Conservation Tips & Hints
A clean and healthy environment can be our gift to future generations. However, this legacy is only possible if we make the right choices and take the right actions NOW.
Please take a few moments to look over these valuable Conservation Tips & Hints, Start making these kinds of energy-efficient improvements in your daily life, and start making a difference!
- Turn down your thermostat to 68 degrees during the winter months and turn it up to 78 degrees during the summer months
- For students that have temperature controls in their rooms, the easiest & quickest thing to do to save energy, with the fastest payback, is to adjust thermostat settings
- Don't use space heaters - try extra layers of clothing instead
- Space heaters use electrical resistance heating elements and, therefore are expensive to operate
- Turn off your computer each night
- Energy consumption is cut by over 60% with nightly shut-down
- Turn off your monitor when not in use for longer than an hour
- A computer CRT monitor uses 60 watts of power
- Turn off the lights when you leave a room for longer than 15-20 minutes
- Use desktop lamps instead of lighting the entire room and use lower watt bulbs when possible
- Dust bulbs and vacuum shades
- Clean bulbs last longer and emit 20% better light
- Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents
- Compact fluorescents last almost 10 times longer and use about 75% less energy
- Plug electronics (TVs & DVD players, etc.) into power strips and turn off the power strips when not using the equipment for longer than 15-20 minutes
- Carpool and ride the UWG shuttle whenever possible
- Mass transit uses 25 times less energy
- Walk or ride your bike instead of driving - burn carbohydrates, not hydrocarbons!
- Take short showers instead of baths
- Use the printer instead of the copier when you need 3 or less pages
- Use the 'stand-by" feature on your copier and lighten the energy load 70%
- Laser printers use 300 watts, while inkjet printers only use 10 watts
- Make sure that exterior doors and windows remain closed
- Wash only full loads of dishes and laundry
- Air dry clothes and dishes
- Recycle paper, glass, and aluminum
- Using recycled aluminum instead of virgin aluminum saves 95% energy
- Using recycled paper instead of virgin paper saves 70% energy
- GET INVOLVED - Join an awareness/environmental group!