Sustainable Practices
Sustainable Practices
Sustainability in the Department
- Motion sensing lights turn off when we are away from the desk
- Upgraded IT vehicle from gas to hybrid vehicle
Sustainability in Labs
- Changeover from desktop/monitors to all-in-one PCs to reduce electricity usage
- Every iteration of computers has a better energy star rating than the previous one
- Transition from HDD to SSD to reduce power consumption
- Purchase computers with recyclable packaging
- Aggressive power savings modes put computers to sleep when not in use
- All computers automatically power off at night
- Use only recycled paper, plan on transitioning to sugar cane paper over next year
- Printers have modern power save modes for quick sleep/wake
- Recycle old toner cartridges
Sustainability using Smart Classrooms
- New laser projectors use less power and do not require bulbs, eliminating hazardous waste
- Room A/V interfaces sleep when not in use and have to be woken up to power on.
- Conduct internal audits on our power consumption across various rooms around campus to find areas to be improved.
- Properly dispose of all hazardous waste (lamps and batteries)
- Old equipment is recycled or sold to be repurposed
- A/V systems designed to have all non-used equipment stay in sleep/standby
- Newer podiums are passively cooled (do not rely on constantly running fans to cool equipment)
Are you a UCCS employee?
Follow these instructions to recycle your laptop, desktop, or other University electronics property.
- Click the black button to submit
- On the left side panel, click the blue words ‘submit a request’
- Select your building where MAD will collect your laptop
- Enter your information (no speedtype required). In the request, be very specific that you’d like the MAD group to collect your laptop and when/how is best to collect.
- Click submit. You’ll receive an email confirmation.