Why Go Green - 8 Steps to an Eco-Friendly Office

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It’s easy to set up and label

different trash cans for

different products.

*Just make sure you or your

cleaning crew doesn’t

empty them all in the same

dumpster at the end of the

day!

When switching to an online fax service from a traditional fax, you not only use less paper, toner, and energy, you also benefit from a big cost savings. MyFax, released a press release saying that If 1% of all paper faxes sent in America each year were sent electronically, 73.5 million trees would be saved*.

* Taken from FaxCompare.com, a site that reviews top online fax companies and makes it easy to pick the service right for your company.

Almost every company now offers

paperless billing, where statements

and invoices are sent through email

instead of traditional mail. If every

house in the United States used only

paperless billing, it could reduce solid

waste by more than 80,000 tons a

year. That would reduce the release

of greenhouse gases by 2.1 million

tons.

Paperless billing also has benefits

such as

• improved organization

• the ability to immediately review

your statements.

With the heavy use of email and document sharing applications, such as Google Docs, there is rarely a need to print out documents. If you absolutely must, make sure to print double sided, thus halving the amount of paper you use. Currently, the U.S. pulp and paper industry is the 2nd largest consumer of energy.

Data Source: www.epa.gov

It’s easy to leave the office for

the day without turning off your

electronics and lights. By taking

the time to turn off your

computer and all other

electronics when you leave the

building, you would be saving a

tremendous amount on your

energy bill. Most electricity is

generated by power plants that

use non-renewable fossil fuels like

coal, oil, and natural gas, which

release carbon dioxide into the

atmosphere.

EPA’s Greenhouse

Gas Equivalencies

Calculator

Replacing tungsten bulbs with compact fluorescent lamps typically makes an immediate cost savings of between 50-80%, and CFLs last up to 10 times longer. Using less electricity reduces nuclear waste, sulfur oxide, and C02 emissions.

Instead of having to

remember to turn down

your AC every time you

leave for the day, invest in a

programmable thermostat.

It will automatically reduce

your energy consumption

during non business hours

and lower your energy bill.

Personal vehicles, such as cars,

motorcycles, and light trucks

make up 59% of total energy

used for transportation in the

US.

Offering your employees an

incentive for using public

transportation or riding their

bike to work can significantly

reduce energy used for

transportation.