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Energy Saving Ideas
Phil Cotharin, temperature controls mechanic/energy management specialist, advises Wesleyan students and employees to save energy where they can.  [Read more]
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"Do It In The Dark" Challenges Wood-Frames to Save A competition among the wood-frame houses has been organized by the Environmental Organizer's Network (EON), a student run organization. Over the spring semester the house that reduces its energy the most compared to the previous semester will win a "night on the town" good at any Middletown area restaurant (valued at $40 per person). The competition will use data gathered by Physical Plant on energy usage (electricity, heating oil and water). The house that shows the greatest improvement in energy efficiency between fall semester and spring semester will win. The competition goes from January 24 to May 8. The competition only measures the change in energy usage for each house rather than the houses competing against each other. Factors such as house size, differences in insulation, age of the windows, number of residents and other factors make competing against each other impossible to measure. Some discussion has taken place about such a competition for residence halls, or units within residence halls. Unfortunately, not all the dorms are metered separately for water, electricity and steam heat. This makes it impossible to get an accurate measure of the change in energy usage. Periodic updates on the progress of the competition will be posted on this site. To see the full details of the competition and some ways to reduce energy usage, click here. Click Here to read the article from the February 2 Wesleyan Argus. Click Here to read the Wespeak article from the February 23 Wesleyan Argus.
All Electronic Payroll Initiative Has 250 Turning Off Paper Printing The fall semester initiative to encourage students, faculty and staff to turn off the printing of paper pay statements resulted in 250 employees going totally electronic. Through the ADP iPay web site, all employees (including students) can get a PDF copy of their pay statement for every payroll. The electronic pay statements remain on-line for three years. A few weeks ago, employees with iPay accounts received access to the 2006 W-2 form on the web site before they were mailed. The electronic W-2 is an exact PDF copy of the paper W-2 and can be used for tax filing. Students and other employees can go totally paperless at any time. Click Here to see full details on how to go paperless.
Free Energy Saving Light Bulbs and Tip Sheets
Still Available : A few light bulbs are still available. Call Ed Below at ext. 2855 (or email ebelow@wesleyan.edu) to arrange to pick up an energy saving light bulb for your a lamp in your office or University residence. Two new Project $AVE initiatives this fall include the
distribution of 1,000 energy efficient compact florescent light bulbs to
residential students. The bulbs
will be distributed on arrival day for new students and at the Student Activity
Fair on September 15. A Tip Sheet
has also been prepared for student residences with 10 energy saving ideas that
can be applied within University residences.
To see an electronic version of the Tip Sheet,
click
here. The first semester of Project $AVE (Spring 2006) was a tremendous success. Suggestions for savings or increased efficiency came from all sectors of the Wesleyan community. A total of 172 suggestions were received. To see the full list of suggestions and the status of their implementation, click here.
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