Usually people think to save energy at home only. They are least concerned in saving the energy at their office. If you believe on the statistics of the Sierra Club, various business houses waste $1 billion worth of electricity every year. If we all adopt eco-friendly habits to save energy, a better future can be made for our younger generations. There are some means that can save energy during office hours without trying too hard:

1. Many people still believe that it is important to leave a computer running constantly to prolong its life. While this may have been true back in days of amber screens and 1MB hard drives, it’s definitely not true now. If you have finished your work for the day, always turn off your computer and unplug it from the power strip. If you take several breaks during your working hours, you can put your computer in sleep mode cut energy use by 70 percent something screen savers can’t do.

2. Turn your monitor off if you are going to be away from your computer for a few minutes.

3. While taking print outs of a document, always use both sides of the paper. Prefer using chlorine-free paper with a higher percentage of post-consumer recycled content.

4. Business travel can be made through train, bus or subway. Apart form this hybrids cars, other high-mileage vehicles, carpool, and bikes can save energy too.

5. Add some plants in corridor and near your desk.

6. Try to use as much natural light as possible - working near windows will save turning on lights so often and ensure windows are kept clean. The sun’s light - particularly the diffuse light out of the direct beam of the sun’s rays - is great to work in and is much cheaper than electricity.

The scope for energy savings is huge. You may be using twice the national average and three times what a really good building would. It time to act now!

hey nitin.. this is something intersting... and useful for big organizations.... but do u think today if we dont owe the office and we are working there for salary.... do we keep all this in mind... the companies should take some serious steps to follow that?

would like to see your replies

It will be a lil uncivilized to think that we are there only for the sallary. Its just not about how much u save for the Boss but understanding that its ur planet and u must take care of it. Its about understanding that wasting anything scarce is nothing but stupidity. also i think if these small steps can make a small difference to the place we call home :Earth.......i dont see an issue at all. This is the moral responsibility of every human or atleast Every Gangster.......i urge all of u to save the planet and yes save the Tiger.......I want my grandchildren to look at this wonderful animal...........Its important that we speak.....silence is as good as ingnorance

Can't agree more with Nitin on this topic. But would just like to add that it is always a well known fact that charity begins at home. Gangsters, i appreciate your call to save energy at your workplace, but i think it would be better if all of us begin by taking small steps beginning at our home rather than at our workplace. The reason why i say this is that yes, we do have salaries as our prime motive at office and owing to high pressures to perform, people do tend to forget all these things like saving energy, water etc. So i think it would be a better idea if we start from our home and when over a period of time, these habits do become a integral part of us, we automatically would start thinking about "Heeling The World, & Making It A Better Place To Live".....

waiting for your views and reviews.

very true varun.... i totally agree with you.... and u sayin ryt... wel we shd start all this at home.... actually who not cares for his or her home....

well what i think is we 70% of the people in delhi dont try to save electricity, rather they are the 1 who steals electricity... thats why we have cut off for 3 hrs a day.... first of all we should overcome this... this would also help us alot

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very true varun.... i totally agree with you.... :) and u sayin ryt... wel we shd start all this at home.... actually who not cares for his or her home....

well what i think is we 70% of the people in delhi dont try to save electricity, rather they are the 1 who steals electricity... thats why we have cut off for 3 hrs a day....:( first of all we should overcome this... this would also help us alot

some stats on delhi- Power Theft has gone down to 46% from 51 % after privzatization and only 21% of the total electricity is used for domestic usage so tell me who is the culprit.........all these lala Ji who take all the bijli without any bill