Operations often have significant opportunities for increases in environmental efficiency. 

• Organizations that own or operate buildings may find significant savings through the facilities resources (section above).
• Organizations whose activities involve travel may have fleet and vehicular possibilities.  
• Groups that bring people together for events or meetings may have the greatest impact by helping participants to carpool or access public or human-powered transportation to gatherings, or by dispersing activities to locations close to members’ residences.
• Groups may be able to conserve member’s resources by moving some in-person functions to on-line, conference call, mail and e-mail modes of doing business.  On-line services such as Free Conference facilitate remote coordination.

Simplified Operations Review:  
This works best when a group of people from across the organization brain storm together.

1. List the activities and movement of people and goods involved in an organization.
2. List the types of energy consumed in the activities, through facilities, and associated travel to, from, and during gatherings.
3. Brain storm alternative approaches to accomplishing the group’s purpose and activities.
4. Prioritize proposed changes in terms of carbon footprint reduction and ability to effectively accomplish tasks/purpose.
5. Plan implementation, communication, roles and when/how to verify that the changes are fulfilling desired objectives.