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© Personal Assurance
Services Limited 2007
John Ormond House,
899 Silbury Boulevard,
Central Milton Keynes,
MK9 3XL
Tel: 01908 605000
Fax: 01908 698040 |
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| Our
Green Policy - Personal Action |
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Appendix 1: Personal actions
which it is hoped employees
of Personal Group will follow in their day-to-day
work and home activities |
| Energy: |
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If possible, only
the individual working areas should be lit
instead of the whole floor area: where desk
lights are used they should be used as an
alternative to area lighting, not as an addition. |
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Problems should be reported
to the person responsible, e.g. flickering
light bulbs, dirty light fittings. |
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| Heating
and ventilation: |
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Temperature control in buildings
should be as carbon-neutral as possible with
natural ventilation or heat conservation being
fully exploited. |
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Thermostats should be set to
a temperature comfortable and appropriate
to the season: 19-20 degrees C should be comfortable
in appropriate clothing. |
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Windows should be kept closed
when a room is being heated and should not
be opened to cool a heated room – the
thermostat should be turned down. |
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Furniture and stored office
materials should be kept away from radiators. |
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Heating should be turned off
or kept to an absolute minimum when the area
being heated is not staffed. |
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Temperature regulation of heating
systems should be flexible and adaptable according
to the needs of individual buildings. |
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| Kitchens: |
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Kettles should
not be overfilled when water is boiled; regular
lime scale removal should take place to maintain
energy efficiency. |
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Fridges should be defrosted
regularly to maintain energy efficiency and
when the new ones are being purchased, brands
with the highest energy efficiency rating
should be chosen. |
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| Water: |
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Water should not
be left to run from taps unnecessarily and
taps should be turned off properly after use. |
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Any dripping taps or leakages
should be reported to the responsible person
immediately. |
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| Equipment: |
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Electrical equipment
should not automatically be switched on each
morning - switch on when it is required for
use only. |
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Computers, screens, photocopiers
and printers and any other electrical equipment
should be turned off if not being used for
any length of time and at the end of the working
day. |
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Documents should be printed
double-sided wherever possible. |
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All office equipment must be
set to energy-saving mode. |
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Turning off the computer monitor
when not in use saves energy. |
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Air conditioning is very costly;
if air conditioning units must be used, all
windows should be closed. |
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| Junk Mail: |
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Any unwanted or
duplicated mailing/catalogues etc. received
by staff should be cancelled. |
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| Recycling: |
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Facilities for
recycling vary from one local authority to
another, but most authorities have instituted
some level of household recycling in addition
to local recycling centres; where it is impractical
to recycle at office level, e.g. due to cost,
individual members of staff are encouraged
to take responsibility for recyclable items
which they bring into the office, e.g. glass
and plastic, and to use domestic recycling
for items such as batteries, kettles etc. |
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Staff should recycle both paper
(including envelopes) and cardboard as a matter
of course. |
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Staff should seek to work with
local waste collection agencies towards the
recycling of printer toner cartridges, personal
mobile phones (unwanted company mobile phones
must be returned to Head Office), glass, plastic,
light bulbs, batteries, cans etc. according
to what is possible at each locality. |
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Plastic film (such as the bags
in which magazines come) can be sent off for
recycling to
http://www.polyprint.co.uk/recycling.html |
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Many areas now have local groups
which can be used for disposing of (and acquiring)
larger items e.g. http://uk.freecycle.org;
some charities will take items such as mobile
phones, computer hardware and office furniture. |
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| For
further information please contact Kay Oddy |
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