Reasons to Conserve
Use the following links for different perspectives:
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Cost Impacts:
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The United States spends about $440 billion
annually for energy.
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Total U.S. residential energy consumption is
projected to increase 17 percent from 1995 - 2015.
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The costs of utilities for all universities,
public and private, have jumped 27.1 percent since 2005.
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$20 billion would be saved annually if
the energy efficiency of commercial and industrial buildings
improved by 10 percent.
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Something to think about: |
Suppliers, property owners, publishing, travel companies and
entities give the U.S. colleges and Universities a huge economic
clout at home and abroad. In 2001, $190 billion was spend by the
higher education sector on goods and services (more than GDP of
all nations but 20 countries) – National Wildlife Federation |
