Carin Giga, a Rice MBA grad student, is interning at the Toyota Center this summer as part of the Environmental Defense Fund's 10-week Climate Corps program. Not only is this good for the environment but for the companies as well, saving $40,000 per 50,000 square feet of office space annually.
The Houston Chronicle ran an interview with Ms. Giga Saturday.
Among some of the strategies:
- Reuse water for mechanical equipment that uses it or use it for irrigation
- Encourage employees to turn off computers and lights when leaving for the day.
- Make use of daylight rather than artificial illumination.
- Make use of occupancy sensors so lights are only on when someone is present and turn themselves off immediately upon exit.
- Kick the thermostat up a mere one or two degrees (or down in colder weather).
- Turn climate control off in unoccupied areas.
Much of this seems like common sense but apparently it takes an MBA candidate to implement such policies.
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