It’s amazing what a difference it can make when a company chooses to go green. As this MetroFax.com infographic demonstrates, it can be beneficial for every one of us.
Many employers, such as tech giant Microsoft, offer shuttles that carry their employees to and from work. This simple gesture from companies in San Francisco county alone eliminates 28.7 million vehicle miles traveled. It also eradicates more than 12 billion grams of CO2 emissions.
Energy-efficient improvements such as replacing light bulbs with LED lights can cut energy consumption by 35 percent in the commercial sector by 2030. Even better, the EPA expects LEDs to save enough energy to power 7 million households for a year.
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