Airstream, Inc. extended its program to help neutralize the estimated carbon emissions created by the manufacture and use of the company’s products to include 2022 Airstreams.
This initiative, in partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF), is part of Airstream’s ongoing Caravan to Carbon Neutral program.
For 2022, Airstream will directly underwrite the planting of 107,193 trees in National Forests by the NFF.
Those trees are projected to help sequester the estimated carbon generated by the first year of driving of all new Airstream travel trailers and touring coaches manufactured in 2022. The figure includes the estimated carbon emitted during the manufacturing and transportation of Airstreams from the Jackson Center, Ohio, production facility to dealerships nationwide in 2022.
“The Airstream community understands that protecting the environment is a forever commitment,” Airstream President and CEO Bob Wheeler said. “The Caravan to Carbon Neutral initiative has more than proven its worth as yet another tool to reduce our collective carbon footprint — one that offers the added benefit of supporting our National Forests.”
Wheeler is an executive committee member and board of directors’ vice-chair for the non-profit National Forest Foundation.
“We are pleased that Airstream has extended this effort to reduce the carbon footprint of its vehicles,” said Mary Mitsos, National Forest Foundation president and CEO. “These trees, thanks to Airstream and its community, will continue to make a difference in our National Forests and the environment.”
An Airstream owner survey showed the vast majority of Airstream owners asked, 96%, are concerned about the state of the environment. So, it’s no surprise that many Airstream owners who purchased 2021 Carbon Reduction Kits offered enthusiastic feedback on the initiative, Airstream said.
The carbon sequestration initiative is one facet of Airstream’s extensive effort to reduce its environmental impact. Electricity at the company’s production facility in Jackson Center, Ohio is offset by renewable energy credits purchased through Jackson Center Municipal Power’s EcoSmart Choice program. In addition, Airstream vehicles are Certified Green by TRA Certification, Inc, a third-party rating based on resource consumption, energy efficiency, water efficiency, and indoor air quality during the manufacturing process.
Airstream’s designers and engineers are continually sourcing new materials to reduce vehicle weight and developing more efficient processes to reduce the resources required to build and enjoy a “silver bullet,” Airstream said.
The company’s recently unveiled eStream travel trailer concept features an electric drivetrain that can significantly reduce the fuel consumption of internal combustion tow vehicles and extend the EV tow vehicles towing range.
Airstream is also developing new concepts and partnering with global experts to reduce the resources used while camping, whether at a campsite or off-the-grid. Airstream continues to focus on sustainable travel, including ways to make it easier for electric vehicles to tow an Airstream and further electrification of all of Airstream’s travel trailers.
Airstream manufactures the Airstream® travel trailer. The company is based in Jackson Center, Ohio. Airstream, Inc. is a THOR Industries subsidiary.
