This document provides a list of useful websites for businesses wanting to go green. It includes links to the EPA's pages on green building, bringing energy efficiency to the workplace, reducing a business's carbon footprint, setting up an eco-friendly home office, dealing with electronic waste, tracking energy usage, environmentally preferable purchasing, green supplier networks, business assistance programs, job resources, and industry associations. Contact information is provided for further questions.

1. Useful “Going Green” Links for Businesses
EPA – Green Building
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/greenbuilding/
EPA – Bring Green to Work with Energy Star
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=bygtw.showSplash
EPA – What You Can Do at the Office Regarding Climate Change
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/office.html
EPA – Setting up a Home Office that’s Environmental Friendly
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/aging/home-off.pdf
EPA – eCycling - Dealing with Electronic Waste (three sites)
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/materials/ecycling/index.htm
http://www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/eCycling/eCyclingans_general3.htm
http://www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/rcc/electronics.htm
EPA – Portfolio Manager is a tool that lets you track and assess consumption
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=evaluate_performance.bus_portfoliomanager
EPA – Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/
EPA – Green Suppliers Network (become a part of or purchase through)
https://www.greensuppliers.gov/gsn/home.gsn
EPA – Mid-Atlantic Business Assistance Center
http://www.epa.gov/region03/sbac/
EPA – Mid-Atlantic Environmental Management Systems (creating a program)
http://www.epa.gov/region03/ems/
PA Small Business “Environmental Management Assistance Program”
http://www.pasbdc.org/index/services/emap.asp
Penn State Technical Assistance Program’s Environmental Assistance Program
http://www.penntap.psu.edu/files/Environmental.pdf
“Green” Jobs in the Philadelphia Area (Green Philadelphia)
www.greenjobsphilly.org
Green America – Greening Your Office
http://www.coopamerica.org/cabn/resources/greenoffice.cfm
Green Roofs – Green Roof Infrastructure Industry Association
http://www.greenroofs.org/
Fortune – Going Green
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/goinggreen/2007/index.html
Gary Sternberg
Publications Coordinator
EPA Office of Inspector General
215-814-5631
Sternberg.gary@epa.gov