This year marks the periodic table of elements’ 150th anniversary, and to celebrate, . Each one shared the ways in which each element is unique, starting with good old No. 6: carbon.
Listen to Bryan Enderle, a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, explain the places we see carbon every day in the above video.
Thanksgiving energy savings: $20K last year
When fewer people are on campus because of a holiday, the Energy Conservation Office in Facilities Management turns off some of the heating and air conditioning units on campus. Over the 2018 Thanksgiving break, doing so saved almost $21,000 in energy costs:
- Electricity — $5,797 saved
- Steam (heating) — $13,775 saved
- Chilled water (cooling) — $1,124 saved
To learn more about how the program works, watch the above video or visit .
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