Suggested Actions:

1
Greening Your Space Class Room

• Suggested Actions
• Use Power Management for CPUs Monitors
• Turn off LCD Display on VoIP phone
• Print Smarter - Print Duplex SAVE PAPER!
• Turn off lights
• Recycle
• Barriers to Action
• Additional Action Ideas
• Cost per page for printing in Athena clusters
• Duplex default for everyone
• Header pages default off
• Course webpage printout
• How can you be engaged?

2
Greening Your Space Dorm

• Suggested Actions
• Turn off lights, heat/AC when not in use.
• Bring reusable eating-ware to dorm events.
• Shop with reusable bags.
• Wash clothes in cold water (Bright Colors
  setting).
• Recycle.
• Barriers to Action
• Culture / Regional differences CA vs MA in
  understanding dealing w/ temperature
  differences
• Training w/ Custodial Staff, specifically w/
  Recycling
• Inconsistent Recycling practices w/in each dorm /
  living space
• Recycling education needed for residents
• Energy related issues and how to report them can
  students report them via SAP?
• Better signage needed to direct people to stairs
  vs the elevator
• Dorm data on trash recycling to motivate people
  to recycle
• Additional Action Ideas
• Turn heat down in winter, not completely
  offLight sensors in the bathrooms common areas
• How can you be engaged?

3
Greening Your Space Events

• Suggested Actions
• Advertising Use electronic resources, Tech,
  poster with used paper
• Event Waste Send handouts electronically, use
  whiteboard/blackboard, reusable tacks, computer
  at entrance, be creative in decorations, display
  recycling, hide trash
• Energy Conservation Look for LEED certified
  rooms, purchase renewable energy credits, make
  sure bike racks and public transportation are
  available
• Participant Education Mention before and during
  event, provide visual and verbal
• Barriers to Action
• Additional Action Ideas
• How can you be engaged?

4
Greening Your Space Laboratory

• Suggested Actions
• Shut the sash (fume hoods)
• Turn off lights
• Use power management for CPUs monitors
• Turn off equipment when not in use
• Chemical inventories
• Non-toxic chemical alternatives
• Print smarter - print duplex SAVE PAPER!
• Recycle
• Barriers to Action
• Lack of incentives
• Energy savings sharing
• Additional Action Ideas
• Turn off or shut down fume hoods that are not in
  use
• Add Sustainability questions to EHS Safety
  inspections
• EHS meetings (Rep Coordinator) make
  sustainability a mandatory topic in meetings
• Green rep in lab
• Lab trash disposal (?)
• Donate lab equipment to K-12 labs

5
Greening Your Space Office

• Suggested Actions
• Turn off lights when not in use, especially at
  the end of the day
• Put computers on sleep/hibernate mode and turn
  monitors off
• Turn off office equipment at the end of the
  day/use the energy saving mode
• Report energy problems to Facilities via SAPWeb
  check Energy Conservation flag!
• Maximize existing recycling options
• Purchase environmentally preferable office
  products
• Choose more sustainable catering options
• Make use of MIT commuter programsCreate an
  office Green Team to engage the entire office!
• Barriers to Action
• Temperature issues w/in space no local control
• Working hours
• What are the incentives?
• Convenience bringing personal mugs printing
  double sided need to make convenient
• Additional Action Ideas
• Work from home / video conference
• Provide carbon offsets for travel incentives
• How can you be engaged?
• Provide data to community (revolving door usage
  energy / CO2 saved if used)

6
Greening Your Space Transportation

• Suggested Actions
• Avoid air travel whenever possible
• Carpool or use public transportation whenever
  possible
• Use hybrid vehicles
• Use manually powered vehicles (bikes, yourself)
• Educate yourself on ways to improve driving
  efficiency
• Barriers to Action
• Additional Action Ideas
• Video conferences
• Safe-Ride mailing list
• Eliminate retreats that take place far away keep
  them on campus
• How can you be engaged?