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Temple Sinai is a California Certified Green Business, recognized
by Alameda County. We received technical assistance from our local
Green Business Program and as a result, we have saved water and
electricity, reduced waste to the landfill, reduced vehicle trips,
and switched to greener products. All of these steps reduce
greenhouse gas emissions and provide multiple environmental and
economic benefits. 

We could do still more with additional assistance and rebates.
Small businesses are a large sector of the state’s economy. While
we lack dedicated environmental staff to focus on conservation and
greening our business, if we are provided technical assistance, we
are eager to save resources and cut operating costs. The California
Green Business Program is a comprehensive, one-stop shop for
small-to-medium sized businesses like mine to go green, be better
neighbors in their communities, attract and retain customers,
quantify environmental benefits, and save money. We highly
recommend other small business engage with the Green Business
Program. We believe that many small businesses making changes, as
we did, can have a big cumulative impact in the state. We strongly
encourage your Board, the Governor’s office, and the State
legislature to consider including a small business element in your
investment plan.

Our business has benefited from the program since enrollment
specifically by:
•	Greenhouse Gas Emissions Saved: 443,952 lbs. of CO2 (including
Recycling and Composting: 373,871 lbs. of CO2 and all other
measures: 70,081 lbs. of CO2)
•	Energy Saved: 96,283 kWh
•	Water Saved: 395,570 gallons of water
•	Hazardous Waste Reduced (gallons): 86 gallons
•	Solid Waste Diverted from Landfill: 582,400 lbs.