ClimateWise

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Biz Ed - A Free Educational Series for Businesses

Join us for a free monthly program series geared to help commercial customers of all sizes save money and improve operational efficiencies with an emphasis on sustainable practices and the environment. Registration is required (breakfast served): http://www.fcgov.com/climatewise/calendar.php, or (970) 416-2032.

What is the Fort Collins ClimateWise Program?

ClimateWise is a free, voluntary City of Fort Collins program dedicated to helping local business and the environment. Through environmental assessments and creative solutions, the City of Fort Collins ClimateWise team helps businesses tackle modern-day business challenges that impact bottom lines and the quality of life in Fort Collins. Read on to learn how your business can be part of the more than 300 local companies that have joined the Fort Collins ClimateWise Program.

How Does ClimateWise Work?

The goal of the ClimateWise program is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by promoting waste reduction, energy savings, alternative transportation, water conservation, and practicing pollution prevention. Businesses that join the program are provided with free:

• Technical Assessments
• Public Recognition (including the annual EnvirOvation recognition event)
• Networking Opportunities

What does ClimateWise do for Fort Collins?

The ClimateWise program is helping the Fort Collins community meet some of its greenhouse gas reduction goals highlighted in the Local Action Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. So far, participating businesses in the ClimateWise program reduced greenhouse gas emissions by over 136,000 metric tons of CO₂e per year (as of 2010).

In the News: ClimateWise Program Manager Interviewed by Tri-102.5 FM

Learn more about ClimateWise through this informative audio interview and blog feature in which Kathy Collier, program manager, speaks with Paul Wozniak, mid-day Host at Tri-102.5 FM. You'll get the skinny on the nuts and bolts of the program, the number of partners who are participating in this voluntary initiative between the City and local businesses, the number of greenhouse gas emissions they've reduced, and the amount of money they've saved through efficiencies in energy, transportation, water, and waste reduction!