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The University of Baltimore is committed to being a positive force for the future
of our environment, through education and research, as well as facility and resource
management. However, being a sustainable campus also requires individual action from
everyone.
The UBalt Green Pledge is a way for all students, faculty, staff, and alumni to make
a commitment to minimize their environmental impact by adopting green habits. While
it may be easy to feel like you can’t personally make a difference to help the environment,
don't forget that each of us is part of a larger community. The small changes you
make in your daily life can have a huge impact.
As of November 30, 2017, the top green pledges the University of Baltimore community
committed to was:
Pledge Item
Participant %
I will not liter
86%
I will donate unwanted items
83%
I will carry a reusable bottle
80%
I will recycle paper products, cardboard, plastics, cans, and bottles
78%
I will take the stairs instead of using elevators whenever possible
76%
I will turn off the lights when I leave the room
74%
According to the pledge results students are more likely to:
Use a reusable bottle
Take the stairs
Replace older lights with fluorescent bulbs
Avoid printing emails
According to the pledge results staff and faculty are more likely to:
Manage computer settings
Reuse items (shopping bags, bottles, mugs, etc.)
Unsubscribe to junk mail
Purchase energy star products
By committing to some of the items in the Green Pledge, here's a look at the energy
savings the University community is committed to.
Using a Reusable Bottle
On average, Americans use about 50 billion water bottles every year and only 23% of these plastic water bottles are recycled,
meaning 38 billion plastic water bottles are thrown into landfills or become pollution
In the United States alone, 1.5 million barrels (about 9.1 million gallons) of oil are used annually in the production of plastic bottles and if that oil was
not used for plastic water bottles, it could fuel 100,000 cars for a whole year
By 2050, at the current consumption rate, scientists predict there will be more plastic
in the ocean than fish
Efficient Lighting
Replacing only one light bulb with an Energy Star-rated light bulb in every American
home would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 9 billion pounds
If you turn off the lights whenever you leave a room, you can reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by 0.15 pounds per hour
If the U.S. switched entirely to LED lights in the next two decades, the nation could
save $250 billion, reduce electricity consumption for lighting by nearly 50%, and
avoid 1,800 million metric tons of carbon emissions
Taking the Stairs
A typical hydraulic elevator (like the one in the Charles Royal building) uses 3,800
kilowatt-hours per year, or about as much as the average American home uses in four
months
A traction elevator (like in the Business Center) might use about five-and-a-half
times as much energy
The energy use per person per day is about 0.3 kWh, which is about as much as you'd
save in four hours by replacing an incandescent bulb with a CFL
Other popular ways suggested by participants to reduce energy consumption included:
Increase donation/recycling events and items
Use reusable bottles as promotion item or prizes
Place "turn off light" stickers around switches
Install motion sensor lights
Use heated water sparingly
Switch to LED lights
Remove office waste/recycling baskets and instead use one central location for all
office trash
