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Tips and green coworking logotype.
This is just a space for jotting down notes on green coworking. Feel free to add/edit.
There are four main areas:
The work:
- Energy
- Conserve
- change light bulbs for CFL ( Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs) or LED lights (less production & electromagnetic pollutions) - they are MUCH better than they used to be.
- Kill-a-watt - try to avoid "phantom power" from chargers that are left plugged in when they're not charging anything
- Buy renewable energy certificates to offset power usage and become carbon neutral via SustainableWebsites.com/wind.php or other vendors such as 3Phases, TerraPass, RenewableChoice or Green Mountain Energy.
- For people using desktop computers, bend your choices to computers with good energy saving abilities and low consumption peripherals & wireless hardwares (for example with high efficiency power supply).
- Waste
- Reduce -
- Reuse -
- Recycle -Participate in your city's recycling programs as much as you can. Investigate composting foods scraps (Your city may already pick it up)
- Put up a single printer (multi-functional)
- Provide paper in a Kanban-like fashion (no big supplies!), so people are forced to think about printing
Water
- Install a low-flow toilet or adapt your existing one.
- Avoid individual sized plastic bottles if possible
Certification
- National: Co-Op America
- Regional:
- Bay Area Green Business Program
Earned media!
- promote your efforts here and on your website
- and at like-minded websites and blogs like SustainableMarketing.com
Resources