Tier 2-9: Reusable Mug DiscountsrnPatrons are allowed to use their own mugs at one location on campus: the Highland Grounds Coffee shop. Mugs are sold periodically around campus and are called the Green Earth Sense Mugs.rnrnTier 2-10: Reusable To-Go ContainersrnCustomers can purchase to go containers for $5. They can bring dirty containers back and trade for a key card to get a clean to-go container next time they need one.
Tier 2-1: Timers for Temperature ControlrnWe have capability to regulate temperatures based on occupancy hours in the Alumni Gym, Fayerweather, Bartlett, Thaw, Sutton, several residence halls, the main gym in the Cooper Athletic Center, and the Clayton Center for the Arts. The Alumni Gym, the gym in the Cooper Athletic Center, and the Clayton Center for the Arts are always regulated.rnrnTier 2-2: Lighting SensorsrnThe lounge areas of our high rise residence halls, laundry areas of several residence halls, and numerous areas of the Clayton Center for the Arts have motion sensors for lighting.rnrnTier 2-3: LED LightingrnMaryville College and the Clayton Center for the Arts has installed Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting in the Harold & Jean Lambert Recital Hall of the Clayton Center for the Arts.rnrnTier 2-6 Energy MeteringrnMost buildings have individual meters for electric and gas. One pair of buildings that shares electric meters. There are three buildings on one natural gas meter. Some buildings have steam, which is not metered. Lloyd Hall, Alexander House, Physical Plant have both electric and gas metered and does not have steam. For more information on energy metering contact Andy McCall, Director of Physical Plant at 981-8113.
Tier 2-1: Native PlantsrnWe have 140 acres of college woods, considered to be a forest, located on campus. It consists of native mixed pines and hardwoods. We also have several programs to eradicate non-native plants (identified as English Ivy, Privet, and Japanese Honeysuckle) from campus, mainly in the college woods. The efforts consists of: using environmentally safe herbicides on marked trees and surveying their effectiveness, groups volunteering to pull up and cut away the non native plants, and resources available to dispose of the detached and unearthed plants. There are also native trees scattered around the campus grounds; most of the beautification of the campus is done through native plants.rnrnTier 2-4: Snow and Ice RemovalrnWe use a “salt like” material to melt any ice buildup. This is a material that has a very low concentration of sodium chloride. It is mostly Calcium Chloride. We have had no problems with it affecting the sidewalks, soils, or plants to date.rnrnTier 2-5: CompostrnWe have two debris piles; one is for tree limbs and thicker stocked shrubs and the other is for softer tissues, such as grass clippings, leaves, weeds, and spent flowers.
OP-16: Employee Commute Modal SplitrnrnTier 2-5: Condensed Work WeekrnThis is an optional program with two options available to hourly and salaried staff beginning May 16 through August 5, 2011. Under either options, the employee is still scheduled to work 40 hours per week. The first schedule allows staff to work an additional hour each day so that they can leave at noon on Friday. In order to take advantage of this option, employees work four additional hours Monday through Thursday to be able to leave at noon on Friday in that same week. The four additional hours must be worked in the same week or else we will encounter issues with overtime. This can be accomplished by coming to work early, staying late, and/or shortening lunch hours.
OP-23: Stormwater ManagementrnWe have built a system of collection four basins on campus. The majority of runoff from campus runs there.rnrnTier 2-2: Building Water MeteringrnWater meters are used to measure the quantity of water which passes through the service pipe into many of the individual buildings on campus, for example, Lloyd hall.rnrnTier 2-3: Non-Potable Water UsagernRainwater is collected in barrels at Crawford House. Harvested graywater is used for watering the campus garden.rnrnFor construction of the new Clayton Center, a new collection basin was created. External funds supported stormwater management efforts. One such funding stream was from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Forestry Division awarded $20,000 to the brand new Clayton Center for the Arts at Maryville College to support planting dozens of trees for shade and stormwater mitigation.