Greening your office

Lanith 10th SymposiumVientiane, Lao PDR30 August 2013

Aline van der MeulenSophie Hartman Alexandre Tsuk

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An initiative of:

STRATEGIC PARTNERS

Laos, the Green Jewel of Asia Laos is the greenest country of Asia, let’s tell

everyone Differentiate ourselves from other countries in

the region We need to green our operations before we can

claim to be a green destination An Initiative from the private sector Hotels, restaurants, travel agents, are the

ambassadors of Laos

Journalists will love it!

Why green your office? More than 70% of the world’s largest

500 companies are now addressing global climate change.

Save some gr$$n

Join the movement

Focus on the bad guy first!

60 % of your electricconsumption

What you should do: 1 deg change = 10 % off your bill. Fans: use 98% less energy, and make you feel

up to 6 degrees cooler. Check your isolation Turn off the AC at lunch time and when

leaving the AC Close doors and windows when the AC is on

Paper

Paper 45% of the paper printed in offices ends up in the

trash by the end of the day.

Nowadays, modern technologies allow you to go paperless and save your entire paper budget.

If your really cannot do without paper, ensure that all copiers print both sides as default, you will reduce your office’s paper consumption by nearly half!

Think also about using recycled paper as it needs up to 90% less water and 50% less energy than brand new paper made from trees. (not available yet in Laos)

Photocopier

PhotocopiersPhotocopiers consume about 10% of office consume about 10% of office equipment electricity demand and more equipment electricity demand and more than 90 % of this energy is consumed than 90 % of this energy is consumed when photocopiers are not in use.when photocopiers are not in use.

Place the printer far from the users Place the printer far from the users

And near an office manager!And near an office manager!

Computer Did you know?Did you know?

A computer left on overnight all year A computer left on overnight all year generates the same amount of generates the same amount of greenhouse gas as a car driving from greenhouse gas as a car driving from Vientiane to Krasnoyarsk in Russia. Vientiane to Krasnoyarsk in Russia.

Computer Make sure automatic sleep mode is set

on Turn it off Computer on: 120 W sleep mode: 15W

Average savings per computer per year:

120 W X 16h X 365 X 941Kip = 659.452 Kip 1000

Imagine how much you will save if you do it for all your appliances (computers, printers, etc.)!

Light

Did you know?Did you know? Only 5% of the energy used by an Only 5% of the energy used by an

incandescent light bulb produces incandescent light bulb produces light. Other 95% only produce heat.light. Other 95% only produce heat.

Light Replacing traditional incandescent bulbs

with fluorescent bulbs will reduce running costs by up to 75 % and energy consumption by 20-30 %.

Cleaning lamps and fittings on a regular basis will maximise your lighting efficiency by up to 30 %.

Water – stop wasting! Vientiane tap water = high quality Monitor the meter – put someone in

charge Fix the leakage

Garbage Have colored bins to help recycling Start a compost Do not burn garbage

And more… Buy in bulk (reduce packaging) Promote Lao Products (tea, coffee) Use bio chemicals (Tesco Thailand) Get Solar panels

Greening your office will help your business lessen its impact on the environment and save money.

So, what are you waiting for?