Fredericton Green Shops Gold Member since 2009!

Environmental Impact Potential:

Located in beautiful downtown Fredericton Sue Lawrence Hair Spa & Gallery is a two leveled salon & spa doubling as a gallery for local artists featuring one of a kind, hand crafted fixtures and artworks! Their retail boutique is filled with hair care, skin care, make-up, hair accessories, crafts, candles & much more! Sue has been a long -time advocate for the environment which shows in the many environmentally-friendly changes she has implemented in her own business. Through the nature of the business "water conservation" and "energy efficiency and fuel switching" are the two predominant areas of environmental impact potential. As a salon and spa, the business has the potential to reduce water consumption from the status quo through some very simple changes. This business can also make a big impact and consume a lot of energy through the use of hot water and large and small appliances such as washing/drying machines and hair dryers and curling irons. With the insallation of simple items such as faucet aerators or big items such as high-effiency appliances, this business can cut their water consumption in half from the use of standard equipment and save hundreds of dollars at the same time.

Environmental Impact Reduction:

Although two categories really stand out in Sue Lawrence's attempt to reduce the environmental impact of her business, she is making great strides in other areas as well. In the second year as a Green Shops member Sue Lawrence Hair Spa & Gallery now meets 100% of the criteria in the category of "recycling and waste management". They have joined Recycle@Work, no longer use consumer plastic bags, work with distributors on reducing packaging and composts the hair clipped off in their salon! They use all environmentally certified cleaning products throughout as well as reusable dishes and reusable/washable slippers in the spa for their clients. Though they only offer some environmentally friendly personal-care products now, they are working towards adding more organic and evan vegan hair and skincare products to their product line! Having made big strides in the areas of "water conservation" and "energy efficiency and fuel switching", Sue and her team have noted that the next addition is the insatallation of a new high-efficiency air conditioner - keep up the great work Sue!

A Fredericton Green Shops Gold Member since 2009!

Click on the image to open a Microsoft Word document of a Green Shops case study of Sue Lawrence Hair Spa & Gallery.