This category of Go Green focuses on ways in which you can reduce wasteful energy consumption in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (usually referred to as carbon emissions in the UK). This is one of the most important areas of eco-friendliness. The vast majority of energy in the world is created by burning fuel that causes the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. This poisons our air and water and is strongly believed to cause global warming.
This is a very serious issue. In this section of Go Green we discuss ways in which we can begin to tackle this problem.
After having completed our carbon emissions report we found that lighting was our biggest electricity drain at the office. We’re now implementing several initiatives to reduce our lighting use. One of which is the installation of motion sensors in key areas around the building. This is already starting to pay off. More on motion sensors in a later post.
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This is a very simple idea that businesses could make use of to reduce transport associated carbon emissions and potentially save money and time. If your business regularly orders similar types of products, such as office supplies it’s likely that you could benefit from this simple idea.
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In this article we are going to try to determine which is more eco-friendly out of paper hand towels and electric hand dryers. There are two main factors involved in this comparison. One, carbon emissions produced as a result of delivery lorry driving and electricity usage. And secondly, waste disposal of the various materials.
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