The concept of “Green office” through the eyes of the company “Center LTD”. How to save resources and the environment?

Saving resources and caring for the environment are not just desirable, but a prerequisite for the
functioning of modern business.

The company “Center LTD” works according to the management system ISO 14001 (environmental
management), the development strategy thus incorporates environmental principles, including the
principles of the “Green Office” which the company successfully applies in practice.

What steps can we recommend to entrepreneurs, based on our own experience?

1. Energy efficiency audit.

This is a comprehensive analysis of the building’s energy consumption,
equipment or processes to identify potential opportunities to reduce energy consumption and costs.
The main purpose of an energy efficiency audit is to identify ways to optimize energy use to achieve
cost savings, reduction carbon emissions, and overall positive environment impact.

2. Thermal insulation and heat recovery in the building.

When choosing an office, the company preferred buildings with better energy efficiency. We
recommend giving preference to office spaces that have building energy efficiency certificates. The
certificate is a certain indicator of the quality of the building. It indicates that building meets high
energy efficiency standards and can provide comfortable and economical working conditions,
particularly the reduction of utility bills.
The Company's laboratory uses a ventilation system with recovery. The advantages of the recovery
system are reduced energy consumption, improved energy efficiency, indoor comfort and reduced
CO 2 emissions.

3. Resource savings in the office are achieved as follows:

– light-reflective surfaces reflecting more light from the light source;
– lighting with energy-saving light bulbs;
– complete disconnection of office equipment at the end of the working day;
– acquisition of office equipment taking into account its energy efficiency;
– paper saving through electronic workflow;
– reuse (refilling the cartridge, printing on the back of the paper).

Waste management
Separate secondary raw material collection system, which is transferred to specialized enterprises
for processing, has been implemented in the Company's office. Implementation separate secondary
raw material collection system is an important step in the direction of sustainable development and
environmental responsibility which positively affects the environment and reputation of the

company. This creates a good working environment and increases team involvement in the joint
environmental initiative.

4. Informing staff
In accordance with the ISO 14001 management system, the Company constantly conducts
information campaigns on saving resources, stickers in the office remind about the need to save
resources. Employees are careful to save water, light, electricity and other resources.

By its example, the Company seeks to promote changes in social behavior in the environmental
aspect.

Oleg Bota, director of Center LTD: this is a really important approach when companies take
responsibility for their own environmental impacts and attempts to stimulate such changes in society's
behavior. I am sure that this helps to unite efforts to improve the environment.

Specialists of the Company "Center LTD" are ready to undertake comprehensive support of your
business in the development and implementation of the ISO 14000 management system which
provides for the implementation of standards and practices aimed at effective management of
environmental aspects of business activities and the implementation of Green Office principles.

You can find a full list of the Company's services and work experience on the official website
center-ltd.com.ua For professional advice, call: +38 096 781 05 37, +38 067 725 54 32, or send
questions to: eco@center-ltd. com.ua

For reference: Green office is an organization management concept that allows to reduce its
negative impact on the environment by maximally saving resources and energy and reducing
amount of waste.

Main components:
– acquisition of goods with ecological labeling (post – processing paper, appliances, household
chemicals with ecological labeling), refusal to use plastic dishes);
– waste sorting and processing;
– creation of a "green" team of employees;
– reproduction in the premises of enterprises and organizations of informational stickers\leaflets
reminding about the need to conserve resources.
For your company, we can offer development as a management system and implement Green Office
principles.