success: it’s all in the numbers steve tolley assistant director; grounds, building services,...
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Success: It’s All In the NumbersSteve TolleyAssistant Director; Grounds, Building Services, SustainabilityAlex DavisCoordinator, Sustainability Office
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Overview
• Why are numbers important?• How do I get numbers?• Sustainable Outdoor Signs• Printing Reduction• Residence Hall Energy Conservation
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Why are numbers important?• Before a project:– Help everyone to understand the scale– Provide a self-check for passionate sustainability
professionals and students
• During/After a project: – Prove the value of your project over time.– Add credibility for future projects
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How do I get numbers?• Measurement opportunities:– Direct measures• Materials savings from avoided consumption
– Indirect measures• Unrecognized labor savings
– Hidden counters• Set up a tracking system in advance!– Baseline– Progress
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Foam-core Signs
• Babson spent over $10,000 per year on single-use foam-core outdoor directional signs
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Re-Usable Signs Examples
Created by: Dunbar Signs eventsigns.biz
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Solid Waste: Sustainable Signs• Re-useable sign metrics– Clear financial savings• $25/sign vs .$0.15/paper• Saved $10,000 per year vs. $6000 initial investment
– 400 foam board signs avoided per year
– Hidden benefits• Facilities staff save time setting up• Improves campus aesthetics
• Basic cost comparison = prove the point
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Purchasing: Printing Services• Worked with Purchasing to ensure that
sustainability was a key part of the RFP• Contract is service based vs. volume based– Vendor is now a partner in the savings– Second year-on-year savings ($20,000 savings)
Group Spring 2012 Pages Spring 2013 Pages % DifferenceUndergrad 1,502,749 1,307,591 -13%Graduate 425,823 342,178 -20%Faculty 403,738 389,522 -4%Staff 1,122,592 1,119,007 ~0%Total 3,454,902 3,158,298 -9%
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Printing Metrics• Remove old machines that only print single sided• Installed multi-function devices that print double
sided by default• Engaged campus community to generate savings– Undergraduate dean reached out to heavy
printers– Email campaign partnership between IT,
Purchasing, and Sustainability
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• Historically- significant energy waste during winter break shutdown (New England winter!)
• Unplugged program used engagement to encourage conservation efforts:– Unplug appliances- including refrigerator– Turn off lights– Turn down heat– Windows closed
Babson Unplugged
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Babson Unplugged• Every room was inspected to correlate
personal action and savings– Heat turned down– Windows closed– Electronics unplugged– Lights off– Refrigerator unplugged
• Recording using technology
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Babson Unplugged• Perfect Unplugged Floors: – 2010: 2– 2011: 12– 2012: 7 • New tracking tool• Near perfect floor count jumped drastically in FY12
• Numbers provide a corrective nudge:– Need to increase outreach in 2013 given decrease
in results from prior year
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Thank You & Questions
Steve TolleyAssistant Director; Grounds, Building Services, [email protected]
Alex DavisCoordinator, Sustainability [email protected]