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Action or Product: Power management software Action or Product: High-efficiency washers Institution: Tufts University Mass. Institution: American University D.C. Provider: EZ Save www.energystar.com Provider: Maytag www.maytag.com Software that shuts down computer monitors during nonuse will help out Tufts The 278 energy-efficient laundry room washers installed at AU hold 32 percent University, which estimates that if its students and faculty power down their more clothes than the old machines. This saves 18 gallons of water per load or computers one to five hours a day, the savings will amount to $90,000 in electric- 2 million gallons per year enough water to fulfill the drinking needs of the AU ity costs per year. Energy Star estimates the savings at $55 per monitor. community for two years. Action or Product: Spirovents Action or Product: HVAC controls Institution: Reed College Ore. Institution: The University of Maine Provider: Spirotherm www.spirotherm.com Provider: Honeywell www.honeywell.com Installed in steam lines, these devices can greatly reduce the oxygen levels These controls allow managers to monitor dorm room temperatures, adjust in steam condensate, reducing boiler chemical requirements. Reed's facilities temperatures from a computer screen, and track trends. At UMaine, the new director, Townsend Angell, says it's difficult to quantify savings, but spirovents system has dramatically cut down on service calls to the dormitory. Managers extend the life of its steam systems from a typical 30 to 50 years to indefinitely. estimated they had received between 10 and 20 service calls a semester; spring 2005 saw only two calls. Utility bills also have decreased, and the results have led officials to try to have the dorm recognized as a green building. Action or Product: Toilet flush valves/water-saving shower heads Action or Product: Light harvesting Institution: Assumption College Mass. Institution: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Provider: Conservation Services Group www.csgrp.com Provider: Venture Lighting www.venturelighting.com Automating water flow is the aim here. Assumption officials, who had them in- This process automatically dims the overhead lights as the ambient natural light stalled in 22 buildings in 2005, anticipate saving nearly three million gallons of increases. UNC at Charlotte measured a 50 percent reduction in lighting energy water per year. used at its Atkins Library. Action or Product: VendingMiser Action or Product: Low-e fabric ceiling Institution: Tufts University Mass. Institution: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Provider: USA Technologies www.usatech.com Provider: Thermal Design www.thermaldesign.com This energy-saving device is installed on beverage vending machines. With Schools can drastically reduce radiant heat gain with these ceilings. Installed roughly 90 devices, Tufts has cut electricity costs from $381 to $189 per machine at UMass's practice ice rink in fall '04, the ceiling has allowed refrigeration com- per year, for a total annual savings of $17,280. pressor run time to be reduced by at least 30 percent. Action or Product: mc2 PV-LED lighting Action or Product: Window film Institution: Stanford University Institution: Babson College Mass. Provider: V-Kool www.v-kool.com Provider: SolarOne Solutions www.solarone.net This applied film blocks outside heat, so less energy is needed to cool a building. These lights use LED bulbs, are powered by solar energy, and are outfitted with mo- Stanford's Encina Hall, with 6,212 square feet of window film, has saved about tion detectors. Babson installed them in October 2005 to illuminate a pathway from $5,000 annually. the residence halls to its athletic fields; savings have not yet been calculated. Action or Product: Wood-fired boiler Action or Product: Photovoltaic panels Institution: Colgate University N.Y. Institution: University of Colorado at Boulder Provider: [manufacturer unknown] Provider: Talmage Solar Engineering www.talmagesolar.com The wood-fired boiler at Colgate University burns about 80 tons per day of hard- Converting sunlight directly to electricity is the idea with these systems. Students wood chips from tree waste and tree tops from logging sites in central New York. can monitor their real-time output at a kiosk. CU-Boulder officials estimate the pho- Considering it would take 5,000 gallons of oil to produce the same amount of steam tovoltaic panels will put $1,500 a year in electricity costs back in their pockets. that the facility creates, its savings for 2005 were likely more than $475,000. universitybusiness.com June 2006 | G23 GreenEnergy.indd G23 5/18/06 11:46:13 AM http://www.maytag.com http://www.energystar.com http://www.honeywell.com http://www.spirotherm.com http://www.venturelighting.com http://www.csgrp.com http://www.thermaldesign.com http://www.usatech.com http://www.solarone.net http://www.v-kool.com http://www.talmagesolar.com http://universitybusiness.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of University Business - June 2006

Contents
College Index
Advisory Board
Company Index
Editor's Note
2006 AV Buyers Guide
Admissions
Internet Technology
On the Hill
Financial Aid
Going Green while Saving Green
Viewpoint
Back from the Breach
Value Added
Need Help?
Shared Pain & Payoffs
What's New
Direct Connect
Calendar of Events
End Note

University Business - June 2006