Did you know that recycling one aluminum beverage can save enough energy to run a 100 watt light bulb for 20 hours? Or that one ton of paper from recycled pulp saves 17 trees and 7,000 gallons of water?

Federico Beauty Institute has pledged to reduce our impact on the environment by committing to conserving energy and water, reducing waste and pollution, recycling and purchasing recycled products, and implementing green building measures.

We are working with the Business Environmental Resource Center and the Sacramento Sustainable Business program to make more significant efforts to adopt environmentally friendly practices and conserve resources. A few practices we have already adopted include:

• Installation of solar-panels as a source of electricity
• 88kv photovoltaic system sitting on top of carport to shade up to forty-one cars

• Energy management system lights and HVAC
• Skylights
• Ceiling fans
• Recycle paper, cardboard, plastic aluminum cans and batteries
• Janitorial vendor uses all green products
• Compact fluorescent lights and T-8 florescent lights
• Use emails for memos
• Recycle photocopy and computer paper for note paper
• Save and reuse large envelopes and file folders
• Make two-sided copies
• Encourage the use of coffee mugs
• Buy in bulk to avoid excess packaging
• Use low flow toilets
• Use of electronic forms of marketing and advertising to communicate with guests, students and staff