Our going green initiative

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Our going green initiative

• NICHDs Green Machine

Presented by
Eric Bernhard-Gove Administrative Assistant -
NICHD
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To provide suggestions and guidance on how to Go
Green in an effort to help save the environment.

• Purpose

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What is Going Green?

• Going Green can be anything from recycling
  paper to turning off the lights. It can be a
  change in the types of products that we use or
  simply how we use them. It can be where you build
  a home or how you build. Simply put it can be
  anything we do positive for the environment.

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Who is the NICHD Green Machine?

• NICHDs Green Machine is made up of three groups
  of individuals

• The Core Group
• The Building representatives
• You

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The Core Group

• The committee within NICHD that develops the
  Going Green initiative.
• Project Manager- Marsha Gorham
• Co- Lead- Janice Wahlmann
• Co-Lead- Vacant

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The Building Representatives
Give direction and guidance to NICHD staff
members on how to follow the Going Green
initiative.
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How Can I help?

• We all can help by doing the little things.
• Turn off your lights and computer.
• Recycle paper, plastics and aluminum.
• Recycle your toner cartridges.

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Is this voluntary?

• Currently the answer is Yes No
• Currently the only thing that is required is the
  NEMS training.

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What is NEMS?

• NIH Environmental Management System
• www.nems.nih.gov/index.cfm

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NEMS Awareness Training
The NEMS awareness training which all NIH
employees must take, is designed to briefly
inform employees of their roles and
responsibilities within the NEMS. This training
reviews the NIH Environmental Policy, describes
how the NEMS works, and discusses ways to reduce
your impact on the environment. Http//lms.learnin
g.hhs.gov
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Some Green Facts

• Americans use about 385 million gallons of
  gasoline every day, which means more than a
  gallon of gasoline every day for every man, woman
  and child.
• Swapping 16 incandescent bulbs for compact
  fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) saves emissions
  equivalent to taking a car off the road for a
  year.
• Recycling saves energy Creating a new aluminum
  can from scratch takes 95 more energy than
  making a can from recycled aluminum.
• In the average home, 40 of all electricity used
  to power home electronics is consumed while the
  products are turned off. Across the US, this
  equals the annual output of 17 power plants.
• The polar ice cap is now melting at the alarming
  rate of 9 per decade. Arctic ice thickness has
  almost halved since the 1960s.

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Questions?