University "go green" campaign triumphs
Jessica Kumor
Issue date: 10/24/08 Section: Opinion
Bonaventure took on the challenge to "go green" for a day and found success.
The Sustainable Bona's Day "go green" promotion was a proactive approach to raising awareness on reducing the campus' carbon emissions by altering campus energy use.
The Oct. 16 promotion was a success, saving $3,000. The campus saved 24 percent of daily electricity consumption, 50 percent of natural gas consumption and 23 tons of carbon dioxide, according to Philip Winger, associate vice president for facilities.
Bonaventure spends approximately $5,000 worth of energy on an average day.
Members of the campus community should be proud of their ability to take a stance and actively make an effort to improve the quality of the environment. It takes commitment to walk in the cold to classes from townhouses instead of driving.
Students, faculty and staff took an opportunity to improve the world we live in by "going green" and sacrificing a little convenience.
The Hickey Dining Hall and the RC Cafe turned down the lights not needed during the day. Did turning down the lights from blaring bright to cozy dim negatively affect anyone's day? Probably not.
Sustainable Bona's Day has proven that turning off unnecessary lights can have a large impact. If the campus did this every day, funds could be used to improve other aspects of campus or even allow tuition to be decreased.
Sustainable Bona's Day can only improve the Bonaventure campus if it sparks even more creative ideas to advance the quality of campus life.
The Sustainable Bona's Day "go green" promotion was a proactive approach to raising awareness on reducing the campus' carbon emissions by altering campus energy use.
The Oct. 16 promotion was a success, saving $3,000. The campus saved 24 percent of daily electricity consumption, 50 percent of natural gas consumption and 23 tons of carbon dioxide, according to Philip Winger, associate vice president for facilities.
Bonaventure spends approximately $5,000 worth of energy on an average day.
Members of the campus community should be proud of their ability to take a stance and actively make an effort to improve the quality of the environment. It takes commitment to walk in the cold to classes from townhouses instead of driving.
Students, faculty and staff took an opportunity to improve the world we live in by "going green" and sacrificing a little convenience.
The Hickey Dining Hall and the RC Cafe turned down the lights not needed during the day. Did turning down the lights from blaring bright to cozy dim negatively affect anyone's day? Probably not.
Sustainable Bona's Day has proven that turning off unnecessary lights can have a large impact. If the campus did this every day, funds could be used to improve other aspects of campus or even allow tuition to be decreased.
Sustainable Bona's Day can only improve the Bonaventure campus if it sparks even more creative ideas to advance the quality of campus life.
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