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KANSAN.COM
CHANDLER BOESE
@Chandler_Boese
Energy use on campus
The University's Lawrence campus spreads across more than 1,000 acres and is comprised of 128 buildings. Altogether, these buildings use about 125,000,000 kilowatt-hours of energy a year and 500,000 mmbtu.
- George Werth, a campus engineer, provided this information.
- Campus energy use is highest in the summer and early fall.
- Cassi Reimer, the Energy Conservation Specialist at the Center for Sustainability, said she is working with Werth to work on energy-saving measures.
- The measures include gradually replacing fluorescent lights with the greener LED lights in campus buildings.
Electricity use by month
- These statistics, also provided by Werth, indicate that use of natural gas, which is used in heating, is highest in the winter.
- The Center of Sustainability, according to Reimer, is looking at implementing automatic schedules and times in buildings.
- Reimer's hope is that the schedules, which are being tested in the fall, will minimize the amount of energy used by the heating and air-conditioning systems.
- Ideally, the systems will adjust their levels depending on the building's use.
Natural gas use by month