Tuesday, October 23, 2007

green grade for OCAD

I worked on interior environment - lighting and paints.
This is the summary of my research.
OCAD uses low VOC (Volatile Organic Compunds) latex supplied by Benjamin Moore. low VOC paint has many benefits to environment.
90% of the lighting in OCAD is fluorescent. T8 fluorescent with electronic ballasts are mainly used in the building, some T12 are still used. A typical conversion of T12 with magnetic ballast to T8 with electronic ballasts costs about $20/lamp including parts and labor. Energy saving from the conversion can pay back the initial investment in 2 to 4 yrs in an industrial application and 5 to 7 yrs in a commercial application. Incandesent bulbs in OCAD are swithing with compact fluorescent lamps. Due to global warming, the ban the bulb movement is gaining strenght. 5% of the electricity it uses gose to light the bulb, 95% is heat. Currently, Canada is ha ving FLICK OFF movement. It is about to fight climate change by getting Canadians to use less energy by flick off our lighting. They say that we only have 10 yrs to dramatically reduce our emission or we're screwed.
I also worke on the computer power in OCAD. The primary source of energy comsumption for OCAD IT is through the data center. The electrical power, system cooling and ventilation and uninterrupted power supplies are the bigget draw on energy.
New appreaches are maintain existing physical size and address expanded capacity requirements of the facility while saving up to 40 - 50 % in related energy costs. and IT services has configured all computer studios and information commons (all stuent desktpos on campus) with an automated shutdowns at close so that energy is not consumed when OCAD is closed.
Overall, I give B+, since OCAD cosiders about environment and making changes to save the environment.

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