Quote Originally Posted by DebSP View Post
But then we had a seminar at work about reducing green house gases and the claim was that the biggest waste of resources and the biggest cause of problems is not cars but buildings. Heating a huge building while not occupied overnight, leaving lights on in buildings overnight etc. .
I can easily believe that. I live in the Wall St. area and many large buildings have their lights on all night -- Chase Plaza's light affected my choice of window treatments at one point. Does anyone know why large office buildings leave the all the lights on all the time?

Also, perfectly usable furniture is trashed on a regular basis when businesses move or remodel. It's almost comical to think of me virtuously toting my little bag of donations to the Goodwill via subway, when there's a compactor outside crunching up dozens of file cabinets and desks.