Already recycling and conserving at home? Some simple changes at work can save energy and resources too:
- Turn off the lights when you leave a room for 15 minutes or more. Artificial lighting accounts for 44 percent of the electricity use in office buildings.
- Set your monitor or laptop to go automatically into sleep mode during short breaks, and turn off your computer and monitor--and the power strip they're plugged into--when you leave for the day.
- Print on both sides of paper or use the back side of old documents for faxes, notes, and drafts. Conserve toner by printing in econo or draft mode when feasible.
- Recycle your junk mail and catalogs --and request to be taken off unwanted mailing lists.
- Bring your own mug and dishware for meals you eat at the office.
- Carpool, bike, or take public transit to work, and telecommute when possible.
For more office tips--and ecofriendly, often cost-effective policies for your workplace--check out sierraclub.org/greenoffice.
Already recycling and conserving at home? Some simple changes at work can save energy and resources too:
For more office tips--and ecofriendly, often cost-effective policies for your workplace--check out sierraclub.org/greenoffice.