Working “Greener” Can Save Your Law Library Some “Green” Kathleen M. Sasala , Esq....
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Working “Greener” Can Save Your Law Library
Some “Green”Kathleen M. Sasala, Esq.
Director, Cleveland Law LibraryORALL, 2009
WAYS TO SAVE
Examples of ways to save:1. Curtailing business trips in favor of telephone or video
conferences.2. Changing the thermostat at the office3. Using less paper and/or reusing paper4. Saving energy on equipment and appliances.
Have You Hugged a Tree Today?
Ways We Have Saved Papera) reducing the number of patron logs we use every day
from 3 to 2; b) consolidating our public employees’ sign in sheets from 5
per week to 1 per week;c) scanning email documents directly into our copy machine without copying them first;d) sending board meeting documents and correspondence by emaile) converting all but about 115 of our 2,300 members to receiving our newsletters by email.
How These Efforts Saved Item Pages SavedPatron Logs 250Employee Sign-in Sheets 1,000New Scanning 350Digital Board Documents 600Electronic Newsletters 8,740
10,940
This equals 22 reams of paper (over 2 boxes) or $72.00
Regular Copy Paper Costs
Vendor Cost per Box
Xpedx $37.90
Staples $35.99
OfficeMax $39.99
United Office Products
$45.99
Recycled Paper Costs
Vendor Cost per Box
Xpedx $59.90
Staples $40.99
Office Max $44.99
United Office Products
$51.99
ENERGY SAVINGS Power down/turn off equipment
Put equipment into sleep or standby mode
Unplug equipment when you canE.g., adding machine, pencil sharpener, coffee
machine, electric stapler, postal meter, postal scale, fan, and folding machine, etc.
Hard Number Crunching
• Let’s do some number crunching
Assumptions Re: Office Hrs.(52 work weeks)
• % Of Time The Office Is Open (8 hrs. a day):Days: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
2,080 Hours = 24 %• % Of Time The Office Is Closed (16 hrs. a day):
Evenings and overnight: 4,160 HoursWeekends: 2,496 Hours
6,656 Hours = 76%
Assumptions Re: Energy Costs
• Ohio average electricity cost: *
8.27 cents per kWh
*http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/brochure/electricity/electricity.html
What Is A Watt ? What is a kilowatt?
Watt: a watt is a measure of the rate of electrical use at any moment in time.
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EQUIVALENCY1 kilowatt hr == using 1,000 watts for 1 hr.
(Kilo means one thousand)
*http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/cost.html#kilowatt
How Many Watts Do Devices Use?
• 60 Watt Light Bulb (incandescent) 60 watts• CFL Light bulb (60 watt eq.) 18 watts
(compact fluorescent light bulb)
• 17” LCD Monitor: 40 watts• 17” CRT Monitor 90 watts• Desktop Computer & 17” CRT 150-340 watts• Desktop & monitor asleep 1-20 watts• Laptop computer 45 watts
Devices That List Amps and Volts
AMPS x Volts = Watts (avg. is 120 volts)
How To Calculate Energy Loss?
FORMULA for LOSS
WATTS x Hours X Cost Per = TOTAL 1000 kilowatt hr. COST
Example: Usage 60 watt bulb x 16 hrs. X .0827 = $.079/day
1,000 = $2.37/mnth.
= $28.44/yr.
60 Watt Bulb Savings Per…
• Turning off 1-60 watt bulb for 16 hours a day:
Saves: = $ .079/day = $ 2.37/mnth.= $ 28.44/yr.
LCDs vs. CRTs
LCD CRT
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) monitors use 1/3 to 1/2 the electricity of Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) monitors*
* http://www.wisegeek.com/which-monitor-type-is-better-lcd-or-crt.htm
LCD vs. CRT Comparison Savings
LCD [40 watts]-turning off 1 LCD monitor 16 hrs per day=$.05 per day=$1.50 per month=$18.00 per year
CRT [90 watts]-turning off 1 CRT monitor 16 hrs per day=$.12 per day=$3.60 per month=$43.20 per year
Energy Star Equipment
Joint Effort of U.S. EPA & U.S. DOEhttp://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=about.ab_index
Energy Star FAQ’s
Energy Star equipment is certified to: run cooler last longer reduce greenhouse gas emissions save electricity
Our Energy Star Fax Machine
Saved us $17.00 to date over the last 12 months
Energy Star Computers
Windows and Mac’s:Operating systems put monitors and computers into a low-power “sleep mode” after a period of inactivity.
Internet Calculator
• EnergyStar.gov has an online calculator to figure savings on your particular computers and laptops:
• http://www.energystar.gov/ia/products/power_mgt/LowCarbonITSavingsCalc_v26_with_5_0v2.xls
Sleepy Computers May Still Lose Energy
A computer in sleep mode can still lose up to 6 watts of energy every moment.
Putting your computer to sleep every day at lunch time could save between $2.15 - $6.06 per year.
Better Savings from Unplugging
Even better than sleeping is unplugging!
Vampire Energy Sucks !
Vampire Energy Sucks ! (cont’d)
Item Annual Kilowatt loss Cost Annual Loss
Computer 311 8.27 cents $25.72Laser printer 113 8.27 cents $9.35
Our Total Annual Savings
Green Effort Annual SavingsSaving copy paper $72.00
Cancelling bulk mailing permit $180.00
Turning off 1 60 watt bulb $28.44
Turning off 1 LCD monitor $18.00
Turning off 1 CRT monitor $43.20
Buying an Energy Star Fax $17.00
Putting the computer to sleep at lunch $6.06
Unplugging 1 computer $25.72
Unplugging 1 laser printer $9.25
TOTAL $383.67
Buy A Book With Your Savings*
• Ohio Business Entities, Lexis, $375• Indiana Limited Liability Company Forms and
Practice, Data Trace, $249.90• Kentucky Divorce, West, $255
* Eis, Arlene L., Legal Looseleafs in Print (InfoSources Publishing, 2009)