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Top Tips To Help You ‘Green Up’ Your Workplace

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">The world is becoming ever more aware of the impact our energy use is having on the environment&period; With this in mind many companies are making the dedicated effort to make their workplaces &OpenCurlyQuote;greener’&comma; in that they’re trying to reduce the amount of energy they use and waste&comma; and practice efficient energy consumption&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">If you are one such business who wishes to make your workplace greener&comma; then following the tips detailed below will help get you started&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><strong>Organise an Office &OpenCurlyQuote;Green Team’<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Just as when you elect a team to run a specific work project&comma; you should aim to establish a project team for your energy efficiency drive&period; It is worthwhile&comma; at the initial meeting to set your company’s aims and targets and work out a plan as to how you think the team can help the company achieve these&period; For instance the team might be responsible for&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Designing and displaying &OpenCurlyQuote;Green’ posters with fun facts and tips<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Designing&comma; distributing and displaying new &OpenCurlyQuote;Green’ policies to all staff<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Checking that new policies are followed<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Running monthly &OpenCurlyQuote;Green’ staff meetings<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; &OpenCurlyQuote;Green’ inductions to staff<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Continuing to identify new energy efficient processes<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Having a &OpenCurlyQuote;Green Team’ can help you keep track of how well your company is doing in its energy efficiency drive&period; However&comma; the &OpenCurlyQuote;Green Team’ can only do so much&comma; in addition to their everyday job&comma; so it is important to set out specific methods&comma; policies and just general company everyday actions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-124" alt&equals;"Top Tips To Help You 'Green Up' Your Workplace" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;04&sol;Top-Tips-To-Help-You-Green-Up-Your-Workplace&period;jpg" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"359" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><strong>Company Actions&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><strong>1&period; Cutting Down on Non-recyclable Waste<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Do not supply every employee with their own bin&semi; this encourages waste&period; If staff have to move to reach a bin&comma; they are automatically more mindful of how much they are throwing away&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Make sure your office has a simple recycling structure&semi; this might mean having a green bin for man-made recyclables&comma; a food bin and a normal bin for non-recyclables&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Instruct your purchasing team that they must only buy recycled goods&comma; i&period;e&period; all paper stationery&comma; toilet paper&comma; envelopes etc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Limit the number of disposable products in your office&comma; i&period;e&period; replace throwaway drinking cups&comma; handtowels etc&period; with recyclable&sol;reusable options&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><strong>2&period;  Thinking before Printing<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Only use recycled paper and make sure every staff member has their default printer settings set to double-sided &lpar;duplex&rpar; printing and in black and white ink only&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Encourage staff to question whether they really need to print every document&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Encourage sharing of documents via tablets&comma; laptops&comma; Google docs etc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Instead of throwing away paper that’s only been printed on one side&comma; reuse it for printing draft documents or for scrap&sol; note taking&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><strong>3&period; Using Less Energy<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Encourage staff to be more efficient in terms of using false light&semi; use natural when possible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Install energy efficient bulbs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Make it office policy to switch off lights whenever leaving a room &lpar;if there’s no one left in the room&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Encourage staff to switch off their monitors and computers when absent from their desk for more than 20 minutes and at the end of the day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><strong>4&period; Encourage Staff to Travel &OpenCurlyQuote;Greenly’<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Encourage staff to use alternative methods of transport&comma; i&period;e&period; public transport&period; Your company can increase employee take-up by offering season ticket loans or loans for purchase of bikes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Encourage staff to car-share&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Make sure your staff use &OpenCurlyQuote;green’ methods of transport when attending&sol; travelling to meetings&semi; there are even &OpenCurlyQuote;green’ taxi firms you can now book to ensure your company’s travelling is low-carbon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">&&num;8211&semi; Encourage the use of web and video conferencing to ensure your employees are not travelling needlessly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">James writes for Jaga&period; When not writing&comma; he can often be found &&num;8220&semi;greening up&&num;8221&semi; every aspect of his life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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