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The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is looking for the market's Greenest Office.

The Business Journal considers a 'green' office one that takes into account employee behavior and innovation as well as energy efficiency and conservation.

If your company is reducing its impact on the planet while working cut expenses and boost profits, it qualifies.

Methodology

Entrants from Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Sebastian, Madison and Washington counties will be evaluated by an independent panel of Northwest Arkansas judges who work in various disciplines, but who have environmentally friendly or sustainable practices as part of their professional focus.

LEED-certified buildings will be intentionally excluded from this search.

Categories

There will be winners in five categories:

  • Category I - one overall Northwest Arkansas winner
  • Category II - a company that occupies a building it commissioned
  • Category III - a company that leases space in a building that already existed
  • Category VI - a company with 1-49 employees
  • Category V - a company with 50 or more employees

All winning companies will be featured in the inaugural Sustainable Practices issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, to be published July 14.

Deadline for nominations is May 20.

Please fill out completely as it will appear in print

Company Name:
Company's Physical Address:
City:
Zip:
Name of Office Park or Development:
Contact Name:
Phone Number:
E-mail:
Number of Fulltime Equivalent
Employees Working at Office:
Year Company Founded:
Is the Company a Tenant?
Did the Company Build the Office?
Year Office was Built:
How Long Has the Company
Occupied the Building?:
Who Nominated the Company?:
Nominator's Phone Number:
Nominator's E-Mail Address:
The following criteria are intentionally broad to include a wide range of operations and behaviors. Please describe in detail steps your company has taken along with examples of results such as cost savings, return on investment and employee participation. The judges will rate each category on a 1-10 basis.
Natural Resources and Land Usage
Describe your company's utility usage, employee car and air travel, retrofitting of lighting or water fixtures. If your company commissioned the building, include details about site selection, preservation and impact. Include and differentiate between actual practice and policy. Use return on investment examples whenever possible.
Materials Conservation
Describe efforts your company has made to reuse and/or recycle materials such as recycled paper products, packaging, office equipment (including computers, phones and furniture). Use return on investment examples whenever possible.
Employee Behavior
Describe efforts your company has made to encourage its employees to practice sustainability or eco-friendly behavior (examples include recycling programs, carpooling or bicycling activity, flexible schedules, etc.). Be sure to indicate an estimated average of participation.
Innovation
Describe any innovative effort your company has used to be environmentally friendly and as a result has saved itself time and money. Tell us about things we haven't thought of or unique ways your company is practicing some form of sustainability.
 
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