Energy

• Reduce number of bus runs during mid-day hours.
• Turn off lights when rooms or buildings are not in use.
• Eliminate lighting of holiday tree.
• Use LED technology for lights.
• Use desk lamps rather than overhead fluorescent lights (this depends on the situation and which kind of overhead lighting is being used- in some cases overhead lighting is more efficient).
• Change out every incandescent bulb with compact fluorescents or similar bulbs.
• Use motion lights or timers on lighting.
• Implement a no-idling policy throughout campus (including vendors).
• Do a cost/benefit analysis of using Vox cars, zip cars, or personal vehicles for various types of travel and communicate results.
• Stop providing vehicles or gas to College departments; require that they use VOX or Zipcar for their vehicle needs.
• Use electric vehicles or small personal transport vehicles, or Advance Transit, for small runabout errands, on-campus transportation, and for parking monitoring, instead of cars, vans, trucks, or tow trucks.
• Consider alternative energy options.
• Eliminate use of trays in dining halls (and the expense of washing them).
• Set more conservative temperatures in buildings and enforce them.
• Reduce the temperature of hot water on campus for energy savings and safety.
• Turn printers, computers and monitors off at night, during lunch, and during breaks.
• Look for opportunities to shift processes requiring electricity to off-peak hours and use power when it is available at a cheaper rate.
• Use the Dartmouth alumni network to locate a graduate in the oil business who is willing to sell heating oil to the College at a reduced price.
• Offer competitions and incentives for buildings that reduce their energy usage; visibly provide the rates for each building and quantify that with the dollars spent.
• Do a heat/energy audit of older buildings and make needed improvements.
• Turn off the large screen televisions in the libraries and other public spaces at low usage times (or eliminate them by attrition).
• Routinely shut down lab equipment when it is not in use.
• Update lab, dorm, and office refrigerators to Energy Star compliant models.
• Evaluate the number of times Safety and Security needs to drive their campus routes to balance effectiveness with energy use.