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Red Oak needed to consider about 300 different data points across its five offices and nearly 160 agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This meant looking at a spectrum of factors, from the larger to the more detailed, even down to cleaning products. \u201cWe needed to crawl on our hands and knees to make sure there were no aerosol cans under the sink,\u201d says Daro. \u201cWe also did a lot of due diligence around waterflow,\u201d he adds, explaining that they switched out faucets in some cases and installed bubblers onto faucets in others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, Red Oak transitioned to LED lightbulbs, <strong>Nest<\/strong> thermostats and low water landscaping and began encouraging employees to bike or walk to work. 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