Residence Halls
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In Tripp Hall instead of steam, all rooms now have radiant hot water heat in a wall mounted cabinet, and each room has a thermostat. A monitoring system is in place with the ability to view settings for individual rooms, dial in a range for thermostats for the entire building or by floor, and an alarm system.
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In Chadbourne Hall and Merit House renovation is complete with controls similar to Tripp Hall.
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Replacing tank style water heaters (600 to 875 gallons) with semi-instantaneous type (20 to 30 gallons). Sixty percent of halls complete.
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Scheduling of opening and closing procedures to minimize energy use.
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Motion detector switches for lighting.
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Incandescent lighting has been replaced with compact fluorescents since 2008.
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As of 2006, switched from electric to gas clothes dryers where possible, purchase only Energy Star rated appliances during remodels.
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Developing preventive maintenance programs which keep HVAC systems working at peak levels.
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Information Technology reconfigured servers to be a virtual environment, reducing power consumption.
University Apartments
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Installing energy efficient boilers as replacements, which save 25% in natural gas.
Summer Conference Programs
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The Summer Collegiate Experience served as a pilot in the summer of 2010 for promoting reduce/reuse/recycle messages among youth groups during summer conferences.
Messages written on mirrors, such as "Switch it off!" or "Save electricity—turn off the AC when you leave," will be written by housekeeping staff each week. Small posters will also be put on bathroom doors and mirrors. The SCE is an eight week bridge program for students preparing to attend UW-Madison full-time in the fall.
Baseline electricity from last summer for Slichter Hall, where the group is staying, will be taken before their stay begins, each week, and afterwards. The readings will be complicated because Slichter Hall houses administrative staff, so the office portion will have to be subtracted, and calculations made for capacity and degree days. At this time, water use specific to Slichter Hall cannot be tracked, nor was a system for weighing recycling for before and after pursued for this year. It is expected that the greatest electrical impact will come from reducing use of AC units.
