Category Archives: Energy

Green Technology Suggestions

There are many things we can do to reduce our carbon footprint from technology.  Most electronic devices continue to use power even when they are in the “sleep” mode.  Power adapters for phone charging, computer peripherals, and accessories continue to draw anytime they are plugged in!  These “phantom loads” add up to hundreds of wastedContinue reading “Green Technology Suggestions”

Portable Energy Meter

The GC Sustainability Council now has a portable energy meter, which can be used to record energy usage for anything that can be plugged into a 120v socket.  This graphic shows watts and monthly cost for a standard desktop computer (about 100 watts), which drops to 6 watts when the computer was shut down.  ThoseContinue reading “Portable Energy Meter”

Electricity Meter Results from April to December, 2012

Electricity usage data from our new metering system shows that the Chiller Plant uses the most total electricity, followed at a great distance by Russell Library, Centennial Center, and the Wellness Center.  From April to December 2012, on the Metered buildings (not including residence halls), we used about 54,500 Kw-hr/day, which roughly works out toContinue reading “Electricity Meter Results from April to December, 2012”

Georgia Campus Sustainability Network Fall Conference – 09.14.2012

Call for Proposals: Georgia Campus Sustainability Network Fall Conference – 09.14.2012 Proposals are currently being accepted for one-hour panel sessions for the fall meeting of the Georgia Campus Sustainability Network (GCSN) meeting at Georgia State University, September 14, from 9am-3pm. Each session will be facilitated by a moderator, and include three panelists with technical and/orContinue reading “Georgia Campus Sustainability Network Fall Conference – 09.14.2012”

GCSU Energy and Transportation Research Study 2010

A team of five GCSU marketing research students investigated issues of awareness of energy saving opportunities, attitude toward energy saving opportunities, energy saving behaviors, energy saving intentions. They also researched aware of alternative transportation opportunities, attitudes toward alternative transportation opportunities, alternative transportation behaviors, and alternative transportation intentions. The study included 183 usable surveys from students,Continue reading “GCSU Energy and Transportation Research Study 2010”

Energy and Water Meters Installed

Over the last two months, Plant Operations has installed 70 flow meters to measure electricity, natural gas, water, steam, and fuel oil usage for main campus buildings.  About half of the meters are electricity meters, making continuous measurements of energy usage for each building.  In the past, GC’s main campus was all one connected circuit, soContinue reading “Energy and Water Meters Installed”