The Mobile Public Library Energy Conservation Initiative
Reduce, Recycle, Reuse!

The Library is committed to promoting an awareness of environmental and sustainability issues. The Library encourages economical and ecological responsibilty through strategies such as recycling, energy and product conservation and efficiency, and the purchase of environmentally friendly products. The library affirms that everyone must do their part to reduce and eliminate waste, recycle paper and other products and reuse supplies.


Some of the Green Team initiatives already underway include:

- Recycling Paper
- Installing programmable thermostats and lowering temperatures when buildings are unoccupied
- Installing window film at West Regional to lower energy costs
- Setting computers to go to sleep mode more quickly
- Lowering the temperatures on our hot water heaters so they meet but do not exceed the required temperatures for hand-washing
- Regularly maintaining our Heat and Air Conditioning systems in order to ensure maximum efficiency
- Promoting Reuse by hosting an annual book sale so old books can find a new home
- Encouraging patrons to sign up for Email delivery of the Newsletter


We are also looking forward and planning on some new things:

- Selling a low cost alternative to plastic bags
- Looking into timers, motion detectors and light sensors for outdoor and parking lot lights and assessing the necessary balance between safety and energy conservation
- Setting Reduce, Recycle, Reuse guidelines for staff especially in the areas of waste elimination, recycling, reusing supplies and purchasing environmentally friendly products