Green Your Business

	Kool Ideas After making the simple changes, this company decided to explore other innovative ideas to operate more sustainably.
Proprietor	Terry Ingram
Where you can find them	Address: Factory 4, 11-13 Maynard Drive Epsom 3551 Phone: (03) 5448 5100 Email: admin@koolideas.com.au Website: www.koolideas.com.au
**************** MOST IMPORTANT! ****************	1. 2. 3.	Just simply turning off unused equipment takes no time to implement. No training is needed either, just a change of thinking. Splitting up the lighting circuit so that not every light goes on with one switch might cost money to set up, but it can save $$$ on ongoing power bill. When ordering goods from suppliers, particularly components, ask for them to be provided without separate packaging. It's such a simple way to reduce waste!
Saving Energy	• • • •	We make a conscious effort to turn off modems and other computer equipment overnight and when they are not in use. Our company policy is to turn off any equipment that is not being used, and staff are great at keeping this up. We've split our overhead lights by fitting more switches so they don't all come on at once - we only turn on the lights we are directly using. Weather permitting, we always open the large roller door to our factory to make the most of natural light.
Saving Water	• •	All our toilets are dual flush. We don't have an urn as there are not enough people to use one. We use very little water in our business operations.
Reducing waste	• • •	We recently took up the City of Greater Bendigo's offer for kerb side recycling for Bendigo businesses, so now we have an alternative to the rubbish bin! We've installed separate bins in the kitchen and the offices to collect paper, cans and other recylables. When we're ordering components for our products, we ask suppliers to send them without separate packaging. This saves on waste and also makes our job easier, as we don't need to waste time unwrapping every piece before we use it.
Reusing Resources	• •	We print on both sides of the page wherever possible. For memos we use the back of scrap paper.
Policies & Programs	• •	We are currently implementing a NO energy initiative in our factory. We are in the process of retrofitting all 12 volt workstation lights to run off batteries that are recharged from a solar panel. We have fitted cordless 12 volt screwdrivers to factory workstations that can also be run off the solar charged batteries, with assistance from the mains only when the solar panels can't supply the full load.

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