10 Ways to Green Your Office
- Turn off your office lights, printers, computer monitors and other electronics when out of the office. Use a power strip to turn off multiple electronics.
- If you see a room that is being heated/cooled and no one is using the space, call 609-258-5890 or email [email protected] to let Facilities know. They can remotely turn off the heating/cooling to specific rooms in many buildings to save energy. Be sure to cancel a room if you no longer need it!
- Follow the University’s heating and cooling guidelines and live within the "Tiger Zone" - heat to 68 F/20 C in the winter and cool to 78 F/26 C in the summer (if air conditioning is available).
- See a drippy faucet, call Facilities Service Center, 609-258-8000. A faucet that drips 60 drips per minute wastes 5 gallons of water a day. That's 2,082 gallons per year.
- Take advantage of Princeton's transportation incentives for bike/walk, carpool, van pool, or mass transit through the Revise Your Ride program.
- Follow the University's Recycling Guidelines for recycling and Zero Waste Guide for ways to reduce waste in your office.
- Read our Sustainable Event Guidelines for tips on greening your event including: purchasing sustainable food and beverages, avoiding single-use disposable food service items, preventing food waste and reflecting sustainability in event communications and materials.
- Avoid single-use plastic at events and meetings by providing filtered water in pitchers and consider infusing it with slices of organic fruit ("spa water") and/or use signage to direct people to the nearest filtered water fountain.
- Before purchasing new office furniture or equipment, consider used items from Resource Recovery, free for all University Departments.
- Order environmentally preferable office products in Prime's Marketplace. Look for "Green Items" and "Recycled" in the search bar/product description.
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