Lafayette Businesses

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Lafayette Businesses

• Going Green

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Lafayette Park Hotel Spa

• Green Initiatives
• Water Conservation
• Energy Conservation
• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Waste Reduction
• Hazardous Material Recycling
• Environmentally Responsible Fixtures Appliances
• Non-Smoking Rooms
• Green Transportation Options
• Food Scrap Collection

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Diablo Rapid Print

• Green Initiatives
• Printing on 100 recycled paper
• Architectural printing on paper with 30 recycled
  content - same cost
• Architectural printing on 100 recycled craft
  paper w/no chlorine
• Green book publishing and books on tape
• Significant energy savings from new digital
  printing equipment

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Lafayette Book Store

• Green Initiatives
• Discontinued providing bags altogether
• Encouraging customers to purchase and use
  re-usable bags
• Energy efficient lighting upgrades
• Used books! Requires a lot less energy than
  creating a new book
• Selling wide array of green books

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Absolute Center

• Green Initiatives
• Turning off lights and exercise equipment when
  not in use
• Occupancy sensors
• Setting thermostat low
• Passive solar heating with large windows
• Green cleaning supplies
• Eco-friendly paint
• Re-use of boxes, paper, folders
• Printing on recycled paper

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Diablo Foods

• Green Initiatives
• Carrying growing array of locally produced
  products - marked LOCAL
• Working with many Lamorinda vendors
• Flowers from Petaluma
• Green cleaning supplies
• Green paper products
• Green diapers
• Selling re-usable shopping bags
• Selling ECOlunchbox kits
• Re-usable water bottles

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Lafayette Tree Landscaping

• Green Initiatives
• Cut water use by 25 - water smart controller and
  low flow faucets
• Solar system - produces 100 of electricity
• Built office 4 years ago with many green features
  and upgrades
• Recycle everything possible - paper, print
  cartridges, wood, wood chips, concrete,
  containers
• Use recycled paper

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Lafayette Health Club

• Green Initiatives
• Managing CSA drop-off location for EatWell Farms
• Water saving shower heads and toilets
• Switched to 100 green cleaning supplies
• Re-usable water bottles and filtered water
• Promoting walking and biking to club
• Education and tips in club newsletter

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Lafayette Chamber of Commerce

• Green Initiatives
• Formed Green Committee
• Upgraded to energy-efficient lighting
• Recycling
• Installed low-flow toilet
• Using recycled paper
• Discontinued use of plastic water bottles - now
  using pitcher and cups

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Others
Pizza Antica
Lafayette Car Wash
Chows Restaurant
Dutch Boy Dry Cleaners