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10/4/04

SLU BEGINS ENERGY EDUCATION CAMPAIGN

CANTON – An "energy education campaign" is under way at St. Lawrence 
University, and will continue throughout the fall and winter seasons. 
      Beginning with a kick-off event on campus September 29, the campaign 
follows up on an energy "audit" of the campus conducted in 2003. In 
addition to making the campus community aware of the benefits of saving 
energy, the campaign also aims to encourage energy-saving habits, such as 
turning off lights in unused areas; turning off computers at the end of 
the work/study day; unplugging unused appliances; replacing incandescent 
light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, and walking, rather than 
driving, to locations on and near campus.
      Members of the campus community are being asked to sign a "pledge 
card," indicating a commitment to those activities. Members of the 
Environmental Action Organization will staff a table regularly in the Student 
Center where people can sign the energy pledge, and throughout the semester 
the community will receive information about these energy-saving behaviors, 
as well as others. In February of 2005, a symposium will be held on campus, 
and include a report on the results of the campaign, plus recommendations 
for the future.
      St. Lawrence's Energy Education Campaign is being conducted with 
assistance from the New York State Energy Research and Development 
Authority (NYSERDA) Energy Audit Program and Community Energy Services, 
Inc., of Hermon, New York. 
      Those organizations also provided assistance for the energy audit 
of the campus in 2003.

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