Transcript Going Green at FDU:

Going Green at FDU:
Conserving Energy and Resources
Presented by the Teaneck-Hackensack Green Campus Committee
Saving Energy Means Saving Money
Did you know that FDU spends Millions
of dollars annually for electrical and gas
usage!
Energy
• Saving Energy Means Saving Money
• Enhance Programs
• Enhance Services and Activities
• Recruit Students
• Update Facilities
• Hire Faculty and Staff
• Faculty and Staff Raises
Saving Energy Means Saving
the Earth
We need to reduce our reliance on
foreign oil
Saving Energy Means
Saving the Earth
• Reduce production of greenhouse gases and
limit global warming
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Reduce melting of the polar ice caps
Reduce flooding to low-lying coastal areas
Reduce chaotic weather patterns
Reduce species extinction rates
• It is predicted that global warming will have
an adverse effect on food supplies, the world
economy and geopolitical stability.
SAVING ENERGY:
WHAT
CAN WE DO??
General
• Turn off electronics and other devices
that use electricity when they are not
in use.
• Use timers to turn off office printers,
copy machines and other devices not
in use during the night hours.
• Unplug chargers when they are not in
use.
Lighting
• Turn off the lights when you
leave your office, or
classroom.
• If possible, use natural lighting.
Many of our offices and
classrooms have large
windows.
Computers
• Laptop computers use one fifth the power
of desktops.
• When not in use, turn off your computers
OR
• Change your internal
setting so your computer
goes into sleep/standby
mode when you are away.
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Computers
• Reduce power requirements by closing
programs you are not using.
• Reduce screen brightness to the lowest
comfortable level.
• If you use a desktop, use an LCD monitor.
• Macs use less electricity than PCs.
• Some power strips (APC Power-saving
Essential Surge Arrest) cut power to
peripherals when computers are not in use.
Elevators
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Elevators
• Elevators use about 2.5 wh per floor.
• If you were to walk up and down 3 flights
of stairs instead of using an elevator, that
would save 15 Wh a day or 450 Wh a
month. That would be enough to power a
37" Plasma TV for 3 hours.
• Taking the stairs regularly can also
contribute toward burning calories and
improved fitness.
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Heating Systems
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Heating
• In spaces with a thermostat, set the
thermostat to 68 degrees.
• In spaces without a thermostat, contact the
Facilities Department, x-2001 (x-2222 nights
and weekends), if the space is too warm or
too cold. As soon as time permits, the
Facilities staff will respond to adjust the
temperature to be compliant with the
University standard.
• Please, do not open windows to regulate
temperature.
Air Conditioning
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Air Conditioning
• In spaces with a thermostat, set the
thermostat setting 74 degrees.
• In spaces without a thermostat, contact the
Facilities Department, x-2001 (x-2222 nights
and weekends), if the space is too warm or
too cold. As soon as time permits, the
Facilities staff will respond to adjust the
temperature to be compliant with the
University standard.
• Please, do not open windows.
Showering
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Hot Water-Showering
• Showering requires both water usage and
energy to heat the hot water.
• To save both, consider
– Briefer showers. Not more than 10 minutes
– Taking cooler showers
– Taking “low flow” showers
Laundry
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Clothes Washing
• Only wash full loads. Washing a couple of
small loads of laundry requires more water
and electricity than running one full load.
• Clothes may be worn multiple times if they
are not odorous, stained or dirty. This will
also help your clothes look newer longer as
washing contributes to wear and fading.
• Choose the shortest wash cycle possible.
Longer wash cycles aren’t necessary--unless
you're washing very dirty clothes.
Clothes Washing
• Choose the shortest drying time possible. If
your dryer has a moisture-sensing feature,
use this as the dryer will automatically stop
when it senses your clothes are dry.
• Fold clothes as soon as the dryer stops.
Wrinkled clothes require either ironing or
more a “touch up” in the dryer, both of which
require electricity.
• Clean your dryer lint trap after each use. This
will ensure that your clothes dry as quickly as
possible.
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Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle:
WHAT
CAN WE DO??
Recycling
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RECYCLING
• Double-sided Copying; Printer Defaults.
– Institute double-sided copying at least for
internal documents. Use printers with an
automatic duplex option, if possible. Narrow
the margins on documents to conserve paper.
• Electronic Communications.
– Route faxes electronically; maximize the use
of e-communications in lieu of paper
documents to the extent practicable.
• Paper Re-Use.
– Re-use one-sided non-confidential paper
documents for drafts or notepads.
Recycling
• Most FDU buildings have recycling
containers for paper and bottles and cans.
• Please locate where these are in your
building and place the appropriate recyclable
materials in them. It is important that no other
materials (such as food, gum, cigarette
ashes, etc) be placed in them as this may
render the contents non-recyclable.
• At this point, only waste white paper should
be placed in paper recycling containers.
Plastic Water Bottles
• Most plastic water bottles are not recycled.
Even so, recycling requires energy.
Therefore, reducing usage is preferable to
recycling.
• Many of these bottles end up in the Great
Pacific Garbage Dump, an area of the
Pacific Ocean the size of Texas with 3.5
million tons of trash.
• Instead buy safe reusable bottles and fill
with tap water (or filtered tap water).
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Coffee Cups
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Paper Coffee Cups
• Disposable paper coffee cups are not
made from recycled paper and they are
not recycled as the polyethylene coating
they have to keep coffee warm prohibits
this from happening.
• In 2006, it is estimated that paper cups
accounted for 252 million pounds of
garbage resting in landfills.
Paper Coffee Cups
• In 2006, manufacturing paper coffee cups
accounted for 4 billion gallons of water
wasted, 6.5 million trees cut down, and
4,884 billion BTU’s of energy used.
• Instead, purchase a reusable coffee mug.
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Packing
• Reduce, Reuse Packaging. Reduce the
amount of packaging used for product
deliveries to the minimum needed to
protect products from damage.
• Use durable reusable shipping containers.
• Shred or form used paper into shipping
packing.
We’re all in this
together
• We have only one world.
• Think about what you can
do to make both our
campus and our world
better places.
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