We've all heard the "Go Green" craze recently, and we know that we should reduce, reuse, and recycle, but what we really want to know is how going green can actually benefit me? As a building manager, you can save A LOT of money by reducing your paper usage. If you really think about it, how much paper does your building use on a daily basis? Leasing agreements, contracts, resident requests, notifications to residents, etc. The list is endless, but if you reduce just a little, you may be able to really cut some costs. Just to put it into perspective, read the excerpt below from reduce.org and you'll see that the cost of using all that paper is shocking!

Economical: Saving paper saves money

You're probably thinking, "What's the big deal? My office doesn't spend much on paper." But what most people don't realize is that the cost of buying paper is just the tip of the paper iceberg. For each sheet of paper used, a company incurs not only purchasing costs, but also storage, copying, printing, postage, disposal, and recycling—and it adds up. A recent Minnesota study estimates that associated paper costs could be as much as 31 times the purchasing costs (not including labor). So, that ream of paper that you paid $5 for really could cost up to $155!


With the mybuiling.org portals, you can reduce your building's paper usage by using features such as online maintenance requests, the payments center, and email communication to both staff members and residents. Not only is this helping you save money, but you get to feel good about helping the environment too!