STScI Sustainability Council

Here for you – to inform & assist green lunches “monthly” computer servers use ~1/3 of electricity;

their dissipated power heats the building. low wattage lamps retrofitted in building and

garage reduce electricity consumption on specific

summer days bins for recyclables and compost on each

floor tele-working Azafran café is very green earth day & other events community supported agriculture, CSA our staff’s “stable” of hybrid & plugin vehicles https://confluence.stsci.edu/display/green/Inst

itute+Sustainability

Green Lunch Topics

Solar power Electric vehicles Geothermal heating Green lawn care Impact of bottle water Retained heat cooking Bees Green-washing

“favorites” Green investing Advocacy and activism

Collaboration w/ JHU Trash/recycle/compost bins Tele-working Carpooling Public transportation Earth day Travel between Stieff and

Muller Biking to work (we have a

shower!?) Battery recycling

Examples

Tele-working

Plug-in vehicles

Conspirators – join us?

William “Bill” Blair Marco Chiaberge Karen Levay Peter McCullough Greg Pabst Vanessa Thomas Linda Thompson Hugh Wilson Zolt Levay