Green Certified Web
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This site is Green Certified by
www.GreenCertifiedWeb.org. The
organization who owns this web site has
integrated Sustainable processes
into their business and is committed
to doing even more to preserve Natural
Resources in their day to day
business practice. They paid to be trained in being green in business, for the opportunity to do a business self evaluation and to share
the results of that evaluation with you, the visitor to their web site. The list of sustainable processes listed below is based on a "self evaluation." |
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Certified Web Site: |
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www.acvd.org |
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Company: |
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American College of Veterinary Dermatology |
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City, State: |
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Nevada City, CA |
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Certification Valid From: |
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10/8/2010 |
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Certification Valid To: |
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10/8/2013 |
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Below are some of the Eco-Friendly practices
this business claims are currently part of their sustainability efforts. No business exists that isn't constantly growing and working to
be better. Check back
to see new ways they have found to be green. As this business becomes more sustainable, these changes will be
posted here... |
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Sustainability Efforts - How this Business is Green: |
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Is there anything special or unique about how you run your company that is sustainable or helps the environment?
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We use .pdf files hosted on our web site to distribute Case Files reducing our paper consumption by 780 cases. That is 65 trees per year and reducing our carbon footprint by 144,300 pounds per year. This is not including the ecological impacat of $4,000.00 we no longer spend on shipping these documents.
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Is there anything special or unique about your web site or internet presence that is sustainable or helps the environment?
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Our web site is hosted with a private company who uses virtual servers to reduce their power usage. Additionally, these servers are hosted at Corporate Colocation, the first green datacenter in Los Angeles and a company who has successfully cut the amount of power they use to cool the datacenter by more than 70%.
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Our recycling program consists of:
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We encourage recycling of all paper, post-it notes, envelopes, junk mail, newspaper, plastics, bottles, cans, electronic equipment and biodegradable (compostable) materials
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We purchase recycled products:
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Some post-consumer recycle paper stock
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We regulate the temperature in our business by:
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Using a programmable thermostat
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Our lighting in our business is...
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We have incorporated some efficient lighting in our business
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Stand by electronics like printers, chargers and computer speakers are...
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turned off or unplugged at night
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When buying electronic products for our office, we...
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Always consider cost first but will buy energy efficient electronics if it''s cost effective
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Whenever possible, we buy locally
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We are making efforts to be a paperless office (all documents are stored on a computer)
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We take the stairs rather than the elevator to work.
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We turn off all computers and monitors at night which saves 4 gallons of oil per year per computer.
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Our computers go into standby mode after 1 hour of nonuse.
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We encourage our staff to avoid printing emails
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We prefer to telecommute and avoid flying
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We do most customer business (registration, invoicing, contracts, etc.) over the phone, web site or through email.
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We avoid using .doc and other large file formats and convert all web based documents to .PDF file format.
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Our web site hosting company is green and eco-friendly
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The datacenter our web site is hosted in is green and eco-friendly
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We use compostable products rather than plastic in our business.
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