Green Technology

The JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challange is going green.  Approx. 250,000 runners participate and by becoming greener they can l;essen theeir environmental impact.

How?  Read on for more ... 

" ... conserving enough energy to provide lighting for a 50-employee business for nearly seven years ...  those 50 employees ... would each be able to charge their laptops for 35 years of consecutive use, run their inkjet printers for 28 years, and take more than 180,000 digital pictures. ... ... saving of approximately 790 million BTUs – enough to power an average home for more than eight years, or keep 10 treadmills running non-stop in a health club for two years ... saving more than five tons of paper, six tons of plastic, nearly 5,000 gallons of crude oil or nearly 300 40-foot tall trees."

So how does this happen? By " ...executing best green practices ... Insuring that all race day supplies...adhere to standards of the OEA, ...Promoting proper recycling and trash removal ... by insuring the vast majority of our communication with companies is done electronically. ...Encouraging all participants to travel to events via provided shuttle transportation, via public transportation, by foot, or via GreenRide, our rideshare program partner in select markets."

Via:  JPMorganChase  Link