Want to go green, but can't seem to get upper management's support? Here's a tip: Enlist the help of your occupants. Oftentimes, bottom-up pressure can be just as effective as top-down mandates in terms of instituting effective, efficient organizationwide green operational strategies. For that reason, the folks at Energy Star have created a Website and video podcast, narrated by environmental lifestyle expert Danny Seo, author of Conscious Style Home and contributor to CBS’s Early Show, that gives some simple tips on how individual employees can implement green strategies at work.
In all reality, EPA's goal for the "Bring Your Green To Work" initiative is just that: to migrate green strategies from home to the office. The idea is that if people are conscious of sustainability in general and energy savings specifically in their personal lives, they won't turn that off at work. For facility executives, the initiative (and video embedded below) also works as a tip sheet for rallying support at the grass roots level for green operational strategies. Since plugloads like desk lamps and computers are just as much a part of the energy bill as HVAC and lighting, facility executives looking to reduce costs in these tough economic times would be well-served to get their occupants on board with energy-saving strategies. So, please take a look at the short video, and if you like what you see, pass it on to your occupants!