Do not leave taps dripping; always close them tightly after use.

One drop wasted per second wastes 10,000 litres per year.

Use daylight as much as possible. Adapt the power of your lamps according to your needs

Turn off equipment when it's not being used. This can reduce the energy used by 25%

Turning off the computers at the end of the day can save an additional 50%

Use more efficient bulbs such as CFL and LED. They use less power and have a longer lifespan than incandescent bulbs.

Remove all halogens lamps.

Change your font:

According to a study led by the University of Wisconsin, the “Century Gothic” font uses 30% less ink than “Arial”

Before deciding you need to purchase new office furniture, see if your existing office

furniture can be refurbished. It's less expensive than buying new and better for

the environment.

Refurbish old furniture

Provide more vegetarian choices

The meat industry is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, planes, and ships in the world combined!

Supplying food for events and meetings?

Provide parking incentives such as closer/shaded parking spots for carpoolers

Incorporate telecommuting to allow employees to work from home one day a

week work

Encourage sustainable community options

Driving 10 percent less, by walking, cycling, carpooling, or taking public transit, can reduce greenhouse

gas emissions by 0.2 to 0.8 tonnes per year

Carpools and public transportation are better for the environment and employees!

Facts about commuting

     Carbon dioxide is the number one contributor to the greenhouse effect, and

cars produce about 30 percent of the United States’ carbon dioxide emissions

Facts about commuting

Toxic substances contained in electronic products can pose threats to human and

environmental health

Up to 50 million metric tons of electronic waste is accumulated around the world every year

Recycle Electronic Waste

De-lamping a vending machine can save $100/year

A typical refrigerated vending machine consumes 400 Watts—at a rate of 6.7 cents per kWh, that’s an annual operating cost of $236

De-lamp vending machines

Use suppliers that use recycled, FSC certified paper and soy based ink

Prices are similar for soy- based ink and petroleum- based ink, but less is needed per print job, so you are actually saving money and producing less toxins

Ordering printed materials?

Making paper from recycled materials results in 74% less air pollution and 35% less water

pollution.

This means that every ton of recycled paper keeps almost 60 pounds of pollutants out of the atmosphere that would have been produced if the paper had been manufactured from virgin

resources

Facts about recycled paper

Program Sponsors

Ottawa Sustainability Fund

Amnesty International’s Green Team recycles paper, metal, plastics

and even batteries

And uses non-toxic cleaning supplies

Amnesty International makes notepads out of old letterhead

Amnesty International Green Team: Jennifer Auten, Denise Glasbeek, Nelly Almeida, Sandy Lagimoniere, Nicole Burgess and

Aden Seaton

Shepherds of Good Hope has recycling in all of it’s buildings

Community Foundation of Ottawa Green Team: Margot Sunter, Anita James, Tarini

Deeley, Janet Adams and Christine Couture (advisor)

Beechwood Village Chiropractic Centre Green Team: Stuart Bell, Catherine

Nicholson and Christine Couture (advisor)

Beechwood Village Chiropractic Centre uses

compostable cups for clients

And then composts them on

site

The Green Team

installed a new aerator

on the faucets to eliminate bottled

water in the Centre

Suite 430 is Bullfrog Powered

Suite 430 Green Team: Liz Bernstein, Kieran Bergmann, Kimberley MacKenzie (Nobel

Women’s Initiative), Sabrina Bowman, Jess Wells (Ecology Ottawa) and Jenny Lacombe (Canadian

Federation for Sexual Health)

Suite 430 composts

And purchases green and reusable products

Suite 430 uses power

bars to eliminate

phantom load

And takes advantage of energy

saving options

CBC Ottawa Green Team’s Mics on Bikes project

CBC Ottawa Green Team: Julie Ireton, Rob Renaud, Paula Waddell, Evan Dyer, Julie Delaney, Robyn Burns,

Amanda Putz and Chad Pawson

South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre Green Team: Virginia Wolfe, Nikki Reklitis, Sandy

McIntyre, Linda Martin-Duval, Angela Warren, Jeannie Page

Photography support provided by

Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Team

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities recycles

paper, plastic and metal, and purchases 100%

recycled, made-in-Canada paper

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities uses occupational light sensors and turns off their

computers at night

Credible Edibles Green Team: Judi Varga-Toth and

Tara MacDonald (advisor)

Credible Edibles gives cyclists a

discount

Credible Edibles grows some of its

own food

And is Bullfrog Powered

World University Service of Canada dumpster dives to

physically evaluate the amount and type of

waste produced over the course of a week!

It also provides insight into the amount of waste that can be

diverted from landfill

World University Service of

Canada celebrated

Earth Day by painting

recycling boxes for each desk

World University Service of Canada’s Green Team organizes

an item swap for coworkers

The World University Service of Canada Green Team: Nelly Bassily, Cassandre Blier, Wagma Isaqzoy, Michelle Manks, Fauzia Issaka, and

William Alvarez (advisor)

Causeway has installed T8 fluorescent light fixtures and

has switched to compact fluorescent light blubs

And uses electric hand

dryers in washrooms instead of

paper towels

Causeway Work Centre

composts organic

material in their industrial

sized Vermiculture

(worm composter)

Causeway Work Centre supplies bikes from staff to use

to commute to meetings

And has a news board for environmental tips and

updates