Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 74.18
Liaison Allie Schwartz
Submission Date Nov. 30, 2012
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STARS v1.1

Columbia University
OP-T2-16: Vending Machine Sensors

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Kristina Hernandez
Director Communications
Strategic Communications, Columbia University Facilities and Operations
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Has the institution installed vending machine motion sensors for at least one vending machine?:
Yes

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A brief description of the technology used:
The vending machines in Wallach, Hartley, and John Jay use the Vending Miser energy management system. The energy savings result in a reduction of both operation costs and greenhouse gas emissions. The vending machines now use 46% less energy than before and are comparable in daily energy performance to new Energy Star qualified machines.

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