Working in an Eco-Friendly Office Setting

by Brian Yalung on Friday, March 28th, 2008

We hear it and are often given memorandums on how to contribute to the whole green effort. Much of the problems that contribute to global warming today stem from human analytics. For example, a simple energy saving responsibility such as turning of your computer to help save on energy resources may be a lot of work to most but its small contribution will go a long way if the whole world would do the same.

This and a lot of other problems in upholding the eco-friendly attitude such as recycling and using safe clean products are meant for something. All it needs is proper education and briefing. Read the next green-related memo you may get. It will surely be something made for a cause.

There are many ways to go green, but people usually only focus on making changes in their homes. Even though many things are out of your control at work, that doesn’t mean you can’t practice eco-friendly habits between the hours of nine and five.

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Barbara Burns

My office at work has 2 windows. Recently, I started leaving the fluorescent lights turned off in my office as much as possible and using natural daylight coming in the north facing windows.

The problem is that it really bothers my co-workers ... some of what I am hearing from them on a daily basis ... they think I am not there because the light is off [the door is completely open and they can see me at my desk when walking past my office] ... I'm working in the dark [it is not dark but it is not brightly lit or glaring either].

I open the blinds/curtains at home and use daylight coming through the windows to see to do things in the daytime ... I am guessing most of them do also ... yet at work ... it is a big deal and some people even turn the lights on for me ... someone today had to make sure the light was not broken or burnt out and needing replaced.

I do not understand why it bothers everyone so much and why they are so insistent on me having the lights on. I would think management in particular would like the idea of saving money on the energy bill if nothing else and embrace it as a cost cutting idea for everyone with windows but it bothers them even more than other people.

Any ideas of anything I could perhaps do to make my co-workers more comfortable with my office lights being off? I know many recycle at home, so do you think maybe they will get used to it over time to where it won't bother them so much if I just keep smiling and repeating that I am saving energy?

Duncan

May I use the picture published in this entry on my company's website (not www, rather it's an intranet site) if it's copy righted? Thanks!

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kimberly

I AM STARTING AN ECO FRIENDLY EVENT PLANNING BUSINESS IN NEW YORK. CAN I USE THE PICTURE ON OUR MYSPACE PAGE. ITS UNIQUE. JUST UNTIL WE GET OUR LOGO DONE. I WILL GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR IT. THANKS