UNMC LiveGreen – Reminder: Shut the sash!

Campus researchers are reminded to fully shut fume-hood sashes when they are not in use.

These stickers have been placed on many campus fume hoods to remind investigators to keep the sashes closed when they aren’t in use.

When a fume hood sash is open, it essentially creates a large hole in the lab’s wall that leads directly outside.

When they fully shut unused fume hood sashes, researchers help:

• Conserve energy and reduce UNMC’s environmental impact;
  
• Ensure their safety and that of their colleagues;
  
• Save the university at least $700,000 to $900,000 annually by ensuring the air exchange system runs efficiently;
  
• Limit the amount of conditioned air that exits the building; and
  
• Prevent alarms from going off in the evening in some of our research buildings.

Visit the UNMC LiveGreen webpage or contact UNMC LiveGreen Coordinator Melanie Stewart at livegreen@unmc.edu or 402-559-3231 for more information.