Discover 5 ways that you can make your office more environmentally friendly. Make quick and easy changes such as switching to eco-friendly cleaning products and post-consumer paper supplies, or go all the way by getting an energy audit! There are endless ways that your business can reduce it's impact on the planet.

1. To Your New
Eco-Friendly Office
STEPS

2. Steps to Your New
Eco-Friendly Office
1 Choose post-consumer recycled content like paper
2 Choose eco-friendly, biodegradable cleaning products
3 Replace old lights with LEDs
4 Get an energy audit for your office
5 Move environmentally unfriendly tasks to the cloud

3. 1Choose Post-Consumer
Recycled Content
This is material, used in products like
paper and aluminum cans, that would
otherwise be headed for a landfill.
Look for items with logos and
descriptions like this. The higher the
“Post-Consumer Waste” (PCW), the
better.

4. Every ton of 100% post consumer
recycled paper used will
save 24 trees.
Source: Stanford University: On Buying Recycled

5. Recycling with aluminum and steel
saves 75% of the energy
over using new materials.
Source: Stanford University: On Buying Recycled

6. Choose Eco-Friendly,
Cleaning Products
On your next office-supply run, examine
the labels for eco-friendly properties. You
can find them on anti-bacterial soap,
computer-monitor cleaners, etc.
And check out The Environmental Working
Group (EWG.org) for eco-friendly “scores”
on consumer products.
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7. 40%
Percentage of certain standard
household cleaning products
the EPA deems contain “Volatile
Organic Compounds” (VOCs) —
dangerous for the water supply.
Look for labels
like this one.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle: How Does Household Cleaner Affect the Environment?

8. 85,000Number of chemicals
introduced in standard
household products.
70%
Percentage of these
chemicals the EPA deems
“possibly harmful”.
Source: Green Business Network feature

9. Replace Old Lights
with LEDs
Your incandescent bulbs are likely costing you
more money than more energy-efficient LEDs.
Plus, using LEDs can save 40 power plants from
being built, according to the US Energy
Department.
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10. 25% - 70%Percentage you can cut your
energy bill by switching to
energy-efficient lighting.
Source: US Dept. of Energy: Energy-Efficient Holiday Decorating Tips

11. 30xA typical incandescent lamp
lasts about 1,000 hours.
An LED is expected to have a
useful life of 30,000 hours.
Source: US Dept. of Energy: LED Basics.

12. Get an Energy Audit
for Your Office
An energy audit can help you identify
wasted or inefficient energy use in your
office —and will likely include an energy-
management plan.
This can help you cut business costs and
make your office more eco-friendly.
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13. 1-3%Percentage of your
energy bill you can
cut for every degree
on your thermostat.
Source: Energy Hub: How Much is One Degree Worth?

14. An audit can help you
energy costs by 30%
cut your business’s
Source: US Dept. of Energy: Do-it-Yourself Home Energy Audits

15. Move Environmentally Unfriendly
Tasks to the Cloud
Want to “green” your office
quickly —and save money?
Cut down on the stuff. Move tasks that
require paper, computers, faxes and phone
systems to the cloud.
Bonus: You can actually recycle that old
office hardware!
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16. Every year, Americans send
135,000,000 tons of trash
to places like this.
Source: Waste Management World feature

17. Save the Planet.
Conclusion:
Cut Down on Waste.
1Easy and Cost-Effective Step:
Switch from your fax machine to
online faxing with eFax.
All your business faxes are
managed in the cloud. Receive,
sign, send and store faxes online.

18. Steps to Your New
Eco-Friendly Office
1 Choose post-consumer recycled content like paper
2 Choose eco-friendly, biodegradable cleaning products
3 Replace old lights with LEDs
4 Get an energy audit for your office
5 Move environmentally unfriendly tasks to the cloud

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