Committee on <br />Sustainability

Energy efficiency for the office

Jenn Godwin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:07:27 +0000

Personal Dress – Wear clothing appropriate to the season and weather – lightweight clothing in summer and warmer clothes in winter. Wear layers so you can adapt to varying conditions in your workspace and still be comfortable.
Walk – for those who get around campus walk when you can. Use the stairs in lieu of elevator. It is good exercise, and it does save energy.
Remember to hit the switch on your way out for your lunch break. The energy savings from 10 million office workers turning off unneeded lights for 30 minutes a day is enough to illuminate four million square meters of office space.
Close fume hoods and don’t use fume hoods for storage; don’t prop open classroom and vestibule doors.
You can’t sleep at work but let your monitor take a nap. Screensavers are designed to save your screen from burn in, not to save energy. Monitors are responsible for more than one third of a computer’s energy consumption, so conserve energy by putting yours to sleep or powering off altogether when you’re away from your desk for more than 10 minutes.

Energy efficiency for the home

Jenn Godwin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:06:43 +0000

Use compact fluorescent lamps. You can lower your lighting bill by converting to energy-efficient low-wattage compact fluorescent lighting and fixtures.
Weather-strip around window and doors.
Fix defective plumbing or dripping faucets. A single dripping hot water faucet can waste 212 gallons of water a month. That not only increases water bills, but also increases the gas or electric bill for heating the water.
Set thermostats at 78 degrees F for cooling in the summer and 68 degrees F for heating in the winter; this will save 10-20 percent of cooling costs and 5-20 percent of heating costs.
Turn off lights when the room is not occupied.

Recycling tips for the office

Jenn Godwin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:06:00 +0000

Locate the recycling bins in your office, department and/or building to determine what types of materials are being accepted. UALR recycles all types of paper, aluminum cans and plastic bottles from each building but each person consuming those types of materials must be responsible for sorting and disposing of in the correct recycling bin. The custodial staff cannot be responsible for sorting the waste coming from your desk, please do your part.
Other items such as printer cartridges, batteries, electronics, bulbs and other items purchased with state funds for the office are being recycled on your campus daily, please make sure that those items go back to the Physical Plant for proper disposal; call 569.3390 for information.
Buy post-consumer content recycled copy paper for the office.
Make your printer’s toner last; if you’re printing rough drafts or documents for internal purposes, change the printer’s settings to economy mode and avoid printing in color if possible. Print and copy on both sides of the sheet.
Remove yourself from junk mail lists. Before tossing out junk e-mail, call the company and ask that your name be removed from its mailing list. Have contacts e-mail you instead. Almost 50 percent of all catalogues are never opened, yet nearly 62 million trees are destroyed and 28 billion gallons of water are used to produce them every year.

Recycling tips for the home

Jenn Godwin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:44:35 +0000

Call your local recycling center to determine what types of materials they accept, if curbside pick-up is available, and if they provide recycling bins. If no curbside pickup is available locate the center closest to your house and take your items to the center.
Place the recycling bins in an accessible area called the “family recycling center” and assign some person in the family the daily recycling chore. Change weekly to get every member of the family involved and committed.
Check the bottom of plastic items to identify what type of plastic they are. If the type is not recycled at your local center, consider ways to reuse the container.
Purchase reusable, rather than disposable towels, napkins, diapers, storage containers, etc. Recycle junk mail or reuse it as scratch paper.
Compost your leaves and yard debris or bag up for your city to pick-up curbside. If that service is not available, take them to a yard-debris recycler in your area.

Eco-Hero Landrum honored for public service

Jenn Godwin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:33:50 +0000

Dr. Nancy Landrum, associate professor of management, won the $5,000 Faculty Excellence Award for Public Service sponsored by PepsiAmericas.

Landrum, recognized by Arkansas Business Publishing Group as a statewide Eco-Hero, is committed to serving the community and developed UALR’s first undergraduate and graduate courses in sustainable business practices, in which students engage in service learning projects, along with teaching her students how to conduct sustainability audits and assessments and related market research for several Little Rock businesses and organizations.

April Ambrose, chair of the Little Rock Sustainability Commission, on which Landrum has served since 2008, said “sustainable business is more than a discipline, but rather a passion, for her. The work of her students has led to enormous advances … to provide education, leadership, and a vision for current and future citizens, organizations, and departments of the City of Little Rock to sustain our environment, enhance our economy, and achieve social equity.”

UALR Earth Day 2013

Benny Scroggin — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:51:26 +0000

Monday, April 22, 2013

7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lot 15

• Drop of electronics, household hazardous waste, lightbulbs, plastic, aluminum, glass and household batteries for recycling and paper for shredding
• Discard unused prescription and non-prescription medications for proper disposal

8:00 a.m.

Earth Walk – UALR Trail of Tears Walk at the south of end of campus

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | DSC Upper Concourse

• Information tables showcasing sustainability efforts of various UALR units, departments and organizations
• Clothing swap

12:00 p.m.

Newspaper Fashion Show – Diamond Café Runway

3:30 p.m.

Food Show – Diamond Café

Connect-Contact:

UALR is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education and currently holds the Bronze rating.

Call Issued for Innovative Research Proposals

Jenn Godwin — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:13:25 +0000

The UALR Sustainability Committee is pleased to announce a call for innovative research proposals that will develop, enable, and promote the principles of sustainability. All full-time and part-time UALR faculty and instructors are eligible to apply. Please submit on-line by 5:00 pm Wednesday, May 1 for full consideration.

The submission page requires updating with the following information:

Eligibility: All full-time and part-time UALR faculty and instructors are eligible to apply.

• Deadline: May 1, 2013
• Amount: $2,500
• Award Recipient is required to submit progress report by December 1, 2013

Recycling Tips for the Home

Benny Scroggin — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:06:12 +0000

1. Call your local recycling center to determine what types of materials they accept, if curbside pick-up is available, and if they provide recycling bins. If no curbside pickup is available locate the center closest to your house and take your items to the center.

2. Place the recycling bins in an accessible area called the “family recycling center” and assign some person in the family the daily recycling chore.

3. Change weekly to get every member of the family involved and committed.

4. Check the bottom of plastic items to identify what type of plastic they are. If the type is not recycled at your local center, consider ways to reuse the container.

5. Purchase reusable, rather than disposable towels, napkins, diapers, storage containers, etc. Recycle junk mail or reuse it as scratch paper.

6. Compost your leaves and yard debris or bag up for your city to pick-up curbside. If that service is not available, take them to a yard-debris recycle center in your area.

UALR Sustainability Day

adm_wordpress — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:38:35 +0000

Wednesday, October 24, 2012
7 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lot 15

10 a.m. – 2 p.m. DSC Upper Concourse

• Information tables showcasing sustainability efforts of various UALR units, departments and organizations
• Information tables showcasing sustainability efforts from community organizations and businesses
• Shoe drive
• Clothing swap
• Campus trash clean-up

Connect-Contact:

UALR is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

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adm_wordpress — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:23:17 +0000

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Committee on <br />Sustainability

Energy efficiency for the office

Energy efficiency for the home

Recycling tips for the office

Recycling tips for the home

Eco-Hero Landrum honored for public service

UALR Earth Day 2013

Monday, April 22, 2013

7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lot 15

8:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | DSC Upper Concourse

12:00 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Connect-Contact:

Call Issued for Innovative Research Proposals

Recycling Tips for the Home

UALR Sustainability Day

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 7 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lot 15

10 a.m. – 2 p.m. DSC Upper Concourse

Connect-Contact:

Hello world!

Wednesday, October 24, 2012
7 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lot 15