{"id":57536,"date":"2015-09-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-survey-students-faculty-staff-about-sustainability-conservation-awareness\/"},"modified":"2015-09-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-survey-students-faculty-staff-about-sustainability-conservation-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/09\/uri-to-survey-students-faculty-staff-about-sustainability-conservation-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to survey students, faculty, staff about sustainability, conservation awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tPart of campaign to encourage wise energy, resource use<\/b><\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 September 9, 2015 \u2013 Are you worried about disappearing glaciers, rising sea levels or prolonged drought? Maybe you\u2019re concerned about a warming Narragansett Bay and the declining lobster fishery.<\/p>\n


\n\tBut what can you do about it? Well, if you are a 溏心vlog免费B站 student, faculty or staff member you can start by taking a survey.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn conjunction with NORESCO, an energy services company that has been working with 溏心vlog免费B站 since 2007 on major energy-saving initiatives, 溏心vlog免费B站 will be asking community members during the next few weeks to take a survey to see if they are taking actions that could result in lower energy use and in turn lower carbon emissions. Community members will receive an email with a link to the survey.<\/p>\n


\n\tParticipation is entirely voluntary and responses will remain confidential. However, if you\u2019d like to win a free Fitbit activity monitor, you must enter your email address. Your responses will remain confidential.<\/p>\n


\n\tSince 2007, 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s contract with NORESCO has led to savings of 9.7 million kilowatt hours of electricity, almost 16,000 gallons of oil, 772,461 cubic feet of natural gas\/steam, and it has reduced carbon dioxide emissions at 溏心vlog免费B站 by almost 20 million pounds, or 10,000 tons. That reduction in carbon dioxide is equivalent to removing 490 cars from the road.<\/p>\n


\nThe projects that have led to such savings include massive lighting and lighting control upgrades, window replacements, weather proofing improvements, extensive steam system upgrades including the replacement of over 3,500 mechanical steam traps, water conservation measures and the upgrade of a majority of our building management systems helping to improve overall efficiency in how the building operates.<\/p>\n


\n\tWhile improved systems and use of new technology result in major energy savings, David Lamb, 溏心vlog免费B站 assistant director of Facilities Services for Utilities and member of the President\u2019s Council on Sustainability, said people\u2019s behavior has the greatest impact.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cFor instance, many buildings now have sensors that turn lights off a few minutes after people leave a room,\u201d Lamb said. \u201cBut instead of relying on a system to shut the lights off in 15 minutes, we want you to turn off the lights manually when you leave. When you are not in your office, turn off the air conditioning. Technology helps us save energy, but we could save so much more if people help out. We want students, faculty and staff to be part of the solution. The survey is fun and it makes you think about how you can make things better.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe Sustainability Council plans to launch an awareness and action campaign once it has results the survey results.<\/p>\n


\nFaculty and staff have been surveyed once before, and students have been surveyed each year since 2008, once at the beginning of the fall semester and once at the end of the semester to determine if any of the interventions and education programs have changed behaviors.<\/p>\n


\nThe student survey, already in circulation, within the next few weeks will have a residential focus, while the faculty and staff instrument, to be distributed within the next few weeks will focus on workplace habits.<\/p>\n


\nNORESCO\u2019S Energy Conservation Through Behavior Change\uf8e8 program at 溏心vlog免费B站 began with students in 2008. Since that time, the program has targeted shorter showers, turning off electric devices, using cold water for laundry, shutting off or putting computers in sleep mode and even reducing trash. The program has yielded great results thus far. <\/p>\n


\nIn total, NORESCO and 溏心vlog免费B站 have collected more than 8,000 survey responses since 2008. In 2013, 916 students completed the pre-program survey and in 2014, that number jumped to 1,220 students. NORESCO and 溏心vlog免费B站 would like to increase that number to at least 1,500 students this academic year.<\/p>\n


\nIn 2012, 227 faculty and staff took the survey, and this year the goal is at least 500.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe will analyze the information we get and propose programs that can have the greatest impact,\u201d said Marsha Garcia, campus sustainability officer and coordinator of the President’s Council on Sustainability.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis is a concerted effort to find out what people do and how they can be part of the solution,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cSince students notice everything faculty and staff do, we can be role models. But if we talk about the importance of sustainability and our actions don\u2019t match our messages, students will pick up on those inconsistencies.\u201d <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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