This week is Earth Week at UNT which will be used to further promote UNT’s mission of being an energy efficient school. Throughout my past four years at UNT, the university has continually made efforts to make UNT a green campus. Here are some of the ways UNT tries to go green.
When it comes to main campus and Discovery Park, both have different amenities in regards to going green. Almost all throughout the main campus you’ll find recycling bins for aluminum cans, paper, and trash. Discovery Park has a few recycle bins mainly in the computer labs for paper but not so many aluminum bins. In regards to saving energy, one big resource you'll find especially at Discovery Park but not much on the main campus is a lot of classroom lights are wired to automatic sensors that turn the lights on when someone is moving. The lights usually stay on for about 5-10 minutes and then will cut off once again if no movement is detected. As a result of turning the lights off to a classroom, electricity and money are saved which can thereby go to other needs of the university. One such instance is a few months ago when I interviewed for an internship with a company whose purpose was to create sustainability at schools. Even though I did not get the internship, I did find what the company did to be pretty interesting. By monitoring the air conditioning system at the schools, the company allowed schools to save money on electricity which in turn trickled down to allow teacher’s jobs to be saved. So as you can see the Going Green and using less energy can trickle down in the long run.
I hope everyone enjoys Earth Week and all its festivities.
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Ya Boy Archie Wright!
