GoizuetaGreen and Three Initiatives to Improve Environmental Sustainability at Goizueta Business School

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GoizuetaGreen and Three Initiatives to Improve
Environmental Sustainability at Goizueta Business
School
Presentation By Elsy Belina, Alex Chadwick,
Andre Jakubowski, Felishia Mangla, and Michael
Singer
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Agenda

• Introduction to GoizuetaGreen
• Light Sensors for Every Room
• Visual Resource-Consumption Meters
• A Recycling Counter
• Bringing It All Together
• Questions and Answers
• Help Support GoizuetaGreen!

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Introduction to GoizuetaGreen
Light Sensors
Visual Meters
Recycling Counter
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Introduction to GoizuetaGreen

• What is GoizuetaGreen?
• A student initiative for environmental
  sustainability at GBS
• GoizuetaGreen aims to
• Reduce resource consumption at GBS
• Raise environmental awareness at GBS

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Introduction to GoizuetaGreen

• Are my interests aligned with those of
  GoizuetaGreen?
• Simply, Yes
• Global Warming Not Good for Anyone
• Cost Savings More Money for Students
• Green Goizueta Better Image More Prestige

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Introduction to Our Three Initiatives

• GoizuetaGreen Great. So, what will it
  do?
• Getting Started Our Three Initiatives
• Light sensors for every room
• Visual resource-consumption meters for lobbies
• Recycling counter
• Long Term National Recognition as Most Green
  B-School

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Light Sensors for Every Room at GBS

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Light Sensors for Every Room at GBS

• What are light sensors?
• Switch or dim lighting based on time, occupancy,
  lighting-level strategies, or a combination of
  all three

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Light Sensors for Every Room at GBS

• What are the different sensor options?
• Occupancy-Based
• Light-Level-Based

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Light Sensors for Every Room at GBS

• Occupancy Sensors
• Best suited to spaces that have highly
  variable and unpredictable occupancy patterns
• Passive Infrared Sensors (PIR) and Ultrasonic
  Technology
• Used in classrooms, computer labs, office rooms

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Light Sensors for Every Room at GBS

• Light-Level-Based Sensors
• Day lighting and task lighting
• Use natural light or situational light
• Used in spaces with natural light

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Light Sensors for Every Room at GBS
How effective are these sensors?
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Light Sensors for Every Room at GBS

• Why should we install them?
• Cut peak hour lighting usage by an average of 33
• Conserve more than 90 of lighting energy used
• after 6 PM
• Save on average 48 of a buildings light energy

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Visual Resource-Consumption Meters

• Why do we want visual meters?
• Compare energy consumption per floor
• Encourage friendly competition between floors
• Reduces electricity usage 3-15 a year
• Results in lower power bills

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Visual Resource-Consumption Meters

• Where do we put the visual meters?
• Place in central areas of school
• Add to main lobby
• Put on each floor of GBS

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Visual Resource-Consumption Meters

• Why do visual meters work?
• Psychological meaning behind concept
• Saved money is seen
• Unused electricity is turned off

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A Recycling Counter in GBS

• Function
• Weigh the amount of recyclables
• Turn the numbers into amount of resources saved
• Post the numbers and resources saved

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A Recycling Counter in GBS

• More Meaningful Translations of
• Recycling Output
• Recycling 1 ton of paper saves
• 6,953 gallons of water
• Recycling 1 ton of plastic bottles saves
• 318 gallons of gasoline (18 trips to the pump)
• Recycling 6-pack aluminum cans saves
• Enough energy to drive your car for 5 miles

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A Recycling Counter in GBS

• How to set up a Recycling Counter?
• Recycling Counter Investment in an Industrial
  Weighing Scale
• AdamLab Model CFW1320a
• Capacity 1320lb
• Cost 799.99
• Overall dimension 23.6" 36.4" 38.2"
• Website http//balances.com/adam/bench-scale.htm
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Bringing It All Together

• 3 Initiatives
• Light sensors can save 48 on Goizuetas Light
  Energy Usage
• Visual meter may reduce the overall power bill up
  to 15
• Recycling counter will help promote and quantify
  recycling goals

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Bringing It All Together
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Bringing It All Together
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Questions and Answers
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Help Support Us!

• Please help support GoizuetaGreen and our
  three initiatives to improve environmental
  sustainability at GBS!
• You can help by
• Signing a petition in support of our three
  initiatives
• Having other Goizueta students sign this
  petition
• Returning the petitions to us by December 15th,
  2007

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Contact Information
About GoizuetaGreen Alex Chadwick Cell Phone
215-850-7386 Alexander Chadwick on GBS
FirstClass About this Presentation Elsy
Belina, Alex Chadwick, Andre Jakubowski,
Felishia Mangla, or Michael Singer on GBS
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Sources
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Funding

• Current GoizuetaGreen budget stands at 5,000
• Low-cost initiatives
• Grants from Office of Sustainability Initiatives

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Whats Next?

• Full review of potential Green additions
• Charter GoizuetaGreen as an on campus club
• Solar Panels in the near future