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Green Investment, Green Return: Cost Savings
Annual Revenues and Savings for 23 Campus Conservation Projects
Practical conservation projects can save millions of dollars on America's campuses. The chart below outlines some actual savings figures for schools around the country.
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Conservation Projects |
Annual Revenues and Savings |
| Transportation |
| Getting Students and Staff Out of the Car at Cornell University, NY |
$3,123,000 |
| Creating a Bus-Riding Campus at the University of Colorado-Boulder, CO |
$1,000,000 |
| Energy Conservation |
| Creative Strategies for Saving Energy at SUNY-Buffalo, NY |
$9,068,000 |
| Lighting and Equipment Retrofits at Elizabethtown College, PA |
$247,000 |
| A Four-Campus Energy Reduction Strategy at Brevard Community College, FL |
$2,067,000 |
| Laboratory Renovations and More at Brown University, RI |
$15,500 |
| Burning Better Lights in Dorm Rooms at Dartmouth College, NH |
$75,000 |
| Solar Panels Generating Savings at Georgetown University,Washington, DC |
$45,000 |
| Water Conservation |
| New Toilets and Water Fixtures at Columbia University, NY |
$235,000 |
| Cleaning Up with Water-Saving Showerheads at BrownUniversity, RI |
$45,800 |
| Dining Services |
| Washable Cups in the Freshman Union at Harvard University, MA |
$186,500 |
| Saving on Refillable "Red Mugs"at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI |
$11,400 |
| Re-Use |
| Sale of Surplus Property at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI |
$241,800 |
| Maintaining Vehicles with Re-Refined Motor Oil at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, IL |
$3,500 |
| Second Time Around for Chemicals at the University of Washington, WA |
$14,400 |
| Management of Hazardous Chemicals Cutting Out the Weed-Killers at Seattle University, WA |
$1,300 |
| Chemistry Classes with Fewer Chemicals at the University of Minnesota, MN |
$37,000 |
| Composting |
| Creating Fertilizer with Kitchen Food Waste at Dartmouth College,NH |
$10,000 |
| Composting Landscape Waste and Scrap Wood at the University of Colorado-Boulder, CO |
$1,300 |
| Recycling |
| Award-Winning Materials-Recovery Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder, CO |
$107,000 |
| Dining Services Recycling at Harvard University, MA |
$79,000 |
| Getting Top Dollar from Paper Recycling at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI |
$120,000 |
| Analyzing Wastes to Cut Costs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI |
$21,000 |
| TOTAL |
$16,755,500
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