- Average resident shower length is about 13 min
- this uses 20 gallons more water than a 5 minute shower
- if all 5,500 freshman shower 13 min every day, 22,000,000 more gallons are used than if all showers were 5 minutes
- this is equivalent to 44 Olympic sized pools
- reducing by this amount would decrease CU's water by 10%
- 1/6 of students keep water running while brushing teeth or shaving
- this wastes an additional 1,000,000 gallons, or 2 Olympic sized pools
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| Sydney's Olympic Swimming Pool |
- Using hot water in laundry consumes 85% more energy than cold water
- this is equivalent to leaving a refrigerator door open for 1 year
- Fan use: If roughly every dorm room (2,750 at CU) uses one table fan for 12 hours a day for 100 days, this costs CU $33,000
- Fan Use: Roughly 350 tons of CO2 are released from fan use in the dorms
- 50% of survey takers said their fans are on all day and night during the warmer months
- TV use: An average TV using 100w running for 2 hrs/day uses 20kWh/yr
- Roughly 60 tons of C02 are released from TV use in the dorms
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