Launched in 2008, Scotsman Prodigy® Cubers provide your customers with self-monitoring technology and easy to understand advanced diagnostics for maximum reliability. Additionally with over 50 ENERGY STAR® rated models to choose from, Prodigy® Cubers make it easy to reduce total cost of ownership. To raise awareness of the energy savings, and give back to the environment, we partnered with AmericanForests.org, and asked that our contributions be used for a locally based project. In 2008 they planned a re-forestation of a 1999 blowdown at Gunflint Trail in Superior National Forest and the re-forestration from the destruction of the 2007 Ham Lake fire.

We’re happy to inform you that due to your efforts and support of Scotsman’s new Prodigy® cuber you planted 6,936 trees last year. That’s enough trees to cover 10 1/2 acres of forest. It’s also enough acreage to remove 42 tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere a year.

We’ve compared the same sales volume of our previous models to the Prodigy, and ran under the assumption that each machine worked at 75% of capacity. The overall environmental impact of the Prodigy for our territory in 2008 was:

• 1,461,867 kWh were not produced or consumed this year. That’s an INCREDIBLE number and you should all be proud of your efforts!

So, what does 1,461,867 kWh really mean? Here’s some examples:

• Average cost of kWh in Minnesota is $0.0702 you saved operators $102,623 in utilities.

• 1.6 lbs of CO2 is emmitted for each 1 kWh produced. So, 2,338,987 lbs or 1169 tons of CO2 were not produced.

• Add the 1169 tons of CO2 not produced to the 42 tons of capacity you planted, and you freed up 300 acres of forest to reduce other CO2 emissions.

• An average commuter car emits 11, 470 lbs of CO2 a year. You took 203 cars of the road.

These are savings to be realized every year these machines are in service.

American Forests Website