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WELCOME!

Welcome to our Green Campus Guide. At Macquarie, we are committed to the principles of sustainability in all that we do. Use this guide as a fun, interactive way to explore some of the things we are doing, and discover ways that you can also contribute.

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Making a Green Choice? Time for something new? Buy a fuel-efficient car! The Green Vehicle guide has the latest information on the newest models that will save money at the bowser and reduce carbon pollution too.

LIBRARY

Learning Sustainably - The new library is a benchmark in sustainable design. www.lib.mq.edu.au

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Carpool To School. If you carpool in a vehicle with three or more persons, you are entitled to apply for a Carpool Parking Permit and can park in one of 12 dedicated carpool parking spaces. Search for 'car pooling' on the university home page.

BUS

Hail To The Bus Driver! Did you know that Macquarie University has 21 bus services travelling to and from the campus? Have a few more minutes to yourself each day and leave the car in the garage.

TRAIN STATION

An Easier Way To Go. Macquarie University now offers a staff Travel Loan Scheme! To encourage staff to use public transport to and from work, there are interest free travel loans for continuing and fixed-term staff on offer. Search for 'staff travel loan scheme' on the home page.

TRIGEN PLANT

Our trigeneration plant uses natural gas to do many things: provide electricity, air condition buildings and heat our swimming pools!

BUSHCARE SITE

Going Round the Bush. Want a free fun family feel-good activity? Join Buschare@MQ. Search for Bushcare@MQ on the home page.

FOOD COURT

The Daily Grind. Take a mug or Keep Cup to get your daily coffee. In 2011 there are 224 workdays so that's a potential saving of 224 cups, 2.24 kg plastic lids, and 134.4 kg of landfill. Even better, it saves 2924 kWh of energy every year which is the equivalent of almost a year's household electricity consumption by the average NSW resident!

SOLAR POWER

The roof of E6B is now home to a 21.12kW rooftop Grid Connected Solar PV System. The site was chosen for its northerly orientation and easy access for installation. The panels will provide 53 kWh per day, with an expected abatement of 20,300 kg of CO2 per year. Additionally, sensor lighting has been installed in hallways and classrooms of E6A, and in the labs on Level 3 of E8A.

ONE BIN SYSTEM

All for One and One for All. As part of Macquarie University's commitment to reducing volume to landfill, the new one bin recycling system means that all waste (except paper) is now recycled and sorted at a central station behind the E3A.

BIKE RIDERS

A B.U.G.s Life. To find a Bike Buddy, learn about the bike routes around the University and for all things to do with two wheels join the Macquarie University Bike User Group.

BIKE HUB

In The Hub Of It. Good news for bike riders! The BikeHubs are an end-of-trip facility designed to assist students and staff in cycling to Macquarie University. Each BikeHub includes an undercover bicycle parking enclosure for 26 bicycles as well as 28 lockers and 2 showers. http://bit.ly/X5WlPX

ARBORETUM

The Macquarie University Arboretum comprises all the trees and plants on campus. These trees, growing in natural and planted habitats, provide a valuable resource for teaching and research and a pleasing and relaxing environment for the enjoyment of staff, students and visitors to the university. The arboretum also provides habitat for many native birds and animals.

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MULTI FUNCTION DEVICE

MULTI FUNCTION DEVICE

Double It Up To Half Your Use! Encourage your office to print and copy double-sided and replace single use printers with multi-function devices (MFDs)

LIGHT SWITCH

Flick the Switch. Turn off and turn green. Turn off the lights when you leave as lighting accounts for 9% of average energy consumption on the campus.

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A Margin Of Error. An easy way to use less paper! Reduce the margin settings and type sizes of your documents. Using 11 point font and 2cm margins increases the amount of information you can fit on a page, while still being easy to read. Whatever version of word processor you have, search for 'Change page margins'� in the Help section. Make sure you change the default setting so that you don't need to do it every time.

PAPER

Where Does Your Paper Come From? Macquarie's new Procurement Procedure states that only Officemax's Sustainable Forestry paper or 100% recycled paper are available for purchasing. That's another win for sustainability!

LASER PRINTER

Sustainable By Default. Set up duplex printing on all computers as the default option. A one-off effort for a long-term payoff! Also look at setting up monochrome by default too to save on toner use and costs.

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Monitor Your Usage. Leaving appliances like computers, printers and monitors on standby uses more power than you might think. Appliances and standby make up to a whole 10% of energy consumption! Make sure you turn off all appliances when you're not using them and at the end of the day.

PAPER BIN

Paper Do's and Don'ts. Due to contamination, paper is the only material which can't be successfully sorted in the new one waste bin system, so put all clean paper products into the office paper recycling bins (usually blue).

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Going, Going, Off. An audit of more than 600 computers and monitors at the University of New South Wales revealed that the average computer used 49 watts when fully on, 29 watts when asleep, and 2 watts when switched off.

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POWER POINT

Off (at) The Wall. Electrical equipment left in standby mode are using power, and accounts for up to 10% of energy consumption. The easiest way to make sure all your separate appliances are off? Turn them all off with the flick of one switch at the wall.

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Useful A Second Time. Use one-sided printed pages for draft printing and jotting notes like missed phone messages. Or better yet, send them an email and create a culture of a paperless office.�

WASTE BIN

Where Does Your Waste Go? As part of Macquarie University's commitment to reducing volume to landfill, the new one bin recycling system means that general waste (except paper) is now recycled and sorted at a central station behind the E3A. Search for 'where does your waste go' on the home page to find out more.

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FRIDGE

Make sure door seals clean and that the door closes properly.

MUG

Use it 24 Times. That's the point where reusable cups become a more environmentally friendly option to disposable paper cups. Multi-use utensils reduce the waste, natural resources use, and damage done by green house gases from paper cups. So from now on, how about using metal cutlery and ceramic crockery rather than the disposable option?

LIGHT SWITCH

Carbon Pollution. Simply by switching lights off when you leave a room, you can stop 400kg of carbon pollution being released into the atmosphere. That's the same amount of carbon emitted by a return flight from Sydney to the Gold Coast

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HOT WATER TAP

In Hot Water. Using hot water accounts for an astonishing 37% of energy consumption so use the cold water tap whenever possible.

TAP

In one year, a dripping tap can waste as much as 20,000 litres of water which is more than the average Australian household uses in the same period!

SINK

Down The Drain. Challenging yourself to see how little water you can use to wash up your mugs and crockery in the kitchen. One mug doesn't require a bucket of water to wash!

CATERING

Did you know that Macquarie University now has a Sustainable Catering Guide? Also, try organic options available from Crunch Catering.

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Unwrapping the problem. Buy your supplies (sugar, milk, etc.) in bulk and avoid single serves such as individually wrapped teabags and sugar sachets. The average Australian consumes 90 kilograms of resources in packaging per year, which is almost double the average European consumer.

MILK

Water Water Everywhere. There are many indirect costs use of water attributed to the food we eat and the products we buy. For example, 1 litre of milk uses 1000 litres of water to produce! Do you know how much water went go into the production of your consumables today?

DISH WASHER

Fully Loaded. If you have a dishwasher, fill it completely before turning it on, chose the eco or quick setting and open the door to let dishes dry naturally.

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Waste Not Want Not. Sydneysiders throw out more than $600 million worth of fresh produce every year, which is almost the combined income of all the farms in the Sydney metropolitan basin! Buy only what you'll know you eat or buy it as you need it. It'll be fresher than way too!

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Measure how much you use
& how much you waste!

Start to think about how much you print, copy and throw away each day. Are there ways you can get the same result with less wastage?

Measure how much you use &
how much you waste!

Reduce

Save paper by reducing your margins, printing double-sided and checking the print preview before you commit to paper. Be thoughtful of how much water you use, and report leaking taps!

Reduce

Reuse

Use office cups rather than disposable cups for meetings and catering, take your mug to get coffee (and a discount), and bring your lunch in a sturdy lunchbox you can use day after day

Reuse

Save energy

Turn off your monitor when you're not at your desk, turn your computer off every night and ask who ever is last to leave to turn off all the lights.

Save energy

Share ideas and keep improving

Got more ideas? Need help launching them? Contact Macquarie University Sustainability to find out who the staff Sustainability Representative is in your area and talk to them. They're there to help!

Share ideas and keep improving

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY GREEN CAMPUS PROJECT

WELCOME!

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LIBRARY

CAR 1

BUS

TRAIN STATION

TRIGEN PLANT

BUSHCARE SITE

FOOD COURT

SOLAR POWER

ONE BIN SYSTEM

BIKE RIDERS

BIKE HUB

ARBORETUM

MULTI FUNCTION DEVICE

LIGHT SWITCH

COMPUTER 1

PAPER

LASER PRINTER

COMPUTER 2

PAPER BIN

COMPUTER 3

MUG

POWER POINT

PAPER TRAY 1

WASTE BIN

FRIDGE

MUG

LIGHT SWITCH

POWER POINT

HOT WATER TAP

TAP

SINK

CATERING

TEA

MILK

DISH WASHER

BIN

Measure how much you use& how much you waste!

Reduce

Reuse

Save energy

Share ideas and keep improving

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Measure how much you use
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