Ever Green
Justine ShaffnerLibrary Services Consultant - Public
[email protected] 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
Green Design
• LEED http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19
• U.S. Green Building Council http://www.usgbc.org/ • Educational resources on green building
http://delicious.com/usgbc.knowx • Green Building Certification Institute
http://www.gbci.org/
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
• Douglas County http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE6lGPjLYUg&feature=channel
Telluride
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 Design
• Any questions or ideas?
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• Work at home• Carpool
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
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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
800-397-1552 x140http://blogs.bcr.org/publiclibraries/