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	<title>The Wesleyan Connection &#187; Physical Plant</title>
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		<title>New CoGen System Generating 81 Percent of Electricity</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/06/04/cogen-creating-clean-electricity-heat-for-wesleyan-campus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s one mean, green machine and it&#8217;s saving Wesleyan up to $5,000 a day in energy costs.
Wesleyan&#8217;s new Cogeneration system &#8211; or CoGen, &#8211; uses natural gas to simultaneously generate electricity, heat and steam for university use. It began operation in February after an 18-month installation process.
&#8220;Buying electricity from the grid is expensive and non-efficient,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Association Honors Wesleyan for Conservation Efforts</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/06/04/energy-association-honors-wesleyan-for-conservation-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Staye, associate director of utilities, points to the ceiling of the Bacon Field House. About 140 high-tech light fixtures span the width of the dome-roofed gymnasium.
&#8220;These are special lights for high ceilings,&#8221; he says. &#8220;There&#8217;s 24 fewer fixtures here than there used to be, and it&#8217;s just as bright. If we used florescent fixtures, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Davenport to Re-Open with Public Life, Writing Centers</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/03/25/davenport-to-re-open-with-public-life-writing-centers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<title>Wesleyan Enters &#8216;RecycleMania&#8217; Again</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2009/01/22/wesleyan-reports-waste-recycle-measurements-in-10-week-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between Jan. 18 and March 28, Wesleyan will once again join the more than 470 colleges and universities from across the country participating in RecycleMania, a national recycling and waste minimization competition. This is Wesleyan&#8217;s fourth year participating.
&#8220;Our goal is to make people aware of how much trash and recyclables they are generating, and to hopefully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wesleyan Fire Safety Top Story in Safety Publication</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wesleyan was featured as the cover story in Doors &#38; Hardware magazine&#8217;s Jan. 2009 issue. Doors &#38; Hardware is a publication of the Door and Hardware Institute, which aims to advance life safety and security solutions. In an article titled &#8220;Off-Campus Fire Safety: How Wesleyan University meets the Challenge of Making its Unique Student Housing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Under-the-Desk Waste Baskets Replaced with Recycle Containers</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/12/17/under-the-desk-waste-baskets-replaced-with-recycle-containers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trash bins may find themselves down in the dumps, at least around Wesleyan’s campus.
The university is replacing them &#8211; one by one &#8211; with recyclable containers in attempt to make Wesleyan a &#8220;greener&#8221; campus community.
&#8220;Most everything we throw away at our desks &#8211; paper, plastic water bottles and soda cans and cardboard packaging material &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Panels Installed on Student Housing</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/11/11/solar-panels-installed-on-student-housing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<title>Donna Steinback: Customer Service Assistant Answers the Call to All Campus Problems</title>
		<link>http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2008/10/20/donna-steinback-customer-service-assistant-answers-the-call-to-all-campus-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Bartlett Drake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Donna, how long have you worked at Wesleyan as the department assistant/customer service assistant for Physical Plant?
A: It&#8217;s been eight years.
Q: The extension X3400 is one most people on campus are familiar with.
A: This is my number, the direct number for all customer service needs.
Q: Have you had any odd-ball calls?
A: I have to [...]]]></description>
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