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 Youngstown is a city located in Mahoning county in Ohio, on the Mahoning River, 65 miles southeast of Cleveland, Ohio, and approximately 62 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Youngstown offers an array of cultural and recreational resources. Moreover, the community's range of attractions has increased in recent years. (Information provided by Wikipedia .)
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YSU electrical usage down 10 percent |
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Mar 10, 2009
Ron Cole, 330-941-3285
Electricity usage at Youngstown State University has dropped by nearly 10 percent in the last two years thanks to energy efficiency improvements across the campus.
The university’s facilities department reports that the campus consumed 40 million kilowatt hours of electricity in fiscal year 2008, down from nearly 44.1 million kilowatt hours in fiscal year 2006.
“That’s a significant decrease,” said Ralph Morrone, YSU facilities engineer. “We have worked hard to make the campus more energy efficient, and it’s obviously paying off.”
Three years ago, YSU contracted with Johnson Controls Inc. to install more energy–efficient lighting in every one of the university’s more than 40 buildings. JCI, a global leader in facilities management and control, implemented other energy improvements as well, including upgrades to the university’s steam heating and cooling systems.
The result is the 4.1 million kilowatt hour drop in electricity usage. That’s equal to the amount of electricity it would take to operate nearly 2,500 60–inch LCD TVs around the clock for a full year, Morrone said.
At 7.54 cents per kilowatt hour, the 4.1 million kilowatt hour decrease amounts to a savings of a little more than $300,000 a year, he said.
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Campus explores transpotation alternatives |
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Mar 10, 2009
Ron Cole, 330-941-3285
Weather permitting, Paul Kobulnicky rides his bike to work every day, pedaling back and forth from Poland to Youngstown State University.
“I really don’t like to drive my car unless I have to, and if I ride my bike to work, I can park right outside my window,” he said.
As chair of an eight–member committee that is close to his eco–friendly heart, Kobulnicky, executive director of Maag Library, heads up YSU’s new Alternative Transportation Advisory Committee.
Formed in December and comprised of YSU faculty, staff and students, the transportation committee is in the midst of designing plans that, when in motion, will make YSU a greener, more accessible campus.
Because YSU is predominantly a “one car, one person” university to which most students and employees commute from surrounding neighborhoods, the committee is focusing its efforts on making transportation to and from the university more energy efficient, cost effective and time friendly.
“It used to be that we were trying to come up with alternative transportation ideas because of the high gas prices,” Kobulnicky said. “Now it’s because of the economy.”
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