- Dorm Energy Competition
- Buy Green Energy
- Compact flourescent bulb swap
- Energy savings workshops
- Green office
What Energy is Used at Tufts?
- Hydro-electricity produced off-site
- On-site solar
- Natural gas
- Steam
- Heavy fuel oil
- Gasoline
- Diesel fuel for vehicles and generators
- Biodiesel
| Energy Technology at Tufts |
| Occupancy sensors and Lighting in rooms Lightbulbs Thermostats Radiators and valves |
| Energy Action at Tufts |
| Energy Efficiency and Conservation Projects |
- Dorm Energy Competition: Do It In The Dark
- Buy Green Energy: Get Clean! Power It Green!
- Exchange your incandescent lightbulbs for energy efficient compact flourescent bulbs: Bulb Exchange
- Learn about energy savings in your home: Home Energy Seminar
- Learn how to green your office: Office visits
Home Energy Seminar
Each winter, the Tufts Climate Initiative offers a free 1.5 hour seminar on saving energy & money in your home. The seminar is held on all three campuses and is open to Tufts as well as community members. In this seminar you learn how to prioritize and how you can save the most. There is time to answer your individual questions. Open to the public. For homeowners and renters!
Do It in the Dark: Fall 2009Each fall, the student group Environmental Consciousness Outreach (ECO), with OOS support and sponsorship, hold a competition for residential halls on the Medford campus to reduce energy usage during a month-long period. ECO and TCI focus on getting students' attention focused on simple things they can do to save energy. The contest is widely publicized with flyers, chalking, posters, ads in the school's newspaper, etc. ECO and TCI hand out stickers, glow-in-the-dark condoms, and flyers with tips on how to save energy.
Get Clean! Power It Green!
Get Clean! Power It Green! is a joint initiative of the Tufts Office of Sustainability and the campus undergraduate organization Environmental Consciousness Outreach (ECO). The voluntary carbon offset purchasing program emerged after student wind referendums passed with an overwhelming majority in two successive years. These referendums, which called for a $20 per year increase in the student activities fee to be allocated to a wind energy purchase, are non-binding, thus leaving the final decision in the Trustees' hands. Unfortunately the administration decided not to increase student fees. Instead, OOS and ECO have joined the Mass Technology Council (MTC) to offer the opportunity for students, faculty and staff to buy green energy on their own. See the Get Clean! page for more info.
Bulb Exchange
In 1990, Tufts was the first university to sign the EPA Green Lights pledge, a promise to upgrade lighting in 90% of our floor space. This program focused on institutional lighting (overheads and permanent fixtures). Click here to learn more about the EPA Green Light Program and Lighting Upgrades & Motion Sensors . Replacing energy-hogging incandescents with energy-saving fluorescents is a simple, effective way to slow the rate of global climate change while saving Tufts money. The Tufts Climate Initiatve now offers to exchange incandescent lightbulbs for FREE compact flourescent bulbs . Since the inception of the program, Tufts has distributed over 3000 compact fluorescent lightbulbs to students, staff and faculty.
Greening your Office
Office of Sustainability staff are available to come and speak to you, a select group of staff or your entire staff meeting about ways to save energy and money in your office. Contact us at sustainabilityoffice@tufts.edu to schedule a visit.