Green Tips

Fast Fact: If everyone on campus shut down, slept, or hibernated their desktop computer when it was not in use, the university would save at least 163kWh and $6704 per semester, not to mention externalities associated with energy production. ¹

Please do your part to conserve energy on campus by following these simple rules:

Walk, bike, bus, ride the train, or rideshare to and from campus
Set the thermostat low (68°) in winter and high (78°) in summer
Do not use space heaters
Unplug chargers for electronics when they are not in use
Use power strips to switch off electronics when not in use
Enable the power management features on your computer
Turn off lights when you leave a room
Use energy efficient light bulbs
Take shorter, cooler showers
Recycle as much of your waste as possible
Buy products that contain or use less packaging
Support policies for energy conservation and development/use of renewable energy source

Footnotes

Assumes 85W to idle a desktop computer (without monitor), $0.0083/kWh for energy cost, 40hr/wk operation of computer rather than 168hr/wk, a 15 week semester, and 445 desktop computers (a conservative estimate) on campus. ↩