As part of Earth Week this year, Facilities & Auxiliary Services helped to sponsor a "Dare To Unplug," day this past Friday, in which students were asked to turn off lights and any non essential electronics in order to save electricity and impact our carbon footprint. The dorms up in Laird were selected for this program because they are metered in a way that can be measured precisely in order to gauge the affect of students changing their habits, even for just an afternoon. When the results were determined, both James Smith and George Read Halls reduced their consumption by 10% and the overall reduction in consumption was 3% across all the Laird buildings when compared to the same time period a week before. In the photo, Anne-Marie from Facilities shares the results in a graph to students that stopped by the Facilities table at the Green Expo in the Trabant Center on Wednesday.
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