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General Questions on the ECO-Office Rating System | What does “ECO” stand for / mean?
eco-, oeco-, oec-, oiko-, oik- (Greek: house, household affairs [environment, habitat], home, dwelling; used in one extensive sense as, “environment”). However, the latter term does not lend itself well to being abbreviated e.g. Env-Office. | | How and why has SEC developed the Eco-Office Rating System?
The Eco-Office Rating System has been developed on three premises, 1) as a self-audit system, 2) as a means to generate base data of environmental practices of offices in Singapore and 3) as a guide to help office workers to focus on aspects of their daily work practices that impact on the environment. | | Why should my office participate in the Eco-Office Rating System and what are the benefits of participation?
Performing a self-audit is a good way of assessing how environment friendly your office and acts as a first-step tool to going green. Apart from saving the environment going green can also provide savings to your office. E.g. Through paper and waste reduction and energy and water conservation measures. | | Is SEC’s Eco Office Rating System only for voluntary participation / will my office need to participate in this project for any other reason apart from us wanting to (voluntarily)?
Participation in the Eco-Office Rating System is purely on a voluntary basis. If your office would like to do your part for the environment, participating in the Eco-Office Rating System is one of the first ways to going Green. |
Defining the Office | My company has less than 5 office staff, should we still take part in the Eco-Office Rating System?
Going GREEN is applicable to all offices no matter how small or big your company is. Even if your staff strength is as little is one or two people, you can still do your part for the environment and at the same time, save money for your company. The Eco-Office Rating System, is a tool that everyone can use as a first-step to going GREEN. | | We are a manufacturing-based company, how is Project: Eco-Office applicable to us?
Project: Eco-Office focuses specifically on the operations within a company that is office-based e.g. administrative, sales and marketing departments. Thus it is applicable to all companies regardless of their type of business activity, trade or industry. |
Defining the Office Space | What areas comprise an office?
The office area is defined as the area where office-based activities take place. This includes the reception area no matter how large it is and excludes any area where production or manufacturing occurs. | | If my company has more than one office location, do I enter data for the company as a whole or for each individual office?
The Eco-Office Rating System is applicable company wide but is site defined. Company premises located on separate properties should enter data for each individual office location, as the scheme is site specific. | | If our company has several subsidiaries, and each subsidiary may have more than one office, can we still participate in the Eco-Office Rating System and how should we go about doing so?
Yes, you can still participate in the Eco-Office Rating System. Within a site, it is possible for different offices within a subsidiary to enter data for each individual office, provided that the offices are divided into defined groupings headed by separate managers and that the groups do not share a common office area and office equipment. | | Can my office use the rating system as an internal tool?
The Eco-Office Rating System can be used as an internal tool to monitor the performance of different departments within a large office or company. |
Obtaining and Submitting Rating | If my office enters data, can we get a rating without submitting our answers to SEC?
Yes, you can get a rating without sending your answers to SEC. | | Why should I register my rating with SEC?
By registering your rating with SEC, the data that you enter will be stored in an archive. Offices will then be able to access their previous data to monitor their performance on a regular basis. Sending your score to SEC also, contributes toward SEC’s efforts in developing a local bench-mark for environmental practices of offices in Singapore. | | Will we be able to find out details on which aspects of greening the office our office has not performed well, and if so how do we go about getting these details?
Users who have submitted their rating to SEC can request for detailed information about areas in which their office can improve your performance by e-mail to
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