Shift_Design has placed a significant emphasis upon its companies environmental strategy through the power of design, thus reinforcing local manufacturing and waste-reduction methods by choosing product components that are made from recycled content and are 100% recyclable after a long life-cycle. The products systems are created with an emphasis  on ease of install that on the residential scale allows for Do-It-Yourself projects. On a commercial scale this strongly promotes the creation of a newly skilled "green" labor force for multiple product applications. The fabrication model is based upon nodal manufacturing within a range of 120 transport miles which directly affects the products carbon footprint.