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A recent article at BusinessWeek.com by Amy Barrett outlines some really great opportunites to small businesses for “going green”:

“Many utilities and states offer rebates on energy-saving equipment, with some also providing loans at below-market interest rates for small businesses to finance upgrades. All told, there are about 250 financial incentive programs offered by federal, state, and local governments and utilities.”

And the financial benefits can be rather dramatic. It may be possible to reduce costs by 30% through adjusting your means of lighting, heating, cooling, as well use of other office equipment. Show me a business that doesn’t want to reduce costs by 30%. That goes straight to the bottom line my friends.

The fact of the matter, is that smart conservation within your company, whether it’s making sure that you recycle, using Internet fax, encouraging good paperless practices, or even completely revamping your entire heating and cooling system, can have enormous financial benefits that you’ll see immediately.

Environmentalism is no longer a cultish attitude. It’s an attitude of conservation that will simply improve our business performance as well as our way of life. in fact, it really isn’t about doing without. It’s about cutting what we don’t want in the first place.