What does it mean?
- Businesses must score 40 points from 5 categories of environmental actions
- Businesses must submit an Energy Tracker detailing their energy consumption and carbon footprint
- Each business is reviewed for compliance by two City staff members before certification is awarded
- Onsite compliance checks are carried out 2-3 months after certification
- Recertification is required every 2 years.
Improve employee morale & the health of the workplace
Be a leader!
Marketing edge over the competition.
Free promotion in magazine, newspaper and bus ads
Recognition on various Aspen Maps (an icon identifying you as ZGreen Business)
Expanded web exposure through this and other web sites
Special notice in ACRA marketing materials.
Become a ZGreen Business
Global warming. Water quality. Air pollution. Landfills. Not a typical to-do list for another day at the office, but every workday each of us makes hundreds of decisions that affect all of these issues.
Many of these choices are tiny—whether to toss an outdated report in the trash or in the recycling. Others are more substantial—whether to install a high-efficiency cooling unit for the building, or a conventional air conditioner. In every case, these decisions make a difference for the environment, your clients and community, and your long-term financial bottom line.
The ZGreen Business program helps your business find and implement green practices and strategies.
It also provides your business and your clients with a green label which truly means something. In today's market, where "green" is a hot trend and "green washing" is all too common, ZGreen certification provides businesses and their customers with a trustworthy and verifiable guarantee of environmental stewardship.
Nearly three quarters of all tourists claim that it is important to them that their visit not damage the environment.
Interested?
Follow these three easy steps and be on your way to being a ZGreen Business and getting all the recognition you deserve:- Download the Resource Guide for more information and/or suggestions and resources (please don't print unless you really need to).
- Review the on-line ZGreen checklist – you'll need to check at least 40 points worth of green actions to be considered.
- Submit your online application.
Certified ZGreen Businesses |
| Alpine Bank |
| Aspen Alps Condominium Association | Aspen Art Museum | Aspen Club & Spa |
| Aspen Center for Environmental Studies |
| Aspen Historical Society |
| Aspen Meadows Resort |
| Aspen Recreation Center |
| Aspen Skiing Company |
| Bluegreen |
| Charles Cunniffe Architects |
| City of Aspen Environmental Health | Colorado Mountain College, Aspen | Community Banks of Colorado | Roland + Broughton Architecture | St Regis Aspen Resort | The Little Nell |
What Aspen is Already Doing
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