The Green Office Guide

Global warming. Water quality. Air pollution. Landfills. Not a typical to - do list for another day at the office, but every workday AccuNet strives to make decisions that address all of these issues. Many of these choices are tiny - whether to toss an outdated report in the trash or in the recycling. In every case, though, AccuNet strives to maximize its Green Office efforts every day. Please review below how we are striving to be a Green Office.

AccuNet not only takes efforts towards reducing our impact on the environment, we combine these efforts with client friendly confidentiality recycling companies. AccuNet deals with highly confidential client data. We take every step to ensure that all client data is handled by a confidential, secure shredding and recycling company from paper to security wiped hard drives and computers.

Office Equipment

16% of an office’s energy use comes from office equipment (Department of Energy). If every US computer and monitor were turned off at night, the nation could shut down eight large power stations and avoid emitting 7 million tons of CO₂ every year.
 

	Computer and Monitor Energy Saving - energy saving modes in use on all computers and monitors. Monitors turned off at night.
	Copier Energy Saving - energy saving copier and energy saving mode. Turned off at night.
	Computer, Monitor, Printer, and Copier Recycling - triple erase security wipe of all computer data before handing to TechDisposal who properly recycles and disposes all equipment according to government EPA standards.

Paper Products

Offices use nearly 1.5 pounds of paper per person, per day according to a survey of Los Angeles offices. Furthermore, a ton of 100 percent recycled paper saves the equivalent of 4,100 kWh of energy, 7,000 gallons of water, 60 pounds of air emissions, and three cubic yards of landfill space.

	Paper Use Reduction - online collaboration tools with Microsoft® SharePoint® Portal Services, Microsoft InfoPath® and Microsoft Office™ reduce paper transactions and waste.
		Electronic forms routing and authorizations
		Scanning and digitizing documents for internal distribution to minimize paper reproduction
		Electronic time cards and expense requests that eliminate paper usage
		Electronic news letters and client notices and alerts to minimize hard copy to our customers.
	Recycling Paper/Reducing Packaging - shred and recycle documents with a confidential and green friendly paper recycling company.