Sustainability for Businesses

Form a culture of conservation:

1. Lead by example
2. Find volunteers to be Conservation & Environmental Leaders
3. Let them form a committee or team to make changes to how staff work

Retrofit the simple things, low hanging fruit such as lighting.

Create a "dress for the weather" policy.

Create a "personal heater request" program, forcing staff to ask if they can consume $30 a month of company energy.

Ask for help from colleagues, associations, utilities, professional consultants.

Do your research, if you do not have the time, hire a consultant to do this for you.

The small things count, close up leaks, from water pipes to compressed air lines to doors and windows (100 small leaks = 1 large leak)

Install control systems to coordinate heating and cooling systems with outside temperatures.

Do something, don’t just talk.  Change your lights, install a programmable thermostat, hire a consultant, and plan for tomorrow.

Recycle electronics responsibly by contacting an approved processor and finding out what happens to the equipment once it leaves your premises.

Hire a consultant to look into the ways your business uses energy and how you can reduce your expenses, then take the savings from the changes and purchase something with the ability to protect it, (like gold or silver).  Your budget can remain as it was, except now you have a savings plan for the business.

Use 'Ecofont' for all printing; it reduces the amount of ink used to print every character, saving you money as well as helping the environment -  you can download the free font from http://www.ecofont.com/en/products/green/font/download-the-ink-saving-font.html

Consider installing Hydration Stations which use municipal water supplies  to reduce the need for plastic water bottles.

Start saving energy and money by following the simple tips provided at a Lunch and Learn presentation offered at your business. http://environmentnetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=149&Itemid=314

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