Going Green at FDU:

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Going Green at FDU

• Conserving Energy and Resources
• Presented by the Teaneck-Hackensack Green Campus
  Committee

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Saving Energy Means Saving Money

• Did you know that FDU spends Millions of dollars
  annually for electrical and gas usage!

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Energy

• Saving Energy Means Saving Money
• Enhance Programs
• Enhance Services and Activities
• Recruit Students
• Update Facilities
• Hire Faculty and Staff
• Faculty and Staff Raises

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Saving Energy Means Saving the Earth

• We need to reduce our reliance on foreign oil

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Saving Energy Means Saving the Earth

• Reduce production of greenhouse gases and limit
  global warming
• 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.

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SAVING ENERGY WHAT CAN WE DO??
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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.

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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.

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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.
• Photo from www.ncstatecollege.edu

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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.

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Elevators

• Photo from www.ltfexperts.com

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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.
• From http//fatknowledge.blogspot.com

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Heating Systems

• Photo from newsimg.bbc.co.uk

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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.

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• Air Conditioning
• Photo from www.bamboocarboncredits.com

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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.

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Showering

• Photo from www.all4humor.com

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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

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Laundry

• Photo from http//etc.usf.edu

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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 arent necessary--unless you're
  washing very dirty clothes.

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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.
• From www.ehow.com

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle WHAT CAN WE DO??
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Recycling

• Photo from www.in.gov

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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.

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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.

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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).

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch

• Photo from yannone.blogspot.com

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch

• Photo from http//isiik.blogspot.com

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Coffee Cups

• Photo from www.sustainabilityissexy.com

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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. 

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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
  BTUs of energy used.
• Instead, purchase a reusable coffee mug.
• From www.sustainabilityissexy.com

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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.

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Were 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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