFEC-registered to proceed with AHFA’s Sustainable by Design program.

For more information on beginning the EFEC program, contact Bill Perdue, bperdue@ahfa.us.
 

THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES HAVE EFEC REGISTERED FACILITIES:

DREXEL HERITAGE Plant 60 EFEC Registered March 2011   FRANKLIN CORPORATION Corporate Headquarters Manufacturing Plant, Houston, MS EFEC Registered March 2011   HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING Converting Facility, Conover, NC EFEC Registered March 2011   THOMASVILLE FURNITURE Plant 25, Lenoir, NC EFEC Registered November 2010   CRAFTMASTER EFEC Registered July 2010   LEGGETT & PLATT HP Furniture Components Branch 5801 - No Sag Products EFEC Registered March 2010 Plant 8814 - L&P Distribution Center Branch 331 - Ark-Ell Spring Branch 341 - Tupelo Sleeper Branch 548 - Petco/Sackner EFEC Registered December 2010   BASSETT FURNITURE Newton, N.C. Upholstery Plant EFEC Registered October 2009 Main Office, Martinsville Table Plant & Warehouse EFEC Registered September 2010   HOOKER FURNITURE Corporate Office, Customer Service Support Center, Cloverleaf Warehouse, Central Distribution Center EFEC Registered September 2009   CENTURY FURNITURE Plant 3 Upholstery Campus EFEC Registered May 2009 Plants 1 Casegoods & Plant 2 Upholstery EFEC Registered August 2009   DMI FURNITURE Corp. Office, Plant 5 and Warehouse EFEC Registered August 2009   FLEXSTEEL Dublin, GA; Dubuque, IA (Plant & Corp. Office); Riverside, CA; Harrison, AR; and Starkville, MS EFEC Registered August 2009

BRADINGTON-YOUNG EFEC Registered June 2009   HAMMARY FURNITURE EFEC Registered June 2009   LA-Z-BOY RESIDENTIAL Newton, MS - Dimension Mill, Plant 2 Siloam Springs, AR; Neosho, MO; Dayton, TN; LZB West - Redlands, CA EFEC Registered June 2009   SAM MOORE FURNITURE Bedford, VA, Plant & Office EFEC Registered May 2009   FAIRFIELD CHAIR Plants 1, 2 & Corporate Office, Lenoir, NC EFEC Registered February 2009   AMERICAN DREW Plants 13 & 14 EFEC Registered September 2008   C.R. LAINE EFEC Registered September 2008   HICKORY CHAIR COMPANY EFEC Registered September 2008   KINCAID & KINCAID UPHOLSTERY Plants 1, 6 & 9 Taylorsville Upholstery Facility Plant 21 EFEC Registered September 2008   LEA INDUSTRIES Plants 13 & 14 EFEC Registered September 2008   VAUGHAN-BASSETT Elkin Plant, Galax Plant & Corporate Office EFEC Registered July 2008   BERNHARDT FURNITURE Plants 2, 3, 6, 7 & Corporate Office, Lenoir, NC EFEC Registered March 2008