Professors Conserve Energy In Their Everyday Lives
By: Rolando Torres Pagan
Issue date: 2/2/10 Section: News
"Going green" in an effort to help save the environment is an important theme here at the college as well as in the lives of its professors. These professors are doing seemingly small things that add up to something big in their daily lives to help the environment.
"Going green" plays a large part in the daily life of Dr. Thomas Montagno, professor of natural resources and club advisor to the green society, who has a great need to conserve natural resources and stimulate the local economy.
"Many people feel that they need to spend a lot of money to make a difference and do big things, but the individual small things that people do can be profound and add up to something big," Montagno said. "Going green doesn't need to be expensive."
From recycling bottles and cans to sending one garbage bag a month to landfills and composting food scraps, Montagno cuts down on the waste he produces and lessens his carbon foot print. He also has a large garden to grow produce during the summer and conserves on heating and electric bills with a woodstove he fills with wood from local land, and compact fluorescent lighting in his home.
Montagno buys as much food locally as he can, and feels that it is a big part of going green. He strongly believes that buying food from local growers keeps money in our community and saves the economy.
Tina Wilson, associate professor of computer sciences and broadcasting and electronic media, is doing her best to lessen her carbon footprint and use sustainable energy resources. "There are things I do for enjoyment in my life that aren't environmentally friendly so I try to make up for it where I can," Wilson said.
She is an avid hiker who is extremely concerned about what we do to our environment. Wilson conserves energy while using sustainable energy resources through the use of a pellet stove.
"The beautiful thing is that pellets are considered waste, so by burning them you're putting something to use that would potentially go to waste," Wilson said. She is hoping to save 250 gallons of oil by using a pellet stove. In addition to conserving a natural resource, the stove releases a significantly lesser amount of CO2 into the air. The Intellicon hot water heater system economizer makes her furnace run 30% more efficiently and conserves oil in the process.
"Going green" plays a large part in the daily life of Dr. Thomas Montagno, professor of natural resources and club advisor to the green society, who has a great need to conserve natural resources and stimulate the local economy.
"Many people feel that they need to spend a lot of money to make a difference and do big things, but the individual small things that people do can be profound and add up to something big," Montagno said. "Going green doesn't need to be expensive."
From recycling bottles and cans to sending one garbage bag a month to landfills and composting food scraps, Montagno cuts down on the waste he produces and lessens his carbon foot print. He also has a large garden to grow produce during the summer and conserves on heating and electric bills with a woodstove he fills with wood from local land, and compact fluorescent lighting in his home.
Montagno buys as much food locally as he can, and feels that it is a big part of going green. He strongly believes that buying food from local growers keeps money in our community and saves the economy.
Tina Wilson, associate professor of computer sciences and broadcasting and electronic media, is doing her best to lessen her carbon footprint and use sustainable energy resources. "There are things I do for enjoyment in my life that aren't environmentally friendly so I try to make up for it where I can," Wilson said.
She is an avid hiker who is extremely concerned about what we do to our environment. Wilson conserves energy while using sustainable energy resources through the use of a pellet stove.
"The beautiful thing is that pellets are considered waste, so by burning them you're putting something to use that would potentially go to waste," Wilson said. She is hoping to save 250 gallons of oil by using a pellet stove. In addition to conserving a natural resource, the stove releases a significantly lesser amount of CO2 into the air. The Intellicon hot water heater system economizer makes her furnace run 30% more efficiently and conserves oil in the process.
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