Jacques Andres owns Clean Green Collision in Oakland, CA

Started eco-friendly body shop after buying repaired vehicle

Became sick from paint dust left in headliner, heating vents

Has had steady growth since focusing on green theme

Restoration, mechanical repair make up much of work

May become green-shop consultant after refurbishing his facility

Fabrication skills helped keep conversion costs down

Added filters in prep station, air re-circulation in paint booth

Uses waterborne paint even though locals don't require it

Has extra cost in disposing waste

Wants insurance companies to support concept

Building business w/ consumers who want eco-friendly

"The customer response has been great. I wanted to provide service to a greater amount of people." -- Jacques Andres, owner, Clean Green Collision

"With a limited budget and our own ability to craft tooling we were able to put additional filters on the prep station and to create an air re-circulation plenum for the paint booth." -- Andres

"We pushed our paint supplier to put us on the front of the list on new waterborne paint technology." -- Andres

"Insurance companies have the power to make the change." -- Andres