Turning Your Dallas Business Green

dallas-green-building-regulations-300×234.jpg” alt=”" width=”300″ height=”234″ />There’s no way to have missed the news that Dallas has gone green if you live there; a Dallas mayor (Mayor Laura Miller) helped form the Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition in the summer of 2006.  April 9th, 2008, the Dallas City Council passed a comprehensive green building standard for all new construction.  What about previous construction?

Tips For Dallas Business Owners
If you want your business to be a part of turning Dallas green, these tips can help achieve that goal without putting a big hole in your bottom line:

•    Offer incentives for employees to join the Try Parking It Program.  Incentives don’t have to be in money; for example, offering an extra fifteen-minute break to the employee with the highest number of miles saved per month can produce results as well as cash.
•    Start the ball rolling – trade in your gas-guzzler for a hybrid vehicle.  Contrary to popular belief, not all hybrids are expensive, small or have to be plugged in.  Shop around!
•    Buy recycled paper instead of conventional paper.  The prices are around the same and recycled paper comes in many sizes, colors and weights.
•    Go digital!  With the amount of external hard drives, flash drives and many other types/sizes of data storage, it’s amazing that so many businesses are still paper driven.  When at all possible, store your data on a drive instead of in a folder.  Not only will you be helping the environment, you’ll also be helping your bottom line.
•    Replace your lights with Energy Star rated light bulbs and fixtures; install timers or motion sensors to shut off any lights that aren’t needed.

“Going green” is more than just a phrase; it’s a state of mind.  Join the state of Texas and the Green City of Dallas in helping the environment – paint your business green!

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