As I’ve recently written, the library has initiated a landscaping program that is environmentally friendly. If I do so say myself, it’s looking great! Yet, keep in mind it’s just another step we’ve taken for going “green”.
On your next visit to the library, look around and you will notice several small signs hung throughout the building advising what steps we took to make your library more environmentally friendly. Each of them will say along the top, “Green Feature” then state what it is. This is what you will find:
ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHTING
Reduces electricity consumption by 21.7%
CARPETING
Indoor Air Quality Green Label Plus Certified
53% total recycled content
Motion sensors turn lights off when the area is unoccupied.
Daylight sensors turn lights off when day lighting is adequate.
Day lighting via solar tubes donated by Solatube International
Low-flow Faucets save water
Low-flow Toilets use 1.6 gallons per flush
Waterless Urinal saves water
(Approximately 40,000 gallons is saved annually.)
And of course we still offer our two recycling bins out in the library’s parking lot. It takes paper, phone books, newspapers and other similar material. Also, we offer in-house recycling bins for paper and eye-glasses.
As Martha Stewart is fond of saying, “It’s a good thing”.
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