EPS GREEN TEAM
Next Meeting:
TBD
Past meeting minutes.Harvard
Annual Sustainability Pledge:
It is once again time for the annual
Sustinability Pledge at Harvard, please take a moment to sign the
pledge, and to pick 3 (new) simple actions you plan to take
this year!
www.greencampus.harvard.edu/pledge
Last year 7,000 people at Harvard
signed the Sustainability Pledge, and our goal this year is to
reach 10,000 people at Harvard!
Why should you pledge again this year?
- Taking the pledge every year is a great reminder, kind of like tying a string around your finger to help you remember all those simple things you know you can do every day!
- Because you pledge each year to help reduce campus energy and waste impacts, Harvard can use the resulting energy savings to buy renewable energy for the school this year each pledge will result in $1.50 toward renewable energy for Harvard!*
- A sustainable Harvard campus is truly a joint effort between those who run the campus and all of us who live, work, and study here, and your participation is integral to our campus environmental efforts.
** Please note that this year's Pledge is also part of the FAS Environmental Competition and that participating building will be evaluated among others based on their Pledge participation rates.
Help Hoffman win by signing the pledge today!
Community
bikes:
EPS now has two
community bikes that are available for members of the department to use
for casual transportation throughout the campus! If you would like to
sign up to use them please contact Jason Miller at 5-2351. Happy biking!
Welcome to the EPS Green Team Website!
The Earth & Planetary Sciences -
Harvard Green Campus Initiative (EPS-HGCI) partnership exists to
provide leadership and be proactive in energy conservation,
sustainability and recycling throughout the Department of Earth and
Planetary Sciences and to position the Department to assume a
leadership role and serve as an example in these areas for the Harvard
Community.
This website contains information on
recycling, special issues related to laboratories, and how our
department is impacting the Earth. If you have suggestions for
information on this site, please send them to epsgreen@fas.harvard.edu!
Our Accomplishments, 2007
ENERGY COMPETITION
Hoffman won the FAS Energy
Competition with a spectacular 20% decrease in its monthly energy
consumption. Thanks to our environmental consciousness, coupled
with infrastructural upgrades, we prevented the emissions of 100 Metric
Tons of CO2 and saved $50,000!
HOFFMAN WINS WIND
For the second year in a row, EPS won
wind energy in the annual Harvard Sustainability Pledge Campaign. We
easily reached the 50% participation goal in our buildings and won
443,510 kWh of wind.
DUAL FLUSH TOILETS
We worked with our Building Manager on installing dual flush toilets in some of our restrooms. This will reduce their water usage by 67%!
GREEN CLEANING PRODUCTS
All Hoffman restrooms have switched to environmentally friendly paper and to green cleaning products. Those changes mean less air and water pollution, reduced packaging and healthier environment for you and for our custodians.
RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE
Thanks to our efforts all EPS classrooms, hallways, kitchen and common areas feature recycling bins and make recycling a natural and easy thing to do.
WIND TURBINES
Wind turbines on the roof of Hoffman? Why not! We have met with solar and wind contractors, and you would be surprised if you knew how much wind there is on our roof! Stay tuned for more information!
RECYCLING INK CARTRIDGES
We partnered with Roxbury Technology to collect empty ink cartridges. A special collection area was set up on the 4th floor, in Jason Miller’s office.
DUAL FLUSH TOILETS
We worked with our Building Manager on installing dual flush toilets in some of our restrooms. This will reduce their water usage by 67%!
GREEN CLEANING PRODUCTS
All Hoffman restrooms have switched to environmentally friendly paper and to green cleaning products. Those changes mean less air and water pollution, reduced packaging and healthier environment for you and for our custodians.
RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE
Thanks to our efforts all EPS classrooms, hallways, kitchen and common areas feature recycling bins and make recycling a natural and easy thing to do.
WIND TURBINES
Wind turbines on the roof of Hoffman? Why not! We have met with solar and wind contractors, and you would be surprised if you knew how much wind there is on our roof! Stay tuned for more information!
RECYCLING INK CARTRIDGES
We partnered with Roxbury Technology to collect empty ink cartridges. A special collection area was set up on the 4th floor, in Jason Miller’s office.
RESEARCH ENERGY CONSERVATION OPORTUNITIES
Interior storm windows and cooling
system upgrades are just some of the energy conservation opportunities
that we have been investigating with the help of the FAS Energy Team.
Let us know if there is any project in particular that you would like
us to look into.
GREEN EVENTS SERIES
In the Spring 07, we hosted successful monthly seminars on the topics related to resource conservation and Harvard’s efforts to green our campus. We hope to see you again in the Fall!
LIGHTING UPGRADES
With the help of the FAS Energy Team, we replaced most of our inefficient lighting fixtures with energy efficient T-8s and compact fluorescents.
GREEN EVENTS SERIES
In the Spring 07, we hosted successful monthly seminars on the topics related to resource conservation and Harvard’s efforts to green our campus. We hope to see you again in the Fall!
LIGHTING UPGRADES
With the help of the FAS Energy Team, we replaced most of our inefficient lighting fixtures with energy efficient T-8s and compact fluorescents.
What is EPS doing?
- Using biodiesel fuel in the EPS Department Van.
- Saving electricity by remembering to turn off lights, computers, and appliances.
- Re-using scrap paper and printing on both sides of papers.
- Using mugs instead of paper cups - we have a mug stand and mugs available for your use! Ask Jason Miller on the 4th floor for your own mug.
- Improving energy efficiency in our offices. (If your office is too hot, please contact: CCB Facilities office for EPS service and maintenance requests. 617-384-8085)
- Purchasing new and improved recycling bins
- Upgrading lights and installing occupancy sensors that will save lots of energy (thanks to the building managers and FAS Office of Physical Resources)
- Initiating a "No more paper phonebooks!" campaign in FAS
- Meeting weekly to strategize about further measures
What can YOU do?
- Attend our monthly meetings - 2nd Friday of every month, Hoffman 4th Floor
- Volunteer to help out with a specific project (epsgreen@fas)
- Share an idea you have for resource conservation (epsgreen@fas)
- Take Action!