1. 10 Turn off Lights Not in Use Motion Sensors simple ways to go green 
 
Yes. 10 simple ways to go green. The items that are listed may seem too insignificant, but they are not. Therefore, we came up with this list to remind business owners that these are simple and easy ways that can bring significant differences in both usage of energy and money.
The first one is “turn off lights not in use”. This is one of those things that people overlook so easily these days due to our hectic life style and living in abundance. Even for those who are energy efficient and cost conscious, turning off the light is very easy to forget.
Therefore, we recommend that businesses install motion sensors in order to save energy and money without having to always try to remember to do so. We believe that most applicable place for this to be installed would be restrooms in buildings since most customers are not so conscious about turning off the light.
Motion Sensor Lighting

2. 10 2. Energy Efficient Light Bulb Fluorescent Lights
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2. Energy Efficient Light Bulb
Fluorescent Lights
Incandescent light bulbs consume a lot of energy and are costly
If you have at least four, 100-watt incandescent bulbs that burn four or more hours a day in your home, the Alliance To Save Energy recommends replacing them with 23-watt fluorescent bulbs.
Compact fluorescent bulbs use only a quarter of the energy of typical light bulbs, last 10 times longer and lower utility bills.
Replacing just four incandescent bulbs with fluorescent light bulbs will save about 454 kilowatt hours of electricity, a savings of $82 over three years.
Furthermore, on top of employing the motion sensor technology into your business, if local businesses change the lights to energy efficient light bulbs, they will be able to save more money and be more efficient with energy. Replacing just four incandescent bulbs with fluorescent light bulbs will save about 454 kilowatt hours of electricity, a savings of $82 over three years. For instance, lets take the room with 32 light bulbs. If 4 light bulbs can save approximately 28 dollars per year, 32 light bulbs can save 224 dollars per year. If the building consists of 100 rooms with 32 light bulbs, that means the owner of the building would be able to save dollars per year and that is a huge amount of money to be saved. Plus this would mean that if 151 kilowatt hours of electricity can be saved per year, then 151x8x100= kilowatt hours can be saved per year. What a great way to save money and the energy at the same time!

3. 10 3. Use Daylight Efficient Usage of Daylight simple ways to go green 
 
During the daytime, especially in California, there is no need to use artificial lighting. Why not utilize as much of natural light as possible when California has one of the longest daylights in the United States? This will not only save energy and money, but it would also provide more natural comfort to the consumers. Therefore, local businesses can save money, energy, and provide better customer service without spending a dime on it.

4. 10 4. Insulation Insulate to sustain temperature more efficiently
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4. Insulation
Insulate to sustain temperature more efficiently
Heating and cooling account for 50 to 70% of the energy used in the average American home.
Inadequate insulation and air leakage are leading causes of energy waste in most homes. Insulation:
a. Saves money and our nation's limited energy resources
b. Makes your house more comfortable by helping to maintain a uniform temperature throughout the house
c. Makes walls, ceilings, and floors warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.
If you have not realized Heating and cooling account for 50 to 70% of the energy used in the average American home.
Considering such high percentage of energy consumption from heating and cooling, businesses should think hard about their insulation. Inadequate insulation and air leakage are leading causes of energy waste in most homes. Insulation saves money and aids in conserving limited energy resources and businesses can participate to help! Not only it can help the conservation of energy, but it can also make the business atmosphere more comfortable by helping to maintain a uniform temperature throughout the house and make walls, ceilings, and floors warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. leading causes of energy waste in most homes. Insulation
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House Insulation

5. 10 5. Seal the Gaps Windows Doors
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5. Seal the Gaps
Windows
Close them when using air conditioning / heater
Seal the gaps with sealant
Doors 
 
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As important the insulation is, sealing the gaps is also very crucial in saving energy and the cost. Without having to invest much cost, sealing the gaps of windows and doors can create significant opportunity in saving the energy and cost of heating and cooling. Why? If there is a leak, that means either the heating or cooling system has to operate harder in order to maintain the desired temperature of the room, which would incur extra cost. Furthermore, harder working heating and cooling system means more heat generated from them, which means that their fan or cooling system has to work even harder in order to cool down the system and maintain the desired temperature. So seal the gaps and keep the leaking cost!

6. 10 6. Energy Efficient Equipment Energy Star certified equipment
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6. Energy Efficient Equipment
Energy Star certified equipment
For more information regarding Energy Star certified equipment:
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This might be seen as being on the costly side of 10 ways of going green, but its really not. Why? If business owner plans to stay in business for more than 5 years, which we believe one does, implementing energy star qualified appliances will save your energy bills and will break even in a few years and start save you even more in later years!
Energy Star Certificate

7. 10 7. Equipment Management Systems Communication Management Systems
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7.  Equipment Management Systems
Communication Management Systems
Equipment Management Systems 
 
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By employing equipment management systems can help the businesses to become even more efficient without being always have to be conscious of doing so and getting stressed about the bills. By putting one time investment, business owners would not have to worry so much about turning off equipment or adjusting them in order to save the energy and bills. This system will control all the appliances connected to it automatically once implemented and programmed.
Equipment Management Systems

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8. Reduce Heat Loss
Seal the gaps to contain heat inside the water tank
Heat Loss of a House

9. 10 9. Renewable Energy Solar Energy simple ways to go green
This might be seen as being on the costly side of 10 ways of going green, but its really not. Why? If business owner plans to stay in business for more than 5 years, which we believe one does, implementing such technology will save your energy bills and will break even in a few years and start save you even more in later years!
Rooftop Solar Energy Equipment

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10. Energy Audit
Assess the current energy usage to improve efficiency and reduce cost
Energy audit is not something most business owners consider doing since most of them are not knowledgeable about such profession’s existence. But by putting small investment of hiring a professional to perform energy audit of the business, owners will be able to become more knowledgeable about how to become green and how to save money at the same time and become more competitive and sustainable within the competition.
Energy Audit Performing Insulation Test

11. Energy Saving Calculator
Why?
It saves money. It costs less power a business that has been converted to a more energy efficient
Increase indoor comfort levels
Reduces impact on climate changes & carbon footprint
Reduces pollution
Federal, state, utility, and local jurisdictions’ financial incentives
Better corporate image
Increase competitiveness
It brings significant benefits to a business once it takes the initiatives to go green. First of all, it will definitely save money if less energy is consumed. Apart from them, by using energy wisely, we can also ensure that an indoor space is not overheated or overcooled, which will enhance comfort levels. To businesses like restaurants, this will surely increase customer satisfaction, which will hopefully encourage more customers to visit. For office places, this will instead increase productivity if a better working environment is provided.
At the same time, businesses going green will also gain benefits as they are qualified to the incentive programs offered by organizations such as Federal Government as well as State Government. Incentives ranging from tax cuts to subsidies are available.
Yet intuitively, going green means reducing pollution and thus giving a helping hand to the environment. This will benefit the world we are living in, meanwhile benefit the businesses by promoting positive corporate image and thus enhance competitiveness.
However, we know that business is business, remain profitable is always businessmen’s primary concern. Therefore, we suggest a way to let businesses have a better idea about how much money they are going to save by adopting those initiatives we recommended, which is a energy saving calculator.
We hope to deliver the monetary benefits through a direct, straightforward and user-friendly way. By clicking this orange button, it will redirect us to the energy calculator page. We offer choices of businesses such as restaurants, office as well as other business. In our prototype, we have only completed restaurant as an example.
After clicking the restaurant button, we will see the page that the calculator runs. There are several parameters available for users to insert. In our prototype, we included the number of lightings, electricity cost and hours of operation. We recommend to our client that if this calculator is actually implemented, more parameters shall be added in order to offer a more accurate estimation.
Normally, a restaurant will have about 25 – 30 lightings. While the average electricity cost per kWh is about 12 cents. And we can assume that a shop runs for 12 hours everyday. By inserting 25, 12 and 12 to our calculator and click sumbit, we will get the money being saved if we change all those lights from incandescent lights to compact fluorescent lights, which is about $35 each month!
Energy Saving Calculator

12. Incentives Food Service Equipment Heating & Cooling
$125/Commercial Gas Griddle Unit
Up to $500/Gas Fryer
Ovens
Refrigerators and Freezers
Steamers
Heating & Cooling
Boilers
Controls & Thermostats
Equipment/Pipe Insulation
HVAC Systems, Cash Rebates
The federal government gives home owners many incentives to conserve energy as a nation. On 2/17/09, President Obama signed The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – a stimulus bill that includes federal tax credits on selected energy efficient products purchased during 2009 and 2010.  This includes certain Blinds or Window Coverings.
No matter what industry you are in, there is always equipment available to you with rebates. Older equipment usually takes up more energy than does newer ones. If you are a restaurant, then you will need Food Service Equipment, there are a lot of rebates concerning this industry as well. For example, $125/ Commercial Gas Griddle Unit. There are rebates for heating and cooling equipment as well.

13. Incentives Appliances Manufacturing & Processing Renewable Energy
Water Heaters
Manufacturing & Processing
Boilers
Process Equipment
Steam Traps
Renewable Energy
Fuel Cells
Solar Energy
More information at
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14. Incentives Water Efficiency Whole Building & Systems Services
Controls & Sensors
Irrigation Systems/Controls
Toilets & Urinals
Water-Pressurized Broom
Whole Building & Systems
Energy Management Systems
New Construction
Services
Direct Installation
Education
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15. California Rebate Program
Many Eligible Technologies & Equipment
Ex. Lighting, Lighting Controls, Central Air Conditioners, Energy Management Systems, Commercial Cooking Equipment
Applies to Commercial, Industrial, Nonprofit Schools, Agriculture, Institutional
Incentives:
Ex. Energy Efficiency Partnership Savings: $.11 per kWH that the new project saves compared to existing kWH
Additional $100 for each peak kW reduced
Ice Machines: $300
More Information at Pasadena Water and Power Rebates
There are many California Rebate programs. As listed above, we have one that applies to many industries. This one, allows companies to save $.11 per kWH as a company moves into new green projects and initiatives. For more information, we have provided a hyperlink that you can access through the slides. Please Click More information after pressing (F5) and navigating through the slides.
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16. California Rebate Program
Eligible Technologies:
Photovoltaics
Applies to Commercial, Residential, Nonprofit, Local Government, State Government Institutional
Incentives:
Systems up to 30kW given option of receiving expected performance based buydown (EPBB) or performance based Incentives. Systems larger than 30kW are eligible for PBI
EPBB: Commercial $1.40/watt AC
PBI: Commercial $.212/kWh
Here is another California Rebate program involving Photovoltaics. These two rebate programs allow individuals to take advantage of the green boom in California while saving money. It allows businesses to be sustainable and save money at the same time. However, looking deeper into these rebates can easily overwhelm simple users.
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17. Saving Record
USE
ELECTRICITY USE (kWh)
LAST YEAR
THIS YEAR
% DIFF
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
DEMAND (kW), if any
LAST YEAR
THIS YEAR
% DIFF
COST
FOR (kWh) USED
LAST YEAR
THIS YEAR
% DIFF
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
DEMAND CHARGES, if any
LAST YEAR
THIS YEAR
% DIFF
In order to give a more concrete picture, we have constructed this simple table to show how much you can save through these green measures. You just need to look up electricity use and cost incurred last year and compare the figures this year. Then, you can understand how much you can benefit from all these measures.

18. Checklist 1. Turn off lights not in use.
2. Use efficient ENERGY STAR products.
3. Use Compact Fluorescent Lights in desk lamps.
4. Unplug equipment that drains energy even when not in use like cell phone chargers.
5. Make use of better insulation.
6. Use natural lighting when possible.
7. Seal the Gaps in Doors and Windows.
8. Implement Equipment Management Systems.
9. Make use of renewable energy; install solar panels.
10. Carry out energy audit.
Next, we also design this check list to act as a reminder for Pasadena businesses. If you can do all these 10 items in this list, your businesses can become more energy efficient and save as much money as you can.