Helping Businesses Save Money, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce provides Energy smart and Waste Wise program services to save businesses money.

1. Waste Wise
&
Energy Smart
Helping Businesses Save Money

2. Why Waste Wise & Energy Smart?
 Save Money!
 Reduce Waste & Save Energy
 Make Connections

3. Every Business Saved $$$$
Last Year
 2,325 direct services
 522 on-site visits
 $185,842 annual cost savings
 1,579,000 pounds waste
diverted

4. Money Saving Services
 On-Site Audits to Reduce Waste & Energy
 Utility Bill Analysis
 Energy Benchmarking
 Investment Analysis
 Waste Sorts
 Employee Training

5. Cooper’s Foods
Action
 Organics diversion program
The Results
 $3,428 annual cost savings

6. Economic Impact
$3,428 annual cost savings

7. O’Gara’s Bar and Grill
Action
 Energy upgrades
The Results
 $5,500 annual cost savings

8. Economic Impact
$5,500 + $3,428…

9. TPC Twin Cities
Action
 Energy upgrades
The Results
 $6,707 annual cost savings

10. Economic Impact
$6,707 + $5,500 + $3,428…

11. The Saint Paul Hotel
Actions
 Organics diversion program
 Increased recycling
 Energy upgrades
The Results
 90% recycling rate
 $27,000 annual cost savings
 300 metric tons of carbon

12. Economic Impact
$42,635
Annual Cost Savings for FOUR Small Businesses

13. Connecting The Dots -- Made in Minnesota
Trash to Treasure
 The Domer
 Wood from the Hood
 By The Yard

14. Next Steps
 Connect us to businesses you visit
 Have us present to your members
 Start developing your
own success stories

15. Contact Us
Jill Curran
(651) 292-4653
jcurran@mnchamber.com