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		<title>Calculating Your Office Carbon Footprint</title>
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Knowing your office carbon footprint is an important part of moving towards a greener and more efficient business operation. Calculating your footprint can be a perfect first step in determining baselines for conservation and emission reduction initiatives. It also gives you an excellent tool for tracking the progress of conservation efforts, comparing your carbon footprint [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Building in California Gets a Boost</title>
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From the National Association of Realtors Green Designation, of which   Green Irene LLC is a Founding Sponsor. This impacts new non-residential buildings in California:
Green Building Gets a Boost With CALGREEN
The green building movement just got a big boost. The state of California was the first state to mandate green building standards when the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Printing: Your business can make a difference!</title>
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Printing is a vital part of your business, but it can also be a significant contributor to your company&#8217;s environmental footprint. Consider that paper and ink manufacture can impact our environment before the printing even begins! By greening your printing, your company can show its commitment to a better environment and more eco-friendly business practices. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greenofficemakeover.com/green-printing-your-business-can-make-a-difference/</link>
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		<title>Make Sure Your Sustainability Actions Mesh With Your WORDS</title>
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Was disgusted by this story in the New York Times where clothing retailer giant H &#38; M routinely rips holes in brand new clothing and throws them in the trash to be put in a landfill. I certainly understand they don’t want people coming into the store and returning them for store credit (with no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greenofficemakeover.com/make-sure-your-sustainability-actions-mesh-with-your-words/</link>
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		<title>Rideshare Matching Services: New Resources for Event Planners</title>
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The business travel that happens for conferences and events can have a significant environmental impact, and it can be a considerable cost for event planners or attendees. Coordinating rideshares for an event would be a great way to go green and save money, but only if the event planner has the time and resources to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greenofficemakeover.com/rideshare-matching-services-new-resources-for-event-planners/</link>
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		<title>Office Paper: What&#8217;s the environmental impact?</title>
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According to the EPA, the average office worker in the US uses 10,000 sheets of paper each year, which equates to about 2 pounds of paper and paperboard products every day from every worker.  That’s a total of 4  million tons of  paper used annually in America&#8217;s offices, and equates to the use of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>30 Rock: &#8220;Global Warming&#8221; That&#8217;s just a bunch of scientist talk&#8230;</title>
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Check out this great clip from the NBC show 30 Rock:


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		<link>http://greenofficemakeover.com/30-rock-global-warming-thats-just-a-bunch-of-scientist-talk/</link>
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		<title>Test Your Knowledge of Green IT</title>
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With the central role played by technology in the modern workplace, greening your IT operations is a fundamental part of improving office efficiency and reducing environmental impact. Take this quick quiz excerpted from the Wall Street Journal to test your awareness of green IT issues:
1) Which of these roles for information and communications technology has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greenofficemakeover.com/test-your-knowledge-of-green-it/</link>
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		<title>Cost-Effective Recycling for Mercury-Containing Lighting</title>
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Disposing of lighting that contains mercury can be a burden for any business. Federal law now requires most businesses to recycle spent fluorescent lamps. Moreover, if mercury contamination shows up at a disposal facility where your lamps have been sent, there are no small quantity exemptions from liability for site clean up. State and local [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://greenofficemakeover.com/cost-effective-recycling-for-mercury-containing-lighting/</link>
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		<title>Environmental Policy Statements: Why does my business need one?</title>
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An environmental policy statement is a document that establishes your company&#8217;s commitment to green practices by setting the goals and principles that will guide employees and assist management in eco-friendly decision-making.
Developing a statement is an important public relations tool, since it helps to spell out your company&#8217;s environmental efforts for clients, suppliers, media, and the [...]]]></description>
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