It's good to be Green
Good for the environment also good for your business's bottom line because conserving resources and cutting down on waste saves money. The good news is that whether you're a home owner, run a home-based business or an off-site enterprise, there are simple things you can do to run an environmentally friendly business.
- Turn off equipment when it's not being used. This can reduce the energy used by 25 percent; turning off the computers at the end of the day can save an additional 50 percent.
- Encourage communications by email and read email messages onscreen to determine whether it's necessary to print them. If it's not, don't!
- Reduce fax-related paper waste by using a fax-modem and by using a fax cover sheet only when necessary. Fax-modems allow documents to be sent directly from a computer, without requiring a printed hard copy.
- Produce double-sided documents whenever possible. Photocopiers
- Do not leave taps dripping; plumbers. (One drop wasted per second wastes 10,000 litres per year.)
- Install displacement toilet dams in toilet reservoirs. Placing one or two plastic containers filled with stones [not bricks] in the toilet's reservoir will displace about 4 litres of water per flush - a huge reduction of water use over the course of a year.
- Find a supply of paper with maximum available recycled content. Stationers
- Choose suppliers who take back packaging for reuse.
- Instigate an ongoing search for "greener" products and services in the local community. The further your supplies or service providers have to travel, the more energy will be used to get them to you.
- Before deciding whether you need to purchase new office furniture, see if your existing office furniture can be refurbished. It's less expensive than buying new and better for the environment.
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The Australian Federal Government's Energy Efficient Homes Package is a $4 billion package to improve the energy rating of Australian homes - cutting their energy waste, making them more comfortable and helping home owners save up
to 40 per cent on their electricity bills.
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