DeVry University
Keller Graduate School of Management

Going GrEEN IN THE WORKPLACE

Fndations of Professional Communication {ENGL510}

Global warming has been affected the climate in a huge since the last century. In order to slow down the raised temperature, many climate associations strive to devote their work to balance the environment cycle. The priority task is implementing the green movement into our daily life. Today I would like to introduce one of the essential environmentally friendly—going green in our workplace. The basic concepts for performing the movements of environmentally friendly in workplace are reuse, reduce, and recycle. The biggest waste in office is the paper waste. There is a statistic showed, 71.6 million tons of paper which up to 40% of total waste produced in the U.S having been wasted each year (statspotting.com, 2012). If we can flip the paper for reusing the blank parts to write or to be printed, it will reduce more than 20 million tons of paper waste. Finally, collect those papers could save more than 15% trees been cut. Next part for green in the workplace is controlling the electricity. Inside the office, we can change light switch into sensor switch. This kind of sensor will automatically turn off the light when there is no employee inside.
There is another thing inside the office we have to pay much attention as well—the temperature adjustment. The most comfortable temperature is five more or less degrees of outside temperature. Controlling the temperature not only can save the electricity payment but also increase the life of air condition and heater.

Reference
Stat spotting.com, 2012, April 27, Paper Waste Statistics: 71.6 Million Tons of Paper
Waste Per Year In U.S. Alone,