World Speed Motorsports is Green Certified

World Speed Motorsports is a Certified Green Business
Recently our racing team became green certified. Check out the press release here:
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BECOMING A BAY AREA CERTIFIED GREEN BUSINESS
In September of 2008, we undertook to become a "Certified Green Business" by the Bay Area Green Business program. This required that all of our operations, from the top down, be scrutinized and deemed eco-friendly by the program. The BAGBP has very stringent guidelines for green certification, all of which involve preventing pollution and conserving resources.

Some of the general requirements include:

* Monitoring and recording rates of water and energy consumption and waste generation
* Providing incentives and opportunities that encourage employee participation
* Informing customers of our efforts
* Assisting other companies and organizations in their efforts to become "green"

There are 4 areas of conservation and prevention that the organization uses to test a business for Green Certification, each with its own requirements:

1. Water Conservation
- Assess indoor and outdoor water balance
- Implement basic conservation measures
- Implement at least 3 industry-specific conservation measures
2. Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling
- Assess solid waste streams
- Adopt measures to reduce, re-use and recycle solid waste
- Cut down paper waste in 5 different ways
- Implement recycle or reuse programs for 5 other types of materials
- Identify and purchase 3 different types of recycled materials
3. Energy Conservation
- Commercial energy assessment performed by local utility agency
- Adopt maintenance schedule for all heating, ventilation and air conditioning
- Introduce 2 alternative technologies and 5 processes that conserve energy
4. Pollution Prevention
- Assess operations and identify prevention opportunities
- Adjust, change or eliminate 6 operations practices to help reduce pollution
- Adopt 3 changes in materials, products or processes that reduce pollution
- Reuse and/or recycle hazardous wastes in at least 3 ways
- Eliminate contamination of storm water and runoff in 4 ways
- Reduce vehicle emissions in at least 3 ways