It’s Easy Going Green for Redwood City
Businesses!
Cutting back our community’s greenhouse gas emissions
is everyone’s responsibility – and our local
businesses have a great opportunity to make a real impact!
By reducing energy and water use, minimizing waste generation,
and preventing pollution, Redwood City businesses will be
doing their part in helping our community be as green as
possible. Whether your business is large, medium, or small,
Redwood City has tools to help.
The
Green Business Program is set up to assist, recognize, and
promote local businesses that volunteer to operate in
a more environmentally
responsible way. To be certified "Green," businesses
have to be in compliance with all state and local regulations
and meet
the program’s other standards for conserving energy
and water, preventing pollution, and minimizing waste.
Redwood
City’s Water Conservation Program offers lots
of ways for local businesses to save water, save money, and
improve their bottom-line. Whether yours is a restaurant,
commercial laundry, office building, retail store, or apartment
building, or if you use water for any other commercial or
industrial purposes, we can help. Our rebate programs help
you to use high-efficiency commercial washers and toilets,
utilize low-water-use “water brooms” instead
of hoses, and gain technology to reduce water use for cooling
equipment, and even X-ray equipment. We can also assist you
to analyze and reduce water use in your large landscape areas.
Taste and a Talk is
an educational and networking series on green building topics,
held every other Thursday from
5 – 6:30 in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 1017
Middlefield Road (sponsored by RecycleWorks). Everyone, from
architects to contractors to homeowners, is welcome to join
in for light refreshments, relaxed conversations, and short
presentations on how to build and maintain quality, high-performance,
low carbon output homes.
