Green office pet peeves
Every week I get a couple of PR pieces sent to me. I normally ignore them, but I quite liked this 'survey' from Xerox about what people get peeved about in the office:
The Full List
The top ten environmental pet peeves among U.S. office workers:
1) Mindless printing resulting in increased waste (40%)
2) Leaving lights on (37%)
3) Lack of recycling bins (33%)
4) Excessive air conditioning in summer and heat in winter (29%)
5) Excessive use of paper products, like cups, plates, etc. (27%)
6) Coworkers not recycling (27%)
7) Coworkers not printing double-sided when they can (24%)
8) Too many cover sheets when faxing or printing (24%)
9) Having to store paper copies of existing, electronic files (24%)
10) Leaving computer on and not powering down when going home (23%)
Interestingly number 10 would be no 1 on my list. What do you think?
(First published on the Sustainable Business Blog, but I thought it was relevant here too!)
1 Comments:
I agree that leaving computers and other devices is a major pet peeve. Even when computers and other hardware are in standby/sleep mode, they are still consuming electricity.
For home offices, you can install a cool device called the Kill-a-watt that will show you exactly how much power is being consumed: http://www.cgets.com/item--Kill-A-Watt--kill-a-watt
Jesse Gibbs
http://www.thegreenoffice.com
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