Telecommuting program

An important aspect of the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building certification system is that it does ‘score points’ for any individual product over any other product. It instead grants qualification points or credits for certain in-use performance criteria. So, in effect, a green product cannot merely talk the talk, it must also walk the walk.

It won the award in recognition of its Sustainable Living Plan, which judges say includes ambitious goals and represents a comprehensive value chain approach to sustainability. Indeed, when it comes to energy, it’s not easy convincing consumers to accept new ideas, even those that directly benefit them, as behavioral scientists made clear at an ACEEE-sponsored conference on energy use and behavior in Washington, DC earlier this month.

One of the first and most critical places to save is in the selection of appropriate flush valves for toilets and urinals. Today’s flush valves should offer greater water efficiency than in times past, while affording universal ease of use, in a sanitary, durable and reliable product. As the performance of any particular flush valve is closely related to the design and form of the fixture it must flush, the industry is moving toward ‘paired performance’ where fixtures and flush valves are employed as a highly effective tandem team.

To maximize and maintain sanitary conditions within restrooms, flush valves are also increasingly shifting to hands-free sensor operation. With appropriate flush valve (and fixture) design and selection, we can now achieve water consumption roughly 1/3 of that of 40 years ago.

The AT&T telecommuting program is also delivering significant reductions in CO2e emissions. The AT&T telecommuter population surveyed avoided 142 million commute miles per year, with annual fuel savings of approximately 7 million gallons and a net reduction in CO2e emissions of 61,637 metric tons per year.

With an average round-trip commute time per employee of 113 minutes, respondents cited "work-life balance" as the number one reason why they telecommute. The time that employees would have spent commuting to and from work can be used instead as personal or family time and, as indicated by 96 percent of respondents, also represented time that was given back to the company as additional productive time.

If your hens roam free in an open range, and it doesn’t snow at any point, an entirely open range set up for your hens is advisable. In such a case, the hens wouldn’t need a traditional house; the periphery of the pen would just need to be secured in such a way that the birds do no pass beyond the delineated border.