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Empire State College/SUNY – Metro Center Hudson Street Course: Green Accounting, Business and Sustainability – BME 0682743 May A – Summer 2010 Mentor: Dr. Erella Regev Team Members: Marc Garber Cheryl Lavery Pam Lozano Gary Prashar
Empire State College: Metro Center – 325 Hudson Street, NY Audit
Contents Electricity ....................................................................................................................................................................2 Cost .........................................................................................................................................................................2 Kilowatts .................................................................................................................................................................2
Paper...........................................................................................................................................................................3 Usage ......................................................................................................................................................................3 Recycling .................................................................................................................................................................3
Printers/Copiers..........................................................................................................................................................3 Printers ...................................................................................................................................................................3 Copiers ....................................................................................................................................................................3 Ink/Toner Cartridges...............................................................................................................................................3
Recycling .....................................................................................................................................................................4 Consumables ..............................................................................................................................................................4 Cleaning Supplies ....................................................................................................................................................4 Bathroom Supplies .................................................................................................................................................4
Computers/Electronics ...............................................................................................................................................4
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E m p i r e S t a t e C o l l e g e : M e t r o C e n t e r ‐ 3 2 5 H u d s o n S t r e e t , N Y
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Electricity The following table summarizes the energy use in Kilowatts and cost for the Center for the periods 2006‐2007, 2007‐2008, 2008‐2009 and 2009‐2010. **Note: some information seems to be missing or misrepresented.
Cost Period/Data JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN Total
2006‐2007 Hudson Street Cost
11,602
9,353
9,133
6,190
4,849
4,857
7,998
5,974
5,840
8,062
10,832
9,589
94,279
2007‐2008 Hudson Street Cost
42,641
33,703
44,960
35,788
38,113
33,621
32,956
27,728
31,237
30,879
29,239
39,045
419,910
2008‐2009 Hudson Street Cost
12,132
11,908
7,502
5,840
4,382
6,484
6,365
5,500
5,799
5,948
6,285
8,110
86,255
2009‐2010 Hudson Street Cost
37,574
38,712
28,257 ‐
31,628
30,740
29,089 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
196,000
Average 25,987
23,419
22,463
11,955
19,743
18,925
19,102
9,801
10,719
11,222
11,589
14,186
199,111
Kilowatts Period/Data JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN Total
2006‐2007 Hudson Street KWH
43,287
35,037
34,166
32,592
30,262
27,679
38,686
30,569
29,852
40,863
36,154
34,153
413,300
2007‐2008 Hudson Street KWH
306
298
260
199
198
190
233
201
208
190
347
483 3,113
2008‐2009 Hudson Street KWH
42,974
35,084
33,380
28,784
32,221
31,800
30,197
33,959
29,129
29,345
32,148
33,507
392,528
2009‐2010 Hudson Street KWH
8,189
7,779
6,030 ‐
6,621
4,856
4,929 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
38,404
Average 23,689
19,549
18,459
15,394
17,325
16,131
18,511
16,182
14,797
17,600
17,162
17,036
211,836
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E m p i r e S t a t e C o l l e g e : M e t r o C e n t e r ‐ 3 2 5 H u d s o n S t r e e t , N Y
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Paper
Usage On average, the paper usage at the Metro Center @ Hudson is as follows:
10 cases (100 reams) of white 100% recycled paper per month 1 case (10 reams) of colored paper per month
Recycling Only Paper that goes through the shredders is recycled There are two shredders at Metro Center The shredders are currently not available to students Estimated 10% of all the paper is recycled Estimated 90% of all the paper is disposed with the garbage It is unclear what the cleaning service which removes the paper from the premise does with the paper
Printers/Copiers
Printers There are a total of 53 printers at the Hudson Center broken down as follows:
46 black/white printers 4 color printers 3 color photo printers
Copiers There are a total of 2 black ink copiers
Ink/Toner Cartridges The printers toner cartridges are returned and the ink cartridges are thrown away with the normal garbage The copy machines use 2 toner cartridges for both machines every 3 months The printers use a total of 15 toner cartridges per month that are recycled The printers use 5 ink cartridges per month that are thrown away with the normal garbage
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E m p i r e S t a t e C o l l e g e : M e t r o C e n t e r ‐ 3 2 5 H u d s o n S t r e e t , N Y
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Recycling Currently the only recycle bins available to students are located on the 5th floor by the vending machines There is one recycling bin for plastic and one for paper for students
Consumables
Cleaning Supplies The cleaning supplies are provided by the building’s cleaning service The cost of cleaning supplies/service is included in the lease with the building
Bathroom Supplies The bathroom supplies are provided by the building’s cleaning service The cost of cleaning supplies/service is included in the lease with the building
Computers/Electronics Through our Audit of the Metro Center we learned the following in regards to the computers/electronics:
They are never shut