# Houston, Texas tech firm OWDT got recognized for becoming new Green Seal™ Green Office Partner

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2017/10/houston-texas-tech-firm-owdt-got-recognized-for-becoming-new-green-seal-green-office-partner/
- Published: 2017-10-17T05:27:32-04:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

# Houstons’ tech firm OWDT has been recognized as a Green Seal TM Green Office Partner.

[OWDT](https://owdt.com) joined the Partnership to tackle the issues of sustainability
and company waste while supporting the well-being of its people and reducing its
impact on the environment.  However, OWDT management probably knows that sustainability
also relates directly to profitability too.  Energy efficiency, Solar, or any green
effort saves. Recycling puts products back into the stream for that waste to be 
repurposed into other products!  Less in landfills, fewer newer Resources to create
because more will get recycled!

![Recycling in the workplace](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/uploads/
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=1 "how to make your business sustainable with recycling - The Green Living Guy")

OWDT is hoping to lead by example and show other small to medium-sized companies
in [Texas](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/10/texas-ercot-board-approves-program-for-texans-with-home-solarbattery-to-provide-energy-to-the-grid/)
how they can green their office operations and reduce their footprint. This is an
important step forward for OWDT’s CEO Kyle Mani, who mentions that **_“_**as a country
and as
 Texans we all share some of the blame, and yes there are systemic changes
that need to be made at the highest levels of government to solve these issues on
a macro scale, and we put our faith in these people and trust they will make the
best decisions to address these environmental concerns. At OWDT, we already were
implementing greener ideas for our office and wanted to make it official. We have
made great strides in implementing Green Seal’s requirements, and by joining their
Green Office Partnership, we are aiming to take responsibility when it comes to 
energy consumption and office waste.”

#### **Kyle Mani the CEO of OWDT reaffirms, **

“We as Americans are less than 5% of the world population yet we consume more than
25% of the world resources.

We have created an unsustainable pattern. Therefore as businesses, we need a creative
solution to cut down on our waste. We need to be the leaders that create ways to
make sustainability a little bit more manageable. If we can make some small difference.
For we feel we must do what we can.

Some of the solutions that we have implemented are reducing our paper consumption.
Thereby reducing our electricity usage. Also we have created ways for our employees
to reduce their greenhouse gases by carpooling on their commute. We are proud to
have made the changes that Green Seal specified. Also and becoming a Partner has
helped us in our goal of sustainability.”

![Throw it in the  trash](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/uploads/
2017/10/99ac6374-2622-4e46-a885-9bb1b3514e08.jpeg?resize=780%2C583&quality=52&ssl
=1 "Throw it in the … TRASH - The Green Living Guy")

As a newly-recognized Green Office Partner, OWDT Houston is demonstrating what some
companies and professionals are doing to improve their communities and the planet
by following green standards of operation, and is hopefully leading the way for 
other organizations
 to become more environmentally sustainable.

Green Seal’s [Green Office Partnership](https://owdt.com/how-to-become-a-green-company/)
uses a straightforward checklist and virtual audit to verify that an office adheres
to certain criteria for greener purchasing and operations. The Partnership focuses
only on aspects within the direct control of office managers, so companies can participate
whether they own or lease their space.

**_Source: GREEN SEAL, INC.
 GreenOfficePartner.org or call 202-872- 6400, and for
general Green Seal information visit [greenseal.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20180901161035/http://www.greenseal.org:80/).

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