Sustainable Solutions Can Reduce Costs While Increasing Profits

Put simply, sustainability is the ability to endure. A successful business is one that endures. To run a successful restaurant, it is crucial to maximize profit, streamline business functions and reduce waste. While there are long-term facilities changes that restaurants can institute in order to become greener, (such as low flush toilets, energy star appliances, and energy efficient ventilation), there are also some simple and immediate options that can have a measureable impact:

Conserve Energy and Water1. Switch to energy efficient lighting. To conserve energy and water, use low flow nozzles and appliances as well as energy efficient lighting. Energy efficient lighting like CFLs or LEDs not only use less energy and produce less heat, which can reduce air conditioning costs, but also have a longer lifespan than incandescent bulbs, which produces less waste for landfills.

The sustainability trend tends to focus not only on the bottom line, but the triple bottom line; people, planet…