The Greening Process
How “Green” can we get? The greening of our lives is an ongoing process that will continue to evolve and progress with the advent of new technologies and continued education on the sources and effects of Greenhouse Gas emissions. That critical first step is to get an accurate accounting of your building’s Carbon Footprint.
Your Carbon Footprint is the total carbon that is created during the daily use of your building. This requires a comprehensive audit of your building that can be achieved by the use of energy auditing software. This data will show clearly the areas that can be addressed in an effort to lower energy use and therefore carbon emissions. When the audit is complete there will be many changes that can be made from shifting fuel sources or upgrading facilities components to changes in worker habits that impact your carbon footprint. As the mindset of the company is changed and energy cost savings is realized; new ideas and technologies will continue to lead your company to a greener way of conducting business. Greening your business is one of the best public relations and marketing efforts that can be made in the growing global mindset of lowering carbon emissions.
How green can we get? The answer is Carbon Neutral. Companies that have made the necessary modifications and set up programs to offset their remaining carbon output have achieved a carbon neutral position. In the growing world of carbon trading many of these carbon neutral companies can now trade credits from their energy reductions on an open market for profits. How far is your operation from a Carbon Neutral position? Once this question is answered the next question is; how would your company profit by achieving such a position?
