Ever Green

1. Ever Green Justine Shaffner Library Services Consultant - Public jshaffner@bcr.org 800-397-1552 x140 http://blogs.bcr.org/publiclibraries/

2. Why be green? It’s no fun being green

3. I want it all, I want it all, I want it all and I want it now Freddie Mercury of Queen

4. What we’ll cover • Green Design • Green Practices • Green Programs • Resources for going Green • Ways to stay informed

5. Green Design Buildings account for - • 65.2% of Total U.S. Electricity Consumption • 36% of Total U.S. Primary Energy Use • 30% of Total U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions • 136 Million Tons of Construction & Demolition Waste • in the U.S. - Approx. 2.8 lbs/person/day of waste • 12% of Total U.S. Potable Water Consumption • 40% - 3 Billion Tons Annually - of Raw Materials Used Globally Source - http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/292/Green_design_strategies_webinar.pdf

6. Green Design • LEED http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19 • U.S. Green Building Council http://www.usgbc.org/ • Educational resources on green building http://delicious.com/usgbc.knowx • Green Building Certification Institute http://www.gbci.org/

7. LEED Certification • ‘Bird∙friendly' Glass • Wildlife Friendly Design • Plant Rescue • Snow Melting System • Reduce Kitchen Water Consumption • Employee Wellness • Educational Program

8. Green Design • Bicycle storage • Public transportation • Recycle • Roofing • Paving • Bioswale • Permeable • Parking

11. Green Design - Lighting Percent of the time the space is empty • Private Office 53% • Storerooms 56% • Meeting Rooms 66% • Restrooms 70% Source - http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/292/Green_design_strategies_webinar.pdf

12. Green Design • Xeriscaping • Flowers and bushes • Native • Just say no to grass! And to • Pesticides • Sprinklers (esp. automated) • Mowing

14. Green Design – CO • Naturita • Douglas County • Telluride

15. Naturita Public Library

16. Teaching Wall

18. Green Design – CO • Douglas County http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE6lGPjLYUg&feature=channel

19. Telluride

20. Green Design - US • Ballard Branch. Seattle Public Library.Seattle, WA • Blair Library.  Fayetteville Public Library.  Fayetteville, AR • Bozeman Public Library.  Bozeman , MT • Budlong Woods Branch. Chicago Public Library. Chicago, IL • Central Library. Seattle Public Library.  Seattle, WA  • Eden Prairie Library. Eden Prairie, MN   • Jay Johnson Public Library.  Quinter,  KS • Lake View Terrace Library. Lake View Terrace, CA  • Minneapolis Central Library.  Minneapolis, MN   • North Adams Public Library.  North Adams,  MA • Oaklyn Branch Library. Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.  Evansville, IN. • Laramie County Library Cheyenne, WY • Anythink (Rangeview Libraries) Brighton, CO

21. Green Design • Any questions or ideas?

22. Green Practices • Energy audits • Green power • Supplies and Paper • Renovations http://www.fscus.org/ • Weeding http://www.betterworldbooks.com/andhttp://www.blogistics.com/

23. Green Practices • Certified green products • Book bags • Laptops not desktops • Junk mail • Freecycling • Items for checkout • Kill A Watt meters http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/388_254?gclid=CJbAk-b84p0CFQOenAodbik6Ow

24. Green Practices • Items to checkout • Bicycles http://www.fcbikelibrary.org/Index.asp • Fishing poles • Sports equipment, crafting tools • Musical Instruments • Cake pans • Art prints • Jigsaw puzzles

25. Emotionally Intelligent Signage video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZOt6BkhUg

27. Green Practices • HVAC • Fumes • Working windows • Dress • Work at home • Carpool

28. Green Programs • Recycled art contest • Recycled fashion show • Recycling bins by the library • Community gardens • Green themed reading programs

29. Go Green Display

30. Green Programs • Seattle http://snipurl.com/rfw3p • Seminars • Program series • Film series http://greeningyourlibrary.wordpress.com/sustainable-films/

32. Resources for going Green • Patron brochure http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/CEpdf/Gettingstartedgoinggreen.pdf • Proposal http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/CEpdf/goinggreenproposal8x11.pdf • Green Footstep http://www.greenfootstep.org/ • Strategies http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/292/index.html • Where to recycle http://1800recycling.com/ and http://earth911.com

33. Resources for going Green • Dsire http://www.dsireusa.org/ • Green-e http://green-e.org/ • DOE Financial assistance http://www1.eere.energy.gov/financing/ • Green Press Initiative http://www.greenpressinitiative.org/ • Energy Star http://www.energystar.gov/

34. Resources for going Green • Readability http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ also http://printgreener.com/ • Green Libraries http://www.greenlibraries.org/ • American Libraries Green page http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/greenlibrary • How to reduce waste http://greeningyourlibrary.pbworks.com/f/how+to+reduce.pdf • Energy efficiency program http://www.boma.org/TrainingAndEducation/BEEP/Pages/default.aspx

35. Resources for going Green Library green pages • http://www.westland.lib.mi.us/green/greener.php • http://www.kcls.org/research/infogreen/ • http://tiny.cc/r7pbu (Spokane) • http://burbankgreenpages.blogspot.com/

36. Ways to stay informed

37. Ways to stay informed • Beth Filar Williams http://greeningyourlibrary.wordpress.com/ • Alliancehttp://thegreenlibraryblog.blogspot.com/ • Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32308457042 • ALA’s Task Force on the Environment http://lists.ala.org/wws/subscribe/tfoe • Small Scale Green http://www.learningtimes.net/alaconference/

40. Questions? Justine Shaffner, MLS Library Services Consultant – Public BCR jshaffner@bcr.org 800-397-1552 x140 http://blogs.bcr.org/publiclibraries/