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At the most recent reading, the average wind speed was 9.1 m/s at the 50 meter measurement tower on the Taconic Ridge. A commercial size (1.5 MegaWatt)
wind turbine would generate 1401 kilowatts of electricity at that speed.
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Holiday Farmer’s Market on Saturday, November 21.
-by Carly Valenzuela ‘13 On Saturday, November 21st from 10am-2pm, the first annual Holiday Farmers’ Market* will be held at Williams College. The event, to take place in the Towne Field House, will feature more than thirty regional farmers and producers from the Berkshires who will sell all of the “fixings” for a Thanksgiving meal including [...]
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-by Carly Valenzuela ‘13 On Saturday, November 21st from 10am-2pm, the first annual Holiday Farmers’ Market* will be held at Williams College. The event, to take place in the Towne Field House, will feature more than thirty regional farmers and producers from the Berkshires who will sell all of the “fixings” for a Thanksgiving meal including [...]
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Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Fiscal Year 2009
Summary: Greenhouse gas emissions in 2009 dropped 10% from 2008 levels to approximately 19,600 metric tonnes of eCO2. In 1990/91 Williams’ greenhouse gas emissions were approximately 21,000 metric tonnes annually. These emissions increased to approximately 30,000 metric tonnes in 2001, (43%) due to expanding the campus and increasing energy use in existing buildings. Emissions remained at [...]
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Summary: Greenhouse gas emissions in 2009 dropped 10% from 2008 levels to approximately 19,600 metric tonnes of eCO2. In 1990/91 Williams’ greenhouse gas emissions were approximately 21,000 metric tonnes annually. These emissions increased to approximately 30,000 metric tonnes in 2001, (43%) due to expanding the campus and increasing energy use in existing buildings. Emissions remained at [...]
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These stickers have been placed on all hoods in MSL to remind users to close the sash.
Morley Science Center like many buildings on campus is heated by the central heating plant. Once steam leaves the central plant, we don't track where it goes, so we unfortunately don't know how much steam was saved by the energy conservation program, but the savings were likely signficant.
Individual actions in MSL can also contribute to energy savings. If a single hood is left on 24-7 with the sash up, it uses about the same amount of energy in a year as an entire residential household in that same year. Closing the sash whenever possible can save up to three quarters of that energy.
For the past two years, a comprehensive energy saving program has been underway at Morley Science Center. Facilities has been working on upgrading fans,motors, and lighting and fine-tuning building control systems to turn off lights and turn down ventilation when the building is unoccupied.
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