At PECI, we carry out our sustainability mission in every aspect of our work. From efficient energy and water use, to waste reduction, to responsible travel and purchasing policies, we make deliberate decisions daily, regarding our social responsibility. Our leaders, our staff and our dedicated Green@PECI volunteers ensure that we’re doing our part to live up to the resource and energy management standards on which PECI has built its reputation. It’s in this spirit that we’re so excited to share our 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.

1. 2012PECI Corporate Social
Responsibility Report

2. The possibility of change depends
on the existence of people who
have the power to change.
– Wendell Berry

3. Living What We Teach . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
What We Hope to Accomplish. . . . . . . . . 4
Environmental Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Waste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Travel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Purchasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Greenhouse Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Social Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Outreach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
This Time Next Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Thank You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
About Green@PECI. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Inside

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Living What We Teach
At PECI, it is our job to use every tool at hand—technological,
economic, educational, behavioral—to motivate change toward the
more efficient use of energy. We even treat our office as a living lab;
every inch of the place was designed to make use of the techniques
and technology we hope to inspire others to adopt. When we have an
idea to inspire behavior change, we use ourselves as guinea pigs.
But energy efficiency is not the only way we choose to express
what we hold, individually and collectively, as our responsibility to
be kind stewards of the world. We embrace our natural environment
by making sustainable choices in the environment of our workplace.
Office supplies and the vendors from which we buy them, the
commuting and business travel of our employees, our food and drink,
reducing our waste…the opportunities are limitless.
This report aims to summarize the efforts we’ve made to that end,
and to point out instances where we can be doing better. After all,
how else can we hope to lead if not by example?
What We Hope to Accomplish
Our first formal Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report was compiled in
2012, to summarize our performance in 2011. Since it was our first effort, we
knew it would be most valuable as a learning experience, and so we elected
to share it only internally. But this year, armed with lessons learned, we feel
confident in our ability to offer a more comprehensive and honest accounting
of our environmental footprint.
PECI offers the 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility Report with the goals of:
1. Creating a public record of our 2012 footprint to which we can hold
ourselves accountable
2. Setting a baseline for future CSR metrics
3. Examining our success in meeting 2012 goals
4. Setting new sustainability goals for 2013
The report comprises two main sections, an Environmental Profile and a
Social Profile, which are followed by a brief section outlining our goals for
next year. We end with a profile of Green@PECI, an internal, volunteer-led
organization responsible for dreaming up, organizing and implementing
PECI’s sustainability and social responsibility efforts. PECI’s commitment to
sustainability, as expressed throughout the report, is largely the work of this
dedicated team.

5. Environmental
Profile We created our environmental profile by looking
closely at our consumption in five areas: Energy,
Water, Waste, Travel and Purchasing. In the final
section, we examine the Greenhouse Gas Emissions
associated with each area of consumption. Viewing
our behavior through these individual lenses
gives us a multifaceted understanding of PECI’s
environmental impact. Each subsection offers some
Background on our current practices, breaks down
our performance to The Numbers, and sets some
early goals on Where We Can Go From Here.

6. As is typical in U.S. climates, our electrical consumption increased in the summer due to
rising cooling demands. In addition, you can see an uptick in consumption during winter
months, when days are shorter and more lighting is needed.
J F M A M J J A S O N D
J F M A M J J A S O N D
48,358 kWh
41,744 kWh
167 kWh
41,822 kWh
175 kWh
46,157 kWh
176 kWh
45,774 kWh
188 kWh
42,829 kWh
156 kWh
163 kWh
39,041 kWh
160 kWh
39,236 kWh
155 kWh
49,800 kWh
208 kWh
203 kWh
46,590 kWh
42,525 kWh
43,054 kWh
182 kWh
182 kWh
Figure 2 – Average Energy Use per Employee
Figure 1 – Total 2012 Energy Usage by Month
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Background
This data reflects the consumption of electricity in our Portland
office—where 77% of our total staff works—from plug load and
HVAC systems. HVAC energy is used to run our heating and cooling.
Plug load is everything else in the office that uses electricity from
an outlet: desk lights, computers, phones, etc. We use Pulse™
energy management system to allow us to see this data in real time,
anytime, and sort it in useful ways – by month, by system, by floor.
We also conducted an in-house energy reduction/behavior change
experiment we called the Kilowatt Cup. Our Portland office’s three
floors competed against each other in a race to see which floor
could save the most energy. You can read more about the Kilowatt
Cup on page 16.
The Numbers
Our office consumed 526,927 kWh of electricity in 2012, roughly
the amount of 29 typical U.S. households. In Figure 1, you can see
PECI’s total energy use broken out by month. In Figure 2, we see the
consumption average per employee.
Where We Can Go From Here
This is the first year we have had a complete picture of energy use
data for the Portland office. It will give us a valuable baseline to
which we can compare future data. We also hope to add data from
our California offices and identify metrics to measure the energy use
of remote employees.
Energy Use

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Background
Water consumption data is unavailable at any of our offices because
of joint metering. Still, we have invested and continue to invest
resources and energy in using less. Our LEED Platinum Portland
office uses dual-flush toilets, low-flow and motion activated sinks
and ENERGY STAR®
appliances (dishwashers, ice makers, coffee
makers) that use less water than typical appliances. Our San
Francisco office is a LEED Silver space equipped with low-flow and
high efficiency appliances.
Where We Can Go From Here
We will continue to conserve water, educate our staff on efficient
water use and work with our building managers to access data.
Water

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Background
The data in this section is the result of two hands-on (literally) waste
audits conducted in 2012—a messy but enlightening PECI tradition.
In addition to conventional co-mingled recycling and composting
practices, PECI recycles electronics, lamps, batteries, pens and
markers. Our printers default to double-sided settings and we
promote the use of draft (scrap) paper for note taking. We offer Pyrex
containers employees can use to pick up to-go lunches and we
subscribe to a unique service called GoBox, which provides reusable
containers for to-go lunches.
Green@PECI also conducted a couple of waste reduction challenges
in 2012. The Waste Buster Challenge was a month-long effort to
educate employees on simple, daily ways to reduce waste (see
page 16). Our neighborhood Starbucks was game for a month-long
Earth Day promotion to reduce the consumption of disposable coffee
cups: employees who enjoyed their treats in a reusable container
were entered into a raffle. This experiment helped to keep over 340
single-use cups out of PECI’s trash.
Waste
Compost, Recycling,
Landfill and E-Waste

9. The data shows some impressive stuff.
Over three quarters of our waste is
recyclable or compostable. “Avoidable”
waste is waste that can be avoided by
using more durable items. To-go coffee
cups, take-out containers, plastic bags
and other single-use items are examples
of avoidable waste.
36 Pounds Lamps
198 Pounds Hardware
56 Pounds Batteries
Figure 3a – Total Annual Waste Generation by Type
Figure 3b – Annual Diversion Method by Type
Figure 4 – 2012 E-waste by Weight
PECI recycled more than 300 pounds of E-waste in 2012. E-waste is the
measure of disposed-of electronics, light bulbs and batteries.
Our diversion rate, which is the percentage
of our total waste that was diverted from
landfills, rose from 73% in the spring to
76% in the fall. This is high for a company
our size because we are diligent about
educating employees on recycling and
composting guidelines. Still, there is room
for improvement. Even though Figure 3a
shows our landfill waste to be only 5% of
total weight, 24% of our waste still ended up
in a landfill due to recyclable or compostable
items that were misplaced in bins.
The Numbers
PECI’s Portland office created a little over 13 tons of waste in
2012, equal to about 105 pounds per employee and 0.42 pounds
per employee per day. According to the EPA, in 2010, the average
American generated 4.43 pounds of waste per day. While that figure
obviously includes household waste, it’s impressive that each of
our people produces less than 10% of the national daily total in the
course of an 8-hour day.
Figure 3a shows PECI’s total annual waste generation by waste type
and Figure 3b shows our diversion rates for each waste type. Figure 4
shows our e-waste generation, which is the measure of disposed-of
electronics, light bulbs and batteries. NOTE: E-waste is not included
in Figures 3a and 3b because we allow employees to bring batteries
and CFLs from home to be recycled.
Where We Can Go From Here
The 8% of waste marked as “avoidable” in the data at right offers a
nice target to tackle in 2013, as does the 24% of our waste that is still
going to a landfill. We need to continue to promote the use of durable
goods in place of single-use goods and educate our staff on the
specifics of sorting their waste.
We’re working to add another component to our robust recycling
efforts: the ability to recycle clamshells and plastic film, which
accounted for 25% of our waste by volume in 2012. We will also
continue to try to raise awareness of waste generation and adopt
additional paperless operations in 2013. We have already planned
a pilot to reduce our number of unclaimed printouts as a way to cut
waste and increase client confidentiality.
Avoidable
Landfill
Compost
Recycling
43%
Compost
53%
Recycling
8%
Avoidable
5%
Landfill
Landfill
Compost
Recycling
25%
Compost
24%
Landfill
53%
Recycling
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10. 424,043 Miles Single Occupancy Vehicle
246,278 Miles Bus
233,317 Miles Bike
219,429 Miles Train
87,078 Miles Carpool
-46,998 Miles Telecommute
20,786 Miles Mortorcycle/Other
18,540 Miles Walk/Run
As is typical of U.S. workplaces, Single Occupancy Vehicles (SOV) account for
the largest percentage of our commuting miles. We are proud that our cyclists
and public transit users account for 50% more total miles.
Travel
Background
PECI covers a lot of ground. We have offices in Portland, San
Francisco and Santa Ana, as well as remote employees throughout
the country. We are also invited to attend and speak at many
conferences across the country. So we purchase carbon offsets for
all air travel, and in 2012 we implemented a travel system that lets
us to track the mileage of air and car travel by our employees with
great accuracy. As a result, we get a highly reliable reading on our
emissions.
Every year, we collect commuter data from all our employees and
share the relevant Portland data biennially with Oregon Department
of Environmental Quality’s Employee Commute Options program.
We offer a bike benefit to employees who commit to biking to work
at least 50% of the time, we give a subsidy to our riders of public
transit and we heartily endorse flex scheduling and telecommuting.
The Numbers
Our employees travelled 2.4 million miles in 2012. They spent 1.3
million of these miles on daily commutes via bike, foot power, car,
bus, carpools and more. Figure 5 shows our total miles traveled
and Figure 6 details our commuting habits. Emissions from travel
are discussed in the Greenhouse Gas section of the Environmental
profile on page 12.
Where We Can Go From Here
Because we need to travel often, we have an opportunity to focus
on Web-conferencing and telecommuting in 2013. We also hope to
increase participation in the Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s annual
Bike Commute Challenge for Portland businesses and are exploring
options for offsetting business car travel.
Figure 5 – Total Annual Miles Traveled by Type
Figure 6 – Total Annual Commuting by Miles
Co
Co
Co
53%
Commuting
22%
Business
Travel – Air
24%
Business
Travel – Car
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Background
Our purchasing policy allows us a 10% premium to buy materials
with recycled and responsibly sourced materials. As a result, 87%
of our paper and 35% of our office supplies are made with at least
30% post-consumer recycled content. All non-paper supplies are
delivered to our office on foot or by a bike delivery service called
B-Line. Our coffee is supplied by Percasso, a locally owned and
operated distributor that supports fair trade practices, and our
kitchen and bathroom cleaners are green alternatives to standard
options. In 2012, we began purchasing carbon offsets for shipments.
The Numbers
Figure 9 (page 13) shows an estimate of the emissions created by
our purchases in 2012. Emission figures were calculated using the
Seattle Climate Partnership’s Carbon Footprint Calculator, which
extrapolates tonnage from dollars spent. Imprecise as it may be, we
used it because we cannot find a tool that can calculate emissions
for individual purchases.
Where We Can Go From Here
We are planning to reassess our purchasing policy, exploring the
possibility of stocking our offices with 100% recycled paper, and
looking for new opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of
PECI’s purchases. We also hope 2013 will bring a more reliable tool
to calculate emissions from purchases.
Purchasing

12. Calculations are based on data from the Sustainability Dashboard, Seattle Climate
Partnership’s Carbon Footprint Calculator, the State of California, and TriMet (Portland, OR
metro area public transit system). The offsets we purchase for air travel and shipping (not
reflected here) drops our per-employee average emissions from 2.82 metric tons of CO2 to
2.48 metric tons. Industry averages are between 3 and 4 metric tons per employee per year.
The value for our waste
emissions is negative because
of the extent to which we
compost and recycle.
Emissions from purchases
reflect the consumption of raw
materials and the environmental
impact of manufacturing and
delivery.
Emissions from energy use
come from the delivery and
consumption of electricity.
Travel emissions are created by
vehicle and air travel.
Equivalencies come from the
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Greenhouse Gas
Equivalency Calculator.
Figure 7 – Total Emissions by Type
Figure 8 – Average Annual CO2
Emissions per Employee
0.2 MT CO2
Purchasing
1.9 MT CO2
Travel
0.6 MT CO2
Energy
-0.2 MT CO2
Annual Waste
215.5 MT CO2
Energy
Equivalent to the electricity consumed by 29 houses.
70.4 MT CO2
Purchasing
Equivalent to the carbon sequestered by 53 acres of US forest.
621.1 MT CO2
Travel
Equivalent to the emissions produced by 117 passenger vehicles.
-5.4 MT CO2
W aste
Equivalent to avoiding the consumption of 11 barrels of oil.
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Background
Our total greenhouse gas emissions are the product of individual
emissions values for energy, travel, waste and purchasing. We were
able to capture much better data for our travel emissions this year,
thanks to employee commuting surveys and the implementation of
a business travel record-keeping system midway through 2012. In
addition, the Green@PECI team conducted more frequent waste
audits that helped define our waste emissions. Our Pulse Energy™
online dashboard not only helped us track our energy use and plug
load, it allowed us to offer a verifiable figure for emissions associated
with energy use.
The Numbers
Figure 7 shows PECI’s total emissions by type and our emissions in
different but equivalent environmental contexts. Figure 8 offers an
average level of emissions per employee. Figure 9 (page 13) shows
emissions created by energy use, waste, travel and commuting.
Where We Can Go From Here
Because our data from 2011 is incomplete (we had not implemented
the Pulse Energy™ dashboard or surveyed employees for commuting
habits at that time), we cannot draw a true year-over-year conclusion
on PECI’s creation of greenhouse gas. Even so, this data shows us
our relative strengths (recycling/composting, commuting) and areas
where we can improve (air travel, energy consumption). Perhaps
most importantly, this data sets a solid baseline that will let us begin
accurately studying year-over-year performance.
Greenhouse
Gas Emissions

13. Figure 9 – 2012 Emissions in Detail
42.1 MT CO2
IT Equipment
0.5 MT CO2
Furniture
9.3 MT CO2
Shipping
14.8 MT CO2
Breakroom
3.7 MT CO2
Office Supplies
1.3 MT CO2
L andfill
-0.2 MT CO2
C ompost
-6.5 MT CO2
Recycling
106.2 MT CO2
Business Travel – Air
57.9 MT CO2
H VAC
157.6 MT CO2
Plug Load
225.5 MT CO2
Business Travel – Car
184.6 MT CO2
Commuting – Single Occupancy Vehicle
61.8 MT CO2
Commuting – Bus
20.9 MT CO2
Commuting – Train
18.9 MT CO2
Commuting – Carpool
3.1 MT CO2
Commuting – Motorcycle
0 MT CO2
Commuting – Walk/Run/Bike/Telecommute
Because of the prevalent use of hydropower
in the Northwest, PECI’s energy consumption
has lower associated GHG emissions than the
national average.
Energy
As you can see, our recycling and composting
practices helped us avoid the creation of 6.7
metric tons of emissions.
Waste
Purchasing
In total, our employees’ methods of alternative
commuting prevented 275 tons of emissions,
or the equivalent of removing 57 cars from the
road for the entire year.
Travel
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14. Social ProfileThis section of the report is more difficult to quantify
than preceding sections, because, outside of
a simple accounting of hours spent, there is no
tangible way to measure our social outreach. We
cannot express in a graph the empathy of PECI
employees who volunteer for their community or
measure the rewards this work gives them.
As such, the Social Profile of our CSR Report, which
outlines the community outreach and education
efforts of our staff, is a bit more qualitative. By no
means is it less valuable. What follows is a summary
of PECI’s 2012 community outreach projects and an
outline of internal and external education initiatives.

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Last year, PECI continued the momentum of previous outreach efforts
and built new relationships with outstanding local organizations.
Community Energy Project. The Community Energy Project (CEP)
is a nonprofit organization that offers free home weatherization for
Portland seniors and low-income households. Since 2009, PECI
employees have volunteered to perform weatherization installations
and for the past two years we have donated a corporate sponsorship
for CEP’s annual fundraiser.
Clark Center for Men. The Clark Center for Men is a residential
facility that helps men transition out of homelessness. On four
occasions in 2012, PECI employees served meals to the
Center’s 90 residents and provided resources to purchase the
necessary ingredients.
Holiday Giving. Each holiday season, we work with the Oregon
Department of Human Services Holiday Gift program to sponsor
foster children in need. In 2012, our employees individually purchased
holiday gifts for 80 children and wrapped them together over lunch.
Friends of Trees. Friends of Trees is a Portland-area charitable
organization that brings people together to plant trees and care
for city trees and green spaces. PECI volunteers have joined their
cause to help reduce our city’s CO2
emissions and ensure our urban
environment is naturally healthy.
Outreach

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In order to teach people to be more environmentally aware, we need
to teach ourselves to be more environmentally aware. Throughout
2012, PECI introduced several campaigns to educate our staff and
motivate new behaviors around specific ideas. We also reached
outward to find new sources of inspiration and instruction.
Internal Instruction and Behavior Change
Kilowatt Cup. The Kilowatt Cup was a month-long competition
between our Portland office’s three floors to reduce energy
consumption. To see what would most effectively motivate behavior
change, each floor participated under different conditions.
Employees on the 16th floor were asked to take ownership of their
consumption with a formal pledge. Those who accepted were
given a placard (“I’m reducing my plug load energy”) to display as a
personal reminder and to encourage their colleagues. The 15th floor
received daily email reminders to participate, along with specific tips
for reducing consumption. Employees on the 14th floor received no
direct influence or intervention.
We set up an online dashboard so each floor could monitor the
real-time progress. In the end, the Kilowatt Cup achieved an 89%
participation rate, a 14% reduction in plug load (719.2kWh savings)
and a 4% reduction in PECI’s overall energy use. The pledge and peer
support proved to be the most effective motivators.
Waste Buster Challenge. Another month-long effort, the Waste
Buster Challenge aimed to raise awareness of how each employee
creates waste and the many simple, daily behaviors we can adopt
Education
to reduce it. We again gave ourselves the option to take a pledge along with
many different ways to participate. Employees could opt in to techniques that
best suited their individual lifestyles. For example, some employees used a
reusable coffee mug or committed to changes around their homes.
While 48% of the Portland office participated, the numbers were much lower
for remote offices and field staff. In 2013, we will make a stronger effort to
engage and motivate those groups of employees.
Reaching Out for Inspiration
Northwest Earth Institute. In April, employees engaged in an 8-week session
with the Northwest Earth Institute to learn how to live more simply, act more
intentionally, shrink our role as “consumers” and create a better work/life
balance.
Center for Earth Leadership. One of our engineers hosted an “Eco-Party,”
facilitated by the Center for Earth Leadership, in her own home. We learned
effective ways to conserve water and energy, how to conduct a home energy
audit, how to identify toxic products and more healthy alternatives, and how to
establish healthy compost systems.
Far West Fibers. We took a field trip to Far West Fibers, a recycling facility in
the Portland area to learn about post-pickup recycling processes.
Oregon Master Recyclers. Two of our staff members, who happen to
be Oregon Master Recyclers, gave an open class on waste reduction and
recycling. They shared ways to deal with hard-to-recycle items that are
not accepted curbside and cleared up common misconceptions about the
Portland Area Recycling System.

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Given everything we learned from our CSR Report, where do we hope to be
one year from now, as we are compiling data for our 2013 CSR Report? Let’s
start by seeing how we did on our 2012 goals.
What We Did in 2012
1. Captured a complete picture of Portland office energy use
2. Conducted bi-annual waste audits
3. Conducted an annual employee commute survey
4. Established an offset program for shipping
What We Didn’t Do in 2012
1. Capture data from California offices
2. Capture complete travel data for air, car rentals, commutes and field travel
(We did most of this, but we need to capture car rental travel data in 2013)
In addition to the incomplete goals above, which we will carry into 2013, all of
the preceding data helped us define specific goals for 2013 and beyond.
What We Want to Do in 2013
1. Reduce paper consumption by 10%
2. Reduce energy consumption by 7%
3. Increase diversion rate by 10%
4. Offer at least three employee engagement events per month
What We Want to Do Long Term (2013 and beyond)
1. Share and learn best practices with other organizations that are committed
to implementing sustainable practices
2. Better integrate sustainability practices into client account operations
3. Implement paperless work systems within our client account teams
This Time Next Year

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Thank you for taking the time to read PECI’s 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.
Our commitment to sustainability is inseparable from our mission as a business. For more than
thirty years, we’ve expressed this commitment through the creation of energy efficiency programs
and the adoption of socially responsible business practices.
The 2012 CSR Report is PECI’s first public accounting of our long-standing efforts to lead a
sustainable work life. While we’re proud to offer these achievements a moment in the spotlight, we’re
equally excited about the role this report will play in our future. Now, for the first time, we have a clear
and accurate baseline of data we can use to measure our progress and find ways to improve.
We understand that social responsibility is a goal without a true end; there will always be something
more, something better, we can do. The reward is in the journey, not the destination. We will keep our
standing as a responsible corporate citizen by making intelligent, clear-eyed decisions every day.
Phil Welker
Executive Director
Thank You

19. At left, Green@PECI members dive in to a waste
audit. Above, we learn everything we wanted to
know about recycling at Far West Fibers.
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Our employee-led internal organization aims to help PECI carry
out our sustainability mission in every aspect of the workplace. In
addition to organizing and implementing the efforts described in this
report, all the data in the CSR Report was gathered by members
of Green@PECI. Let’s take some time to give some well-deserved
credit to these important members of the PECI family.
From Little Things…
It began in 2002 with a handful of employees
who realized that a nonprofit energy
efficiency company should probably at least
have recycled content paper in the copy
machines. That small group developed
a policy for office purchases and began
tracking paper usage.
Each year, the group, which adopted the
name Green@PECI, attracted more like-
minded people with exciting new ideas to
infuse our work life with our company’s
sustainability mission.
…Big Things Grow.
Today, Green@PECI is a well-respected
and exceptionally active group inside
PECI. They focus on three main areas:
internal operation, education and volunteer
outreach. Over the years, the perception of
who and what Green@PECI is has evolved. Even though the formal
members of the group guide the day-to-day vision, living that vision
requires the participation of everyone at the company. In this way,
everyone has a personal stake in helping PECI become what we
hope to be.
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About Green@PECI
Our Sustainability Mission
PECI strives to conduct business in a manner that balances the triple bottom
line of people, planet and profit. We utilize our expertise and relationships with
clients and market allies to drive changes toward a more sustainable energy
industry. We focus on continuous improvement of internal operations while
looking for opportunities to integrate sustainability principles and design into
the services we offer our clients.

20. From top to bottom: our holiday gifts to
Oregon foster children, clearing the air
with Friends of Trees, cooking with love
at the Clark Center for Men.
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Alex Reed, Energy Analyst II (with PECI for 2 years)
Why do you contribute to Green@PECI efforts at PECI? I care deeply about
sustainability and Green@PECI helps me extend the impact I have at PECI beyond the
good work we do by implementing energy efficiency programs.
What is your favorite Green@PECI experience? My favorite Green@PECI experience
has been learning how to lead green initiatives such as waste audits and the
Green@PECI internal operations sub-committee.
How does Green@PECI impact your experience working at this company?
Green@PECI adds to my satisfaction at work every day because I get to physically see the results of sustainability
projects on our premises. Seeing the impacts of my Green@PECI projects, I feel a strong connection to PECI’s
customers who are working on energy efficiency projects at their own companies or homes.
Kelly Merrick, Senior Marketing Assistant (with PECI for 1.5 years)
Why do you contribute to Green@PECI efforts at PECI? I contribute because I am
passionate about living in a way that reduces my impact on the earth, and I want to share
my passion with everyone I work with.
What is your favorite Green@PECI experience? I love organizing an education event
and then getting positive feedback from employees who attended it and found it useful
and interesting. It reinforces why we provide these opportunities.
How does Green@PECI impact your experience working at this company? I have
met many people and developed friendships through my work with Green@PECI that I might not have otherwise
formed. It has become a positive way for me to build relationships with co-workers outside of my program and as a
result I really feel connected to the company. I also enjoy knowing that I directly contribute to the environment that
makes PECI a great place to work.
A Few of Our Members

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Karen Healey, Associate Director, Marketing (with PECI for 3 years)
Why do you contribute to Green@PECI efforts at PECI? I volunteer at Clark Center and Community
Energy Project and help organize the Kilowatt Cup. I also try to attend green team films and participated
in the discussion group on voluntary simplicity.
What is your favorite Green@PECI experience? That is hard to pick; they have all been good in
different ways. I like serving food at the Clark Center because it is such a direct, tangible way to help
people in our community meet a basic need. The Kilowatt Cup work has been a great opportunity to use
PECI as a lab where we can experiment with new technologies and approaches for increasing energy
efficiency. And the discussion group allowed me to get to know some of my co-workers and provided an opportunity to figure out
how to create time for the things that are most important to me.
How does Green@PECI impact your experience working at this company? I came to PECI in part because of my commitment
to environmental action. Green@PECI allows me to put those ideals into practice at work, at home, and in the community.
Vikki Payne, Office Assistant (with PECI for 2 years)
Why do you contribute to Green@PECI efforts at PECI? I contribute because keeping up sustainable
office practices is part of the reason I wanted to work at PECI to begin with, and it feels good to know
you are a major contributor to keeping those practices going as well as helping vet ideas to incorporate
new ones.
What is your favorite Green@PECI experience? My favorite Green@PECI experience was helping PECI
be a prime sponsor for the Community Energy Project’s Bridge the Gap Annual Fundraiser in 2011. There
was a lot of planning and coordination involved in this experience that really opened me up to knowing
what is involved in running a fundraiser. It was great to be able to volunteer at the event at the end of planning everything, because
even though we were working at the event, we got to see the end results in action and how great it all turned out.
How does Green@PECI impact your experience working at this company? It is a chance for employees to take a break from
their work and be able to contribute to the company’s core values with encouragement from their managers as well as our executive
leadership team. It’s great to see sustainability in action in your own workplace and know that the people higher up truly care that
these things are happening within the company.

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