Field Guide to Greening Your Office
(Updated May 2009)
What can you do to keep the spirit of Earth Day alive at your office? This NEW Field Guide provides practical tips and ideas to make your office a greener and healthier place through recycling, green architecture and smart use of office resources. Learn how you can help the environment and save money, too. (D McCormick, Technical Coordinator)
Green Your Office in Ten Easy Steps
Make your office 'Climate Cool'
Switch your office paper use to 100% recycled
Introduce organic coffee and tea into your workplace
Invest in reuseable plates, cups and utensils
Make sure your office recycles paper, aluminum, glass and plastic
Switch office light bulbs to compact florescent bulbs
Start an office compost program
Encourage use of green transportation to and from work
Buy green gifts
Get a Green America membership for your office
Source: Shop and Unshop: Economic Action to promote just and sustainable purchasing, (CoopAmerica.org, 2009).
Information from NAR
How you can go green - and why you should, (REALTOR® Magazine - Speaking of Real Estate Blog, Nov. 2008).
Green Your Office, (REALTOR® AE Magazine, Summer 2008).
3 easy ways to green your office, (REALTOR® Magazine, Apr. 2008).
Green Office Guide, Item # E135-50
Greening Your Office
Greening Your Company, (www.earthshare.org, 2009).
Greening Your Organization: What Can You Do?, (www.cleanair-coolplanet.org, 2009).
Greening Your Business, (www.squidoo.com, 2009).
Companies still keen on green despite economy, (news.cnet.com, Apr. 8, 2009).
Greening Your Office, (sustainability.uchicago.edu, Mar. 10, 2009).
7 Ways to Save Your Office Money by Going Green, (www.treehugger.com, Feb. 24, 2009).
Greening Your Office in a Recession, (The Environmentalist, Feb. 11, 2009).
How to go green at work, (planetgreen.discovery.com, 2008).
Greening Your Office, (Lohas Online, 2008).
Companies expand 'green' office options beyond regular recycling, (Denver Business Journal, Dec. 19, 2008).
Does Green Pay Off?, (Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, Oct./Dec. 2008). Q
Staying Lean and Green, (National Real Estate Investor, Oct. 2008). Q
Greening up the office, (Birmingham Business Journal, Oct. 17, 2008).
Planet Green on Greening Your Office, (www.greenofficeprojects.org, Sept. 25, 2008).
Save the Planet-and save the company a lot of power and paper tools for greening up around the office, (Inc., June 2008). Q
10 things you can do to go green in the office, (inksolutions.com, May 6, 2008).
Greening Your Home Office, (www.lifehack.org, Apr. 3, 2008).
Are you leading a double life? Steps for greening your office, (Denver Business Journal, Aug. 10, 2007).
How to give your office a green makeover, (The Environment and Business, July 13, 2007).
8 ways to green your office, (earth911.com, June 25, 2007).
Top 10 ways to green your office, (The Good Human, May 8, 2007).
Ask the Green Architect: Tips for Greening Your Office, (Greener Buildings, May 1, 2006).
10 trends that will affect your office now and in the future, (Office Solutions, Jan./Feb. 2006). Q
Working in a 'green' office is healthy and productive, (Puget Sound Business Journal, Dec. 9, 2005).
Greening Your Office, (www.techsoup.org, Aug. 10, 2005).
Green Office Guide, (www.oregon.gov, Nov. 2001).
Websites
eBooks & Other Resources
eBooks.realtor.org
The following ebooks and digital audiobooks are available to NAR members:
Green Guide (Adobe eReader)
The Green Year (Adobe eReader)
Smart Green (Adobe eReader)
The Green Book (Adobe eReader)
Books, Videos, Research Reports & More
The resources below are available for loan through Information Central. Up to three books, tapes, CDs and/or DVDs can be borrowed for 30 days from the Library for a nominal fee of $10. Call Information Central at 800.874.6500 for assistance.
The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time, (New York, NY: Three Rivers Press, 2007). TD 171.7 R63
Green Office Buildings: A Practical Guide to Development, (Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute, 2005). NA 6230 G74
Green Buildings Pay, (New York, NY: Spon Press, 2003). NA 2542 G72
Field Guides & More
These Field Guides and other resources in the Virtual Library may also be of interest:
Field Guide to Green Homes & Green Mortgages
Field Guide to Commercial Green Buildings
Field Guide to Green Property Management
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