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Wed Aug 12 22:03:04 EDT 2009
names from scientific catalogs and other mailings? (such as Catalog
Choice, Green Dimes, 41pounds, or even directly calling the company,
etc...)
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Philip Kreycik, LEED AP O+M
FAS Green Labs Coordinator
Harvard University Office for Sustainability=20
46 Blackstone St, Cambridge MA
617.384.9605
www.green.harvard.edu/fas/labs.php=20
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>Are there any processes that waste money in your resources in =
your lab
because you are currently unable to afford to test out equipment or =
systems
that would help you save these resources in the future? Do you go =
through
a high volume of solvent or metals or gases or other consumable =
materials
because you lack a process or system for reclaiming =
them?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style=3D'font-size:
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>If so, check out the <a =
href=3D"http://www.green.harvard.edu/loan-fund">Green
Campus Loan Fund</a>, which provides up-front money for just this sort =
of
project. To be eligible, projects must reduce the University’s
environmental impacts and have a financial payback period of five to ten =
years
or less. Applicant parties agree to repay the fund via savings achieved =
by
project-related reductions in utility consumption, waste removal, or =
operating
costs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'><a =
href=3D"http://www.green.harvard.edu/loan-fund">http://www.green.harvard.=
edu/loan-fund</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>This tip was inspired by the Chemistry Department’s pilot =
project
with a solvent recycling machine<font color=3Dnavy><span =
style=3D'color:navy'> </span></font>made
by CBG Biotech. The machine has the potential to save thousands of
dollars per year in high volume users’ labs, by saving them from =
having
to pay to purchase acetone and dispose of it as hazardous waste. The =
loan fund
is a potential way for labs to find the upfront capital to purchase the
machine.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>-the FAS Green Labs Program<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>=
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style=3D'font-size:
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>P.S. The FAS Green Labs program is about to begin a campaign to =
<b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>reduce departmental junk mail =
</span></b>addressed to
researchers who graduated long ago.<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>
From personal experience, do you recommend any service for =
removing names
from scientific catalogs and other mailings? </span></b>(such as Catalog
Choice, Green Dimes, 41pounds, or even directly calling the company, =
etc…)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>--<o:p></o:p></span></font><=
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w:st=3D"on"><st1:PersonName
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Philip Kreycik</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, LEED AP =
O+M</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FAS Green Labs =
Coordinator</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-right:-.5in'><st1:place =
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w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Office for
Sustainability </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href=3D"http://www.green.harvard.edu/fas/labs.php">www.green.harvard.edu/=
fas/labs.php</a>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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