What’s cooler than being cool? Student Trey Cooper’s latest audit of the fridges contained in the NAU Science Lab Facility!
While engaged on campus as an AmeriCorps Green Labs Coordinator, Cooper audited laboratory gear all through the constructing and helped decide which lab upgrades would assist decrease working prices and make progress within the college’s sustainability targets. Then, the senior received assist from the NAU Green Fund to exchange the oldest, least environment friendly fridges within the constructing, working aspect by aspect with researchers to pick out new fridges that balanced utility and power effectivity.
Cooper answered three chill Qs about this collaborative undertaking.
How did you audit the fridges within the facility, and what did you uncover?
I recorded the age of every fridge in each lab by wanting on the date of manufacture on the label. I found that there are lots of previous and inefficient home equipment, with the oldest courting again to 1993.
How will the new fridges enhance power effectivity within the labs and bolster NAU’s sustainability targets?
The advantages of the brand new fridges are twofold. The new home equipment are Energy-Star rated, which means they devour much less electrical energy, thus resulting in fewer emissions. Additionally, these new fashions are frost-free, which is able to forestall the buildup of frost that reduces freezer effectivity over time.
What’s subsequent for you?
I’ll graduate with my bachelor’s in mechanical engineering this spring. After commencement, I plan to proceed work associated to sustainability and apply to firms that construct electrical autos.
Jill Kimball | NAU Communications
(928) 523-2282 | jill.kimball@nau.edu