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Looking to make your salon more eco-friendly? Try these tips offered by Pravana
Naturaceuticals:
1. Encourage colorists to be more precise
when mixing formulas. Recycle your foils and color tubes and send them
to a local recycling plant. Let clients process naturally instead of
under the dryer.
2.
Turn off the water when it's not being used, like between cleansing and
conditioning. Install low-flow faucets, toilets, valves and
energy-efficient washers if your budget allows.
3. Effective
immediately, make it a policy to shut off all lights and equipment when
not in use-especially when the salon is closed. Electronics use
energy while they're plugged in, even if they're switched off.
4.
Replace all incandescent lights with fluorescent bulbs. The lights not
only give off the perfect tone to assess color, they also use 40 to 60
percent less power, reduce heat values and last ten times longer that
the average bulb.
5. Send out correspondence to your clients via
e-mail or on post-consumer recycled paper whenever possible.
6.
According to Pacific
Gas & Electric Company, for every degree you lower your heat in the
60-degree to 70-degree range, you'll save up to five percent on heating
costs.
7. Encourage your staff to carpool to work.
8. Planning to remodel
an outdated space? Make it green by building with sustainable materials
like bamboo flooring, recycled metals, energy efficient windows and
other locally manufactured materials. Check the current LEED standards
for commercial properties to see how you can earn a green building
certificate. Building with energy-friendly materials could result in a
sweet return on your taxes.
9. Ditch bottled water
and opt for a water pitcher you can fill up right at the tap.
Serve
it with a lemon wedge or cucumber slice. Serve snacks and goodies on glass
plates and with
cloth napkins rather paper and you've eliminated waste and upped
your
glam factor tenfold.
10. Install a ceiling fan to help balance
and not overwork your air conditioning.
11. Tint it! Having your
windows tinted won't block the view, but will block out most
of the UV
rays and much of the heat.
12. Use environmentally friendly,
clean-burning soy candles in your reception
area and spa rooms rather
than paraffin candles, which contain petroleum.
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