Comments on: 8 Ways to Green Your Office

By: Brandon Pollock

Brandon Pollock — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:38:16 +0000

Great list! Another easy way to green your office is to ditch the old fashioned bottled water bubbler for a bottle free system. A purified water cooler is less expensive, and will reduce your carbon footprint by several tons per year compared with bottled water delivery. Learn more at http://www.bluereserve.com.

By: Atlanta Architect

Atlanta Architect — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:36:23 +0000

Great article. As someone else mentioned in their comments, going green is a gradual process. but everyone must start somewhere whether it be in the home or office. Every little bit helps and the more informative articles and resources like this that are available to the public, the better it is for everyone.

By: Mike S.

Mike S. — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:05:51 +0000

This list was really helpful, Thanks! A few of my guys put together a list like this, we divided it into two lists, one for homes and one for businesses. You might find it useful if your looking to ‘Green’ your home or office. http://greenready.webs.com/helpingatwork.htm

By: michael

michael — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:24:34 +0000

Great info.. we do a lot of green consulting for business and it is great to see you educating the general public!

By: Jehnavi

Jehnavi — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:13:57 +0000

Home offices use a paper bag. Reduce the impact of paper consumption with the purchase of paper made from 100 percent post-consumer waste, FSC certified and chlorine. That said, only use paper when you need it, and make use of both sides of each sheet. Otherwise, you can also find an essay that is not made from trees.

By: Cleaning London

Cleaning London — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:22:52 +0000

Going green is a gradual process. If you begin taking baby steps to green your home office now, you’ll soon find yourself wanting to green your entire home and your whole lifestyle. These are great tips make the office green and clean.

By: Virtual Offices

Virtual Offices — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:14:42 +0000

Servcorp has teamed up with Greenfleet and launched the Green Offices Project which pledges to plant one tree for each new Virtual Office sold online. To date, Servcorp has planted more than 13,180 trees in their ‘Servcorp Forest’ and the initiative is offsetting the equivalent carbon emissions of 994 cars every year.

By: Joe from New Jersey Carpet Cleaning

Joe from New Jersey Carpet Cleaning — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:39:15 +0000

In addition to soy based ink, there is now corn based ink. Once it catches on the price should be pretty reasonable.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:03:28 +0000

Thanks for the information. I look forward to updates. One is that 10 sheets of paper would be 61¢ and using double-sided letters therefore 5 sheets would be 44¢.

By: A tisket, a tasket, a CFL filled basket « innBrooklyn

A tisket, a tasket, a CFL filled basket « innBrooklyn — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:37:27 +0000

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