Going Green in the Workplace
Going Green in the Workplace
About the Book
Learn how to position your business as a responsible environmental leader in a world of green consumers and carbon-conscious regulators. In this course, you'll discover how to save energy, save money, and reduce your carbon footprint, all at the same time.
Table of Contents
- Table Of Contents - Expanded
- Lesson One: Going Green in the Workplace
- Chapter One - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - The Business of Being Green
- Chapter 3-How Saving Energy Helps the Environment
- Chapter 4 - Efficiency Versus Conservation
- Chapter 5-Summary
- Lesson Two: Saving Energy, Money, and the Environment
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Saving Energy
- Chapter 3 - The Dollars and Cents of Going Green
- Chapter 4 - Saving the Environment
- Chapter 5 - Summary
- Lesson Three: Lighting I - CFLs and Overhead Fluorescents
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - What’s wrong with my incandescent bulbs?
- Chapter 3 - Ceiling fluorescents
- Chapter 4 - Dissecting the Arguments Against CFLs
- Lesson Four: Lighting II - Optimization, Daylight Harvesting, and LEDs
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Now There’s Something Wrong With my new T-8s?
- Chapter 3 - Taking Advantage of Daylight
- Chapter 4 - Light Emitting Diodes
- Chapter 5 - Summary
- Lesson Five: HVAC - Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Package Units
- Chapter 3 - Heating
- Chapter 4 - Programmable Thermostats
- Chapter 5 - Summary
- Lesson Six: The Building Envelope
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Cool Roofs
- Chapter 3 - Windows
- Chapter 4 - Weatherization
- Chapter 5 - Summary
- Lesson Seven: Transportation and Alternative Fuels
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Gas Versus Diesel
- Chapter 3 - The Electrification of Transportation
- Chapter 4 - Lowering Your Employees’ Carbon Footprints
- Chapter 5 - Summary
- Lesson Eight: Water
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Power-Needs-Water-Needs-Power
- Chapter 3 - Saving water indoors
- Chapter 4 - Saving water outdoors
- Chapter 5 - Summary
- Lesson Nine: Waste–Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - The Life Cycle of Things
- Chapter 3 - Reduce
- Chapter 4 - Recycle
- Chapter 5 - Summary
- Lesson Ten: Computers, Technology, and Electronics
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Greening Your Computers
- Chapter 3 - The Energy Star Brand–and a Look at Tomorrow’s “Smart” Appliances
- Chapter 4 - Hotel Rooms, Vending Machines, and Power Vampires
- Lesson Eleven: Renewable Energy
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Your First Two Considerations: Power and Money
- Chapter 3 - Solar
- Chapter 4 - Small Wind
- Chapter 5 - Summary*
- Lesson Twelve: Green Certifications and Standards
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - LEED Certification
- Chapter 3 - Paying for Someone Else to be Green When You Can’t
- Chapter 4 - Where “Green” is Heading
- Chapter 5 - Summary
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