Sandy Bauman, Sustainability Coordinator from the University of North Texas Health Science (UNTHSC) spoke with us today about her efforts to promote and educate people on sustainability.
UNT website shows us that they really "mean green". Sandy promoted the use of public transportation vs. building more parking lot by offering E-pass. UNTHSC also offers discount of LEFE vehicles.
To promote their sustainability agenda, UNTHSC uses social media and newsletter to publish information to educate their faculties and students.
They purchased water bottle stations instead of the traditional water fountains we normally see to encourage sustainability behavior and minimized plastic bottle waste.
They move one step further by providing locations of these water stations so that people can easily find the nearest stations.
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92.4% of the previous building’s construction was recycled
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Over 20% of the MET’s
construction materials contained recycled matter and/or was extracted,
processed, and manufactured within 500 miles of the its location
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Indoor air quality was considered in the choice of the building materials and ventilation systems
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The fire suppression system does not contain ozone-depleting substances
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Approximately 250,000 gallons of potable water are saved each year
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An estimated $55,000 in energy costs are saved every year
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