{"id":57742,"date":"2015-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-host-free-light-bulb-exchange-for-faculty-staff-and-students\/"},"modified":"2015-11-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-host-free-light-bulb-exchange-for-faculty-staff-and-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/uri-to-host-free-light-bulb-exchange-for-faculty-staff-and-students\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to host free light bulb exchange for faculty, staff and students"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tFirst event of its kind at 溏心vlog免费B站 continues sustainability campaign<\/b><\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 November 12, 2015 \u2013 As the 溏心vlog免费B站 continues its quest to eliminate energy vampires, 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s department of Facilities Services offers an opportunity to fight these energy drainers.<\/p>\n


\nFaculty, staff and students are invited to bring a compact fluorescent light bulb to Booth 1 in the Memorial Union on Monday, November 16 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in exchange for a free energy efficient LED bulb. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cPeople can exchange any bulb, but we\u2019re looking for compact fluorescents because those contain mercury and have to be recycled,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Recycling Coordinator Mary Brennan. \u201cWe\u2019ll make sure those bulbs are recycled properly.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nThe event is part of a campus-wide initiative to conserve energy and reduce the university\u2019s carbon footprint. \u201cWe\u2019ve been changing bulbs all over campus to more energy efficient ones, and now we\u2019d like to extend the invitation to faculty, staff and students,\u201d Brennan added.<\/p>\n


\nUniversity community members are encouraged to find a bulb either at work or at home and bring it to the Union to be exchanged. According to Con Edison, a New York utility company, an LED light bulb uses up to 98 percent less electricity than other types of bulbs and can last up to 20 times longer.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cBy using LED bulbs instead of compact fluorescents, people will reduce their energy usage, thereby reducing their electric bill,\u201d Brennan said.

\nDavid Lamb, 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s assistant director of Facilities Services for Utilities, points out the importance of this event. \u201cFacilities Services will continue to look at infrastructure changes, like improved lighting, smart light switches and efficient heating systems, but we need help from every individual on a continuing basis to make 溏心vlog免费B站 truly sustainable. 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s first light bulb exchange is the campus community\u2019s opportunity to do its part.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nBrennan said the Facilities Services department plans to hold another light bulb exchange during the spring semester, possibly around Earth Day.<\/p>\n


\nEmma Clarke, an intern in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Marketing & Communications and a public relations and French double major, wrote this release.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First event of its kind at 溏心vlog免费B站 continues sustainability campaign KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 November 12, 2015 \u2013 As the 溏心vlog免费B站 continues its quest to eliminate energy vampires, 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s department of Facilities Services offers an opportunity to fight these energy drainers. Faculty, staff and students are invited to bring a compact fluorescent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}