Compliance

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Compliance Best Practices Subcommittee
April 22, 2005 Subcommittee Chair Frank Labato
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Compliance and Best Practices Subcommittee

• Greenhouse Gas Workgroup
• Biodiesel Team
• Compact Fluorescent Giveaway
• Alternative Energy Day
• Fuel efficiency standards project
• Water Conservation Workgroup
• Waste Paper Workgroup

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Greenhouse Gas Workgroup

• 1. Biodiesel Update
• Dr. Helble leaving UConn
• Next Steps
• Finding a home in CANR
• Production/Research Facility
• 2. Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb Giveaway
• Pursuing partnership with Co-op for giveaway with
  Textbooks-To-Go

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Fuel economy standards

• Data on composition and efficiency of university
  fleet collected
• Practices at institutional peers reviewed
• Potential future directions for UConn Creating
  processes for-
• Replacement of appropriate cars with hybrids
• Replacement of gas carts with electrics
• Purchasing most efficient conventional vehicle to
  meet performance needs.

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Alternative Energy Day

• Friday, April 22 1200-600 Student Union
• Green Machine Showcase hybrids, CNG, electric
  carts
• Concert driven by Green Tags
• Educational displays on
• various alternative energies

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? Water Conservation

• SRF Metering occurred 3.20.05 4.03.05
• Collaborated with Fuss ONeil engineers in
  Manchester, 4.08.05
• Began cataloging SRF water fixtures, 4.11.05
• FUTURE PLANS
• Analyze blueprint, integrate user numbers
  (4.15.05)
• produce Water Conservation In Athletics report
  with data, observations and recommendations
  (4.29.05)
• Meet with facility owners to discuss water
  conservation options (5.01-5.08)

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Gampel Water Use DataSpring Break
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Gampel Water Use DataPost Spring Break
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? Water Conservation

• Student/Employee
• Make sure to turn off showers completely
• Report leaks immediately
• Facility Managers
• Create a system of response maintenance for
  leak repairs
• Provide contact info for reporting leaks
• Designate a water efficiency coordinator (Go-to
  person)
• Lower pool level to reduce splash loss
• Evaluate temperate setting in natatorium and
  dehumidifier use to reduce
• evaporation loss
• Turn hoses off at faucet as opposed to nozzle
• Deferred Maintenance
• Retrofit flushometer toilets with diaphragms (20
  savings/flush)
• Continually update automatic faucet knobs, use
  2.0 gpm versus 2.5 gpm nozzles
• When replacing exisiting washing machines, use
  energy/water efficient models
• Retrofit flushometer toilets with diaphragms (20
  savings/flush)

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Waste Paper ?Reduction/Reuse?

• EcoHusky Mug Day a success!
• March 2nd, 2005
• Bookworms
• 200 mugs sold
• Front page coverage in DC
• Coupons carabiners
• given away for promotion
• Over 50 students signed up
• for T-shirt raffle
• Stickers, Ecohusky literature
• and good discussion shared