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Posted by Amy Jarvis on November 13, 2009 at 5:05pm
Situated in beautiful downtown Portland near Pioneer Square, our Portland office engages in a wide variety of sustainable activities. In June, the Portland office was recognized by the BEST (Businesses for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow) Business Center as the first Portland Climate Champion. Several articles have be written about this endeavor; I have included a few links below:
- http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?&c=44851&a=250641
- http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/07/28/case-study-championing-a-cause/
- http://www.financialpost.com/markets/news-releases/story.html?id=1932633
- http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/06/first_portland_climate_champio.html
- http://www.forbes.com/feeds/businesswire/2009/08/26/businesswire128315012.html
In the Portland office we engage in the following activities:
- Highly accessible to public transport including TriMet, MAX red, blue, and yellow lines, C-TRAN, and the future MAX green line.
- Highly accessible to ZipCar.
- On-site bike storage, gym, and shower facilities.
- Printing defaults to duplex.
- Coffee/tea purchased from local vendors.
- Centralized paper and electronic filing systems.
- Restroom faucets with pneumatic timers.
- On-site recycling of:
- Batteries
- Plastic bags
- Glass
- Plastic bottles
- Paper
- Cardboard
- Metal
- Cans
- Printer and toner cartridges are returned to our supplier for recycling/reuse.
- Sustainable purchasing (30% post-consumer recycled content or greater) of:
- Printer paper
- Envelopes
- Paper towels
- Tissues
- Manila file folders
- Accordion file folders
- Sustainable Energy Usage
- Efficient lighting including exit signs and linear fluorescents
- Occupancy sensors combined with photocells in exterior principal offices
- Night set-back on thermostats
Get excited. Which office will be next?
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