THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMING RECOGNIZES KIRKSEY ARCHITECTURE FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Spotlights
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Kirksey has issued a worthy challenge that they are undertaking as a company and are encouraging their employees to take on; that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by reducing their carbon footprint.
The Kirksey Carbon Copy, developed by the Kirksey Center for Sustainable Architecture, is a guidebook detailing challenges and offering simple measures that they hope will not only change their practices, but challenge other companies and individuals to reduce their carbon footprint as well.
The program offers five easy challenges to employers and five easy challenges to their employees that, if taken, will reduce the output of carbon-based greenhouse gasses.
The five challenges for employers are: 1) Purchase Renewable Energy, 2) Shut Down Your Office at Night, 3) Create a Program to Reduce Employee Travel by 20 Miles Per Week, 4) Give Each Employee eight Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs), and 5) Upgrade to Energy Star Office Equipment.
The five challenges for employees are: 1) Purchase Renewable Energy, 2) Save a Dollar Every Day (turn your thermostat up by 2 degrees in the summer), 3) Inflate Your Tires Properly, 4) Drive 10 Fewer Miles Per Weekend, and 5) Shop at Your Local Farmers Market.
The guidebook also encourages doing five additional things that go beyond the challenge, and provides information on implementing them. They are: 1) Write a letter to your elected officials, 2) Join the march on global warming, 3) Calculate your carbon footprint, 4) Use reusable bags, rather than plastic bags, and 5) Reduce your junk mail.
You can access the Kirksey guidebook and learn more about the carbon challenge at www.kirksey.com/NewsPDF/carbon copy spread.pdf.
