What are some easy ways to 'Green' a business and see some instant savings?

The easiest way to 'Green' your business is to engage your employees in resource conservation!  Here are some examples:

1.  Save money in garbage output, by setting up a composting center.  Look at Whole Foods Dining Recycling Center for the best model.  Visual is key.  Within a plexiglass, or even simpler two laminating strips of paper, add what items can be recycled in each container.  For example, the Food Scrap Recycling visual aid would include not just pictures of food scraps, but also a napkin, paper cups and a teabag.

2. Turn down the heat to 65 degrees F at night.  Reduce the daytime temp by a degree.  Remind employees that temperature is a shared concept.  There are a range of temperatures that a given amount of people prefer.

3. Enable your computers to automatically turn on Energy Saving Mode at certain hours.

4. Have appliances that are used infrequently plugged into power strips.  Use the power strip to turn off the power when not in use to decrease phantom energy consumption.

5. Start a Green Story, initiate a Green Team and let the momentum for Resource Conservation begin!

Eastside Green Business Challenge

The Eastside Green Business Challenge has officially been launched!  Hunter Lovins was there at the Bellevue City Hall on Tuesday, along with Major Don Davidson and program coordinator Paul Andersson, to present the program formally and kick-off this Green Wave that will be coming through the Eastside in 2012!

This challenge is through the local business alliance group called ESBA.  Click on .ESBA for more info.

Check out how much cities who have already taken this challenge have saved in $$$ amounts and at the same time significantly reduced their carbon footprint!   Challenge Info