Partners For A Clean Environment

PACE Recertification

Ideas for Continuous Improvement Projects (CIP’s)

Businesses must complete one new CIP every year (or two new CIPs every other year) to maintain PACE certification.

PACE staff recommends that businesses PACE certified prior to 2010 to choose CIP’s in one area, in order to achieve PACE certification under our new criteria (energy efficiency, water conservation, and zero waste).

Likewise, for businesses certified from 2010 on, we recommend your CIP to be in a track you are not certified in, in order to further your PACE certification in another area.

Please enter your information below to begin the re-certification process:

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Please check below which CIP's you have completed in the past two years:

Energy Effeciency
Purchase at least 25% wind power (Boulder County Wind Challenge)
Complete an energy audit
Install occupancy sensors in rooms that require intermittent lighting
Require any new equipment purchases or rentals be Energy Star rated when available
Install low-emissivity coatings on windows. Low-e windows help minimize the load on the heating and cooling system while letting in sunlight for day-lighting
Replace older style T-12 fluorescent tubes with T-8 or super T-8 fluorescent tubes, which use 20-40% less energy. (Rebates Available)
Change out all computer monitors to be flat LCD screen
Purchase energy management software to help track utility usage, identify peaks, and find ways to lower overall demand.
Switch from mercury vapor HID lighting to metal halide HID lighting
Turn off (or at least turn down) outside lighting at low traffic times
Provide an employee bike on-site to run errands, make deliveries or to go to lunch
Promote bicycling by installing a bike stand, showers, or lockers for employees
Provide an opportunity for employee’s to participate in Bike to Work Day
Use a smaller, more fuel-efficient, or low emission delivery vehicle that meets your needs
Provide free or discounted bus passes or Eco-passes to employees

Water Efficiency
Insulate hot water pipes, boilers, and water heaters
Install high efficiency toilets
Install 0.5 gpm sensor-controlled sinks in store restrooms
Install waterless urinals in your restrooms
Eliminate single pass cooling towers
Require any new equipment purchases or rentals be air-cooled vs. water-cooled
Reduce turf areas with Xeriscape
Water landscape in the evenings, overnight, or early mornings
Install a smart irrigation controller for your irrigation system
Install a drip irrigation system for your landscape
Complete another project that fits your needs. Review how it meets the criteria with PACE staff.

Resource Management
Require suppliers to provide reusable shipping containers or back haul packaging such as pallets for reuse
Require all toilet paper and paper towels to have at least 30% post-consumer recycled-content
Recycle toner and inkjet cartridges
Demonstrate that you maintain a lean inventory to reduce unsold or outdated merchandise
Donate outdated or unsold merchandise and supplies to nonprofit groups, schools, etc.
Choose environmentally preferable contractors or service providers for new or renewing contracts
Install electric dryers or roll paper towels in restrooms instead of C-fold paper towels
Use integrated pest management to address indoor and landscape pest problems
Replace a hazardous material used in the facility with a safer or non-hazardous one
Start a composting program
Add a Hard-to-Recycle item to your recycling program (plastic bags, wood, metals, packaging materials)
Achieve 50% waste diversion. Verify with a waste audit or other documentation
Demonstrate that you working towards Zero-Waste

Management
Adopt a policy/mission statement that demonstrates your businesses commitment to environmental stewardship, and communicate the policy to all employees
Designate a coordinator and/or team to oversee and document your certification and on-going environmental improvements
Publicize your environmental/social sustainability practices on your webpage or in-store display
Donate 1% of sales or more to environmental organizations (tax deductible)
Participate in a community environmental improvement program or event such as Stream Teams
Provide incentives for your employees to volunteer with environmental organizations

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