Green Practices For Property Management

Here is a simple green design for self storage property managers and it can be defined by one word, reduce. Self storage businesses can often modify their current practices to reduce the amounts of waste generated by changing the building design, and use of materials or office products. Ask was it really necessary to print that document or making all of those copies? These questions are just the beginning of a superb green design.

With the use of computers, we can reduce office paper waste by implementing a formal policy to duplex all draft reports, and by making training manuals and personal information available electronically. Think before your print. If that piece of paper is going to end up in the garbage before the end of the business day, that document probably is not worth printing. If an electronic document is worth keeping, file it in a computer documents folder where you can go back and retrieve it. Most self storage businesses have back up network servers that will keep important documents safe.

Every office has workers complaining that it is too hot and too cold at the same time. What happens is that the thermostat goes up and down like a seesaw and causes the climate system to work overtime. It is very important to start a green design policy when it comes to the office climate control. Everyone will survive at 68 degrees in the winter and 74 degrees in the summer. Not only will this keep the energy bill under budget, it saves energy. If the heating or cooling system has trouble maintaining the desired temperature, have a technician check it out. Employees are unlikely to complain if they know it is the company’s green design policy to keep such temperatures consistent.

A self storage business can reduce landfill trash by using biodegradable products for events and meetings. Instead of purchasing Styrofoam cups and plates, and plastic utensils, when you are at the grocery store look for biodegradable material. Many food products for serving refreshments with are biodegradable. Biodegradable products include cups, plates, coffee stirrers, and tooth-picks. Keep them stored in the break room storage cabinet for the employees’ lunches.

One green design solution to reduce is reuse. There are many things around a self storage business that can be reused instead of being tossed in the trash. Instead of trashing leftover food from the event or meeting, bring it to a homeless shelter. Printed training manuals can be returned and reused for new employees to use. When it is time to replace office furniture, buy new furniture from a preowned office furniture store. Perhaps your most successful green design strategy will be in the waste reduction of packaging and moving supplies. Ask self storage customers to bring back boxes and moving materials instead of discarding the cardboard in the trash.

Storage customers have many reasons for self storage, but the most common reason is to get rid of the clutter that occupies their homes. Before you know it they decided to trash the clutter during the move to the storage unit. As a green minded property manager, have a list of charities and recommend one of them instead of the dumpster.

Written by Kurt Schellenberger

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