OFFICE PRACTICE INITIATIVES:

  • Compressed 4-day work schedule offered
  • Time cards paperless, completed online
  • Paychecks & purchasing paperless
  • Recycling of batteries, printers, cell phones conducted in departments

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:

  • Replacing cathode ray tube computer (CRT) screens  with Energy saving liquid crystal display (LCD) screens
  • Programming shutdown of unused monitors/computers
  • Networking printers & moving to higher-efficiency printers
  • Moving to paperless application system
  • University documents available online only (e.g., undergraduate bulletin, schedule of classes, & university directory)
  • Providing paper recycling bins in each computer lab
  • Limiting student printing budgets to minimize paper waste
  • Power strip shutdown at end of day
  • Virtualization of servers (running many servers on a single physical computer, thus reducing power consumption/demand in the data center dramatically)
  • Personal computer (PC) purchases are Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) and Energy Star certified
  • Recycling of PC’s is done through a local firm (Ret3) that specializes in safe environmental disposal and salvage
  • PC’s in classrooms and labs are set to power down during evening hours
  • Faculty/staff PC’s use energy-saving mode, where they will go into hibernate (approximately 1% – 3% of normal power consumption) after a period of inactivity during working hours