United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Green Tips

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  • Reduce travel by holding video conferences. See related fact See related fact

  • Minimize travel time and distance.

  • When possible stay at green hotels.
    Green Hotels Association

  • When staying at a hotel for an extended period of time, tell staff that you do not require your linens to be laundered daily. See related fact

  • Choose/Identify an employee to run all errands in one daily trip.

  • Carpool when possible. See related fact

  • Use public transportation, walk or ride a bike to work. See related fact




Did you know...Did you know . . .

Did you know that the average hotel purchases more products in a week than 100 families purchase in an entire year?

Did you know that in Fiscal Year 2000, the federal government spent more than $9 billion on travel for mission-related business around the world?

Did you know that federal travelers use 24 million room nights of hotel space in the United States annually?
EPA — Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Guide: Green Your Meetings and Conferences

Did you know that if every commuter took one more person to work, the U.S. would save 600,000 gallons of gas every day and prevent the release of 12 million pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Governor’s Green Government Council — Green at Work Guide

Did you know that per passenger mile public transportation is twice as efficient as private transportation?
U.S. Department of Justice — Green Your Office