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To create a sustainable workplace, organizations need to respect and understand how their operations have impacted the environment in the past, present and could impact it in the future. Maintaining a sustainable workplace can be simpler that you might suspect. Start with small changes and create habits for your employees follow. Implementing a sustainable workplace can have major perks. Not only your workplace will have a newfound confidence of contributing to a “green” environment, your company or organization can build recognition and respect for itself—making the effort to respect the environment through your workplace efforts is a great opportunity for positive PR. Take a look at six ways you can create a sustainable workplace environment.

Car dealerships use more energy per square foot on average than a typical office building does. Despite this, there are cost effective opportunities that exist to substantially reduce energy usage for lighting, heating and air, and other necessary services while maintaining quality lighting, safety, and customer comfort in your car dealership.

Owning a car dealership is definitely on the “difficult” end of the “ease of owning a business” scale. Keeping up with current industry trends, conducting business with different brands, and managing regular business operations all contribute to a less-than-ideal workload. Another major aspect of managing a car dealership is regulating business expenses - definitely not a detail to be overlooked. You can do things like spend less by buying in bulk or cut expenses by auditing your current energy use. While it may seem almost impossible to keep within your budget at the moment, follow these 10 steps to minimize expenses and cut costs for your car dealership.

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Energy costs are second highest cost in schools' budgets, following personnel costs. With energy costs taking up such a large portion of a school’s budget, it is sensible to upgrade to more energy efficient practices and products. That’s easier said than done, though—where will the funding come from to support these energy efficient upgrades for schools? Despite the long-term savings, and higher quality of school that would result from energy efficient upgrades, it’s challenging for these projects to be approved. Either taxpayers don’t want to pay for the high upfront costs, or there isn’t room in the school’s budget to start the project. 

When making a lighting investment, you want to ensure you are spending the least amount of money in the long run. Conventional lighting may seem cheaper when looking at the price of one bulb, but it can become quite expensive due to frequent maintenance and need for replacement.

As innovative bodies begin to adopt LED technology as part of their infrastructure, both big and small organizations are beginning to see the extensive, positive financial and environmental effects that LED lighting can have. Recently, one of those global organizations - Ford Motor Company - announced that they would be joining the LED ranks in updating their florescent and high-energy output lights with new energy efficient LED lighting. 

The development of LED luminaires suitable for all climates, combined with the lower cost of LEDs, has led to a surge of LED street light replacement projects across the nation. In the process, a lot of data have been generated through studies, testing, and side-by-side comparisons with High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lamps, the incumbent technology.