Your Office Can Be The Solution To Climate Change -- If You Let It

First Posted: May 02, 2016 04:30 AM EDT
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Due to the alarming rise in global temperature, many public policy initiatives are aiming to address climate change -- from the Clean Power Plant to various United Nations Climate Change Conference, governments and superpowers are accepting that the issue is real, and that it's time to put a stop on it.

However, as policymakers try their best to curb the effects of global warming, more and more of them are saying that using different energy sources can only go so far -- the amount of carbon dioxiide being emitted in the air is still the biggest problem.

Still, it is not necessary that individuals wait for government policies -- in fact, there is so much that can be done beginning at the workplace. According to Time, buildings account to nearly 40% of all energy consumption in the US -- most of which are inefficient.

There are may ways to reduce energy consumption in buildings that people fail to remember constitutes as taking action against climate change. For instance, reducing energy used for heating, cooling, and lighting in buildings and workplaces can be of big help.

New York City currently has a plan which includes requirements for companies to improve their heatinig distribution systems, as well as measures to encourage updates to exterior lighting. Refrigerating requirements and improved ventilation systems will also help. All in all, improved energy use in buildings can help reduce greehouse gas emissions to up to 2.7 million metrick tons by 2050 -- and that translates to taking 560,000 cars off the road.

The US Environmental Protection Agency also noted that the three Rs -- reducing, reusing and recycling -- are also important. From mundane things like using two-sided printing and copying, to overhauling office supplies to use only recyclable or recycled paper products, each employee, in his own terms, can help reduce overall carbon footprint in the office.

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