COLD FACTS: How to stay warm without wasting fuel

Conserving energy (and keeping the college's utility bills in check) is a community effort. Here's what you can do:

Dress warmly indoors (wear a hat to conserve 25% of your body heat), both on and off campus. Also, avoid using space heaters -- they draw so much electricity that they can negate natural-gas savings. So grab those longjohns and an extra sweater -- they’re cheap, renewable, and nonpolluting!

Turn off your computer when you're not using it. "Sleep" mode saves some energy, but not as much as shutting down altogether.

Kill the lights when you leave the room (yes, even if they might get turned on again soon). With all the indoor and night-time activities around campus, we use plenty of lighting ($1,500 worth per day) -- there's just no excuse for wasting it where we DON'T need it.

Thanks for using resources responsibly and conserving as much as you can. Comments or questions? Contact Facilities Services at ext. 5860, or e-mail CEC at environment-list@skidmore.edu.

The Campus Environment Committee is a group of faculty, students, and staff who help monitor and guide Skidmore's environmental policies and activities -- e.g., parking lot construction, North Woods maintenance, lawn care, energy conservation, and recycling. CEC is an appointed subcommittee of the Institutional Planning Committee.

To contact CEC, e-mail svanhook@skidmore.edu