LiveGreen

UNMC LiveGreen has rolled out the "Flip the Switch" initiative to the entire campus after a successful pilot phase in the Campus Administration Building.

As part of the campaign, employees are asked to hit the lights when they leave unoccupied rooms.

When you hit the lights, you:

• Reduce utility costs;
• Improve UNMC's environmental impact;
• Improve public health; and
• Establish an overall better place to work, learn and receive care.

If a significant number of employees and students regularly shut off lights, UNMC can save an estimated $57,725 annually and keep about 692 metric tons of carbon dioxide -- a greenhouse gas -- from entering the atmosphere.