Green Technology

So ... you think you are doing all you can to be GREEN and help the environment?  Would you pass an AUDIT?  Would you want to?

Just in case you want to have someone check up on how good, environmentally, you are ... Read on:

Donnachadh McCarthy is an environmental auditor.  "Through his auditing company "3 Acorns Enviromental Tranformations" he provides an environmental auditing service to individuals, families and small businesses, assisting them to improve their environmental performance."

"... believes ... environmentalists should lead by example and so seeks as far as practical to live by the green principles which he promotes.
>> Thus his home was the first private home in London to export solar electricity from the roof of his home in Camberwell to London Electricity.
>> His hot water is heated by a solar water heating system powered by a solar pump.
>> His WC is supplied by a rain harvester.
>> He travels to work by cycle.
>> On the 24th of October 2005 he had a wind turbine installed on his home and became London Energy's first ever domestic wind electricity supplier."

An audit consists of a review of these areas with " ... assessment of current environmental practice and proposals for its improvement ..."

• "Energy Use"
• "Waste disposal/ Recycling"
• "Raw Material Use"
• "Purchasing Policies"
• "Management systems"
• "Employee Practice"
• "Water Use"
• "Transport"

For more information see McCarty's book "Saving the Planet without Costing the Earth "   Link 

Via:  3 Acorns Eco Auditing   Link