Ever Green

Justine ShaffnerLibrary Services Consultant - Public

jshaffner@bcr.org800-397-1552 x140

http://blogs.bcr.org/publiclibraries/

Why be green?

It’s no fun being green

I want it all, I want it all, I want it all and I want it now

Freddie Mercury of Queen

What we’ll cover

• Green Design• Green Practices• Green Programs• Resources for going Green• Ways to stay informed

Green Design

Buildings account for -• 65.2% of Total U.S. Electricity Consumption • 36% of Total U.S. Primary Energy Use • 30% of Total U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions • 136 Million Tons of Construction & Demolition

Waste • in the U.S. - Approx. 2.8 lbs/person/day of waste• 12% of Total U.S. Potable Water Consumption • 40% - 3 Billion Tons Annually - of Raw Materials

Used Globally

Source - http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/292/Green_design_strategies_webinar.pdf

LEED Certification

• ‘Bird∙friendly' Glass• Wildlife Friendly Design• Plant Rescue• Snow Melting System• Reduce Kitchen Water Consumption• Employee Wellness• Educational Program

Green Design

• Bicycle storage• Public transportation• Recycle• Roofing• Paving

– Bioswale– Permeable

• Parking

Green Design - Lighting

Percent of the time the space is empty

• Private Office 53%• Storerooms 56%• Meeting Rooms 66%• Restrooms 70%Source - http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/292/Green_design_strategies_webinar.pdf

Green Design

• Xeriscaping• Flowers and bushes

– Native

• Just say no to grass! And to– Pesticides– Sprinklers (esp. automated)– Mowing

Green Design – CO

•Naturita•Douglas County•Telluride

Naturita Public Library

Teaching Wall

Green Design – CO

• Telluride• Douglas County

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE6lGPjLYUg&feature=channel

Green Design - US

• Ballard Branch. Seattle Public Library.  Seattle, WA• Blair Library.  Fayetteville Public Library.  Fayetteville, AR• Bozeman Public Library.  Bozeman , MT• Budlong Woods Branch. Chicago Public Library. Chicago, IL • Central Library. Seattle Public Library.   Seattle, WA • Eden Prairie Library. Eden Prairie, MN  • Jay Johnson Public Library.  Quinter,  KS• Lake View Terrace Library. Lake View Terrace, CA • Minneapolis Central Library.  Minneapolis, MN  • North Adams Public Library.  North Adams,  MA• Oaklyn Branch Library. Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.  Evansville, IN.• Laramie County Library Cheyenne, WY• Anythink (Rangeview Libraries) Brighton, CO

Green Practices

•Energy audits•Green power•Supplies and Paper•Renovations http://www.fscus.org/

•Weeding http://www.betterworldbooks.com/ and http://www.blogistics.com/

Green Practices

• Certified green products• Book bags• Laptops not desktops• Junk mail• Freecycling• Items for checkout

– Kill A Watt meters http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/388_254?gclid=CJbAk-b84p0CFQOenAodbik6Ow

Green Practices

• Items to checkout– Bicycles

http://www.fcbikelibrary.org/Index.asp– Fishing poles– Sports equipment, crafting tools– Musical Instruments– Cake pans– Art prints– Jigsaw puzzles

Emotionally Intelligent Signage

video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZOt6BkhUg

Green Practices

• HVAC• Fumes• Working windows• Dress• Carpool

Work from Home

• $23 billion could be saved in transportation, environmental, and energy costs with a 10 to 20 % increase in telecommuting in the US

• Many reputable studies have proven that teleworking 1 to 3 days per week increases overall employee productivity by 10% to 45%

• AmEx telestaff did 26% more calls and were 43% more productive• Difficult to recruit Gen Y’ers are very attracted to flexible work

arrangements• 72% of employers say telework has a high impact on employee

retention • Telecommuting programs reduce unscheduled absences by 63%• AT&T workers work 5 more hours at home than their office workers

Green Programs

•Recycled art contest•Recycled fashion show•Recycling bins by the library •Community gardens•Green themed reading

programs

Go Green Display

Green Programs

• Seattle http://snipurl.com/rfw3p• Seminars• Program series• Film series

http://greeningyourlibrary.wordpress.com/sustainable-films/

Resources for going Green

• Patron brochure http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/CEpdf/Gettingstartedgoinggreen.pdf

• Proposal http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/CEpdf/goinggreenproposal8x11.pdf

• Green Footstephttp://www.greenfootstep.org/

• Strategies http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/292/index.html

• Where to recycle http://1800recycling.com/ and http://earth911.com

Resources for going Green

• Dsire http://www.dsireusa.org/• Green-e http://green-e.org/ • DOE Financial assistance

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/financing/ • Green Press Initiative

http://www.greenpressinitiative.org/ • Energy Star http://www.energystar.gov/

Resources for going Green

• Readability http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ also http://printgreener.com/

• Green Libraries http://www.greenlibraries.org/

• American Libraries Green page http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/greenlibrary

• How to reduce waste http://greeningyourlibrary.pbworks.com/f/how+to+reduce.pdf

• Energy efficiency program http://www.boma.org/TrainingAndEducation/BEEP/Pages/default.aspx

Resources for going Green

Library green pages• http://www.westland.lib.mi.us/green/

greener.php • http://www.kcls.org/research/

infogreen/• http://tiny.cc/r7pbu (Spokane)• http://burbankgreenpages.blogspot.co

m/

Ways to stay informed

Ways to stay informed

• Beth Filar Williams http://greeningyourlibrary.wordpress.com/

• Alliance http://thegreenlibraryblog.blogspot.com/

• Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32308457042

• ALA’s Task Force on the Environment http://lists.ala.org/wws/subscribe/tfoe

• Small Scale Green http://www.learningtimes.net/alaconference/

Questions?

Justine Shaffner, MLSLibrary Services Consultant – Public

BCRjshaffner@bcr.org

800-397-1552 x140http://blogs.bcr.org/publiclibraries/