当前项目:能源
可再生能源
The extraction, transportation and use of Skidmore's various energy sources have major environmental, social and economic impacts and are a major source of the college's institutional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As a result, Skidmore has implemented a number of small-scale and large-scale renewable energy projects to shift the college toward a more renewable energy portfolio. These projects, along with numerous initiatives that improve energy efficiency and help promote behavioral changes, have significantly reduced the college's GHG emissions. Please click on the projects below to learn more.
效率的项目
Skidmore is an energy-conscious college and has committed to an array of initiatives to reduce its energy consumption.
- 占用传感器倡议: In the spirit of energy conservation and carbon emission reductions, 设施 Services
installed occupancy sensors in appropriate applications campuswide in offices, classrooms
和卫生间.
- Campus building temperature initiative: 火博体育的校园 building temperature initiative was designed to save energy during the heating and cooling seasons by raising temperature
set points a few degrees during the cooling season and lowering the set points a few
degrees during the heating season. The 程序 will have three different phases to
take into account the varied needs of work/school days, evening/weekend hours and
假期/建筑闭包.
- LED照明: Skidmore is in the process of replacing older, inefficient exit lights with 4.7瓦
LED灯. Other lighting, such as parking lot and walkway lights, may also be upgraded.
- 变频驱动: Skidmore has installed variable-frequency drives on all high-horsepower motors to
最大限度提高能源效率. Variable frequency drives control motor speed by adjusting
the alternating current waveform. With the older variable-resistor method, more electrical
能量以热的形式散失.
- 冷水清洗: Skidmore's washing machines reduce energy demand by using only cold water.
- Updated transformers and motors: Skidmore has replaced older electric transformers and heating-plant motors with more 有效的模型.
火博体育我们的楼宇
- Sussman Village公寓: The Sussman Village Apartments were built to replace Scribner Village and features
geothermal heating and cooling. Skidmore used on-site stone to build retaining walls
and other landscaping features, and some walkways are made from recycled material
from the Scribner Village demolition. The area around the buildings uses xeriscaping
principles to reduce water usage.
亚瑟·赞克尔音乐中心: The 亚瑟·赞克尔音乐中心 opened its doors to the community in February 2010.
As Skidmore's newest building, Zankel features a variety of sustainable features including
geothermal heating and cooling, energy-efficient lighting and windows, low-flow water
fixtures, increased insulation for sound and efficiency and occupancy sensors.- Murray-Aikins食堂: The dining hall is also heated and cooled with geothermal energy. 建筑特点
energy-efficient lighting and windows, low-flow water fixtures and a trayless dining
程序.
- Northwoods Village Apartments: Built on a former "brown" site, the Northwoods Village Apartments are another geothermal 火博体育校园的项目. The apartments replaced off-campus student housing, which reduces campus car use and institutional greenhouse gas emissions. 建筑的 trim is made from sustainably harvested wood, and the roofs, doors and steel frames are made from recycled material. The buildings were designed to use natural daylight, and all lighting fixtures in the complex use high-efficiency compact fluorescent light 灯泡. Finally, construction was completed with low-emitting materials in paints, 地毯和粘合剂.
