Hi everyone, I’m just forwarding this email from Jason in the Office of Sustainability. We can talk about it in tomorrow’s meeting.
On December 8th & 9th, the UF Office of Sustainability’s Green Team
Network (http://www.sustainable.ufl.edu/greenteam/), in collaboration
with Neutral Gator (http://www.neutralgator.org/), will host a
athletics. Our goal is to distribute 1,000 high-efficiency compact
fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) to members of the UF community. Each of
these lightbulbs, which normally sell for a few dollars each, can last
for several years and save you approximately $55 in energy costs when
you use them to replace regular incandescent bulbs. The U.S.
Department of Energy estimates that if every American home replaced
just one regular lightbulb with a CFL, we would save almost six
billion kWh per year—enough energy to light nearly three million
homes. We’d also save more than $600 million in annual energy costs
and reduce greenhouse gases by the equivalent of nearly 750,000 cars.
CFLs will save you money and lighten your carbon footprint, and you
can get them FOR FREE through participating in this event. They also
make great holiday gifts for your friends and family who haven’t yet
made the switch.
HERE’S HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Take orders from your Green Team and other department members the week
of December 1st-5th, and let Jason know how many CFLs you’d like to
reserve (by responding to this post on the Green Team Google Group).
The CFLs can be exchanged 1 for 1 for incandescent bulbs for free, or
you can buy the CFLs (without exchanging) for $1 each.
The bulbs will be reserved on a first-come, first-serve basis, and
will be distributed via a table at the Colonnade on December 8th from
11a.m.-5p.m and December 9th from 11a.m.-2p.m. When you reserve your
CFLs, please include when you would like to pick them up and a phone
number where you can be reached during business hours.
If you have any questions, feel free to reply to this post or contact
Jason Fults, Green Team Project Manager (392-7578, ext. 34).