DUSON Goes Green: Join the Team!
Duke University School of Nursing is supporting Duke University's Carbon Neutrality Goal by 2024 by getting certified to become the Duke University 100th certified workplace! Would you like to join our new DUSON Green Team? Email Dean Marion E. Broome at son.deanoffice@dm.duke.edu.
Let's move forward to certify our classrooms, workplaces and lab spaces. Certify by going to the following links:
Green Tip of the Week: Energy
Behind cooling and ventilation systems, computers are often the largest energy users in university buildings. With important software updates installed overnight, turning off computers after work isn't recommended, but turning off monitors saves energy. Experts recommend monitors be set to enter sleep mode after five to 20 minutes of inactivity, dropping the average monitor's energy use from 42 watts per hour to one to three watts. With roughly 20,000 Duke-owned desktop computers on the university campus, turning off a monitor is a small step that reaps rewards.