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Veranda Technologies

Business Information
Name of Organization: 
Veranda Technologies
Organization Type: 
Business Description: 
IT Consulting, Managed Services, Break-Fix Support for small and medium businesses
Contact Person: 
Brian Mirsky
Title: 
Owner
Business Location: 
Ocean County
PO Box 472
08723 Brick , NJ
United States
40° 2' 38.7996" N, 74° 7' 42.4848" W
Phone: 
732-743-5772
Email: 
brian@verandatech.com
Number of Employees: 
1
Website: 
http://www.verandatech.com
Renewal Date: 
Friday, October 16, 2020
Management and Leadership
Identify Sustainability Leader
Description of Action: 
We have goals and keep sustainability on our minds as we work.
Annual Environmental Goals
Description of Action: 
Reduce our printed documents in favor of electronic records, including taking notes on cell-based apps versus paper or post-its, talking with our clients about ways they can become more sustainable and reducing data archives to ultimately reduce physical hardware needed to back up data in our client organizations.
Waste
Waste Reduction
Description of Action: 
We try to be as paperless as possible, keeping the vast majority of our records online, in cell-based apps, billed via email vs paper billing, etc.
Waste Reuse
Description of Action: 
For any printed documents that are not business-critical, we reuse the paper to print on the back side.
Waste Recycling
Description of Action: 
We recycle anything that can be recycled and have it collected separately.
Lbs Saved: 
30
Energy
Energy Efficiency
Description of Action: 
Installed devices that turn lighting off after a set interval of time with no motion... swapped out over 50% of our bulbs to LED... installed or replaced aging items that were known to be less efficient. Have a policy in place for turning off anything that can be turned off as it is not needed.
kWh Saved: 
3,000
Money Saved: 
250
Transportation
Employee Commute
Description of Action: 
We purchased an EV for use for both company and personal travel.
Efficient Business Travel
Description of Action: 
We continue to work to implement and utilize online tools to cut down on travel to clients, in favor of working remotely on problems and issues that don't require a physical site visit.
Water
Water Conservation
Description of Action: 
Installed smart-controller for lawn watering that monitors weather, wind speed, etc. and limits water usage and drastically improves the methods used to water at times where the majority will be absorbed by the ground versus lost to evaporation, wind, etc.
Gallons Saved: 
12,000
Money Saved: 
100
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Emergency Preparedness
Be Prepared for Emergencies
Description of Action: 
We maintain an emergency preparedness plan for ourselves AND for our clients. One of the focal points of our business is ensuring that our clients have data backup plans as well as physical emergency-related awareness.
Community
Support Community Initiatives
Description of Action: 
We are very involved in our local community and support Township or business initiatives locally, including beach cleanups and things like that.
Shop Local
Description of Action: 
We are current on the Exec Board for the Chamber of Commerce and wholly support the SPEND LOCALLY campaign in town. We use local businesses wherever possible.
Finished Application: 
1
required_descriptions: 
6
Member Since: 
Tuesday, October 16, 2018