Sustainability @ Durack

RNL image Durack Institute of Technology wants to encourage staff and students to Refill NOT Landfill. The Geraldton Campus canteen now stocks "multi use" coffee cups to encourage re use rather than using polystyrene foam or paper cups. As an incentive, the Canteen provides a 50 cent discount if staff and student use a refillable cup or mug rather than a one use disposal cup.

RNL image Durack Institute introduced aluminium recycling at the Geraldton campus. A large centralised bin has been installed at the campus and smaller bins have been strategically placed in the canteen and staff tea rooms to encourage staff and students to recycle their cans. Staff and students are also encouraged to recycle their cans at home and to bring them into the Institute.

Think B4 U Print, is a multi faceted approach aimed at reducing the amount of paper used by staff and students. A number of initiatives have been introduced including Durack's paper saving mascot "Print Saving Pete". Pete appears on the desktop wallpaper in various stages of wellness according to the weekly paper usage information as compared with the same time in the previous year. To watch a short video about Print Saving Pete, click on the picture link.

RNL image Durack has set up a newspaper collection drop off point at the Geraldton Campus, to allow staff and students to recycle their newspapers from home, Durack will arrange for the newspapers will be taken to Jack's Shed a local newspaper recycling collection point. Durack supports this recycling initiative as it raises critical funding for a essential community projects.

Durack Institute's Aquifer Storage Recovery (ASR) system was installed in 2010. This system involves using the existing central storm water drainage systems from buildings and car parks to direct captured rain water to a naturally occurring sump, located to the east of the campus. The recharged rain water is then drawn from the ground through a series of bores and is used for irrigating the campus lawns and gardens during the warmer, drier, summer months. The ASR aims to reduce Durack's scheme water usage by 40 million litres per annum. To understand the ASR in more detail, click on the picture link to view an informative video.

Launched in 2009, Durack's SPOT program aims to provide educational and promotional Sustainability information to Durack's staff and students. Six SPOT signs are located at various locations at the Durack identifying Sustainability initiatives. Click here to find the locations and information about the current SPOT's.

Durack are currently working with the City of Greater Geraldton to develop a Travel Smart plan for the Institute. Please click on the picture link to view the City's Active Travel Brochure.

The Institute has installed smart meters to the main switchboard and to other high energy use switchboards, to monitor energy usage across the Institute. An energy monitoring dashboard, designed by Institute staff, displays comparative graphs, consumption counters and usage dials in real time, in a user friendly format. The energy monitoring dashboard has been installed on the Institutes intranet for access by all staff, and is also being displayed on two 42" LED televisions located in the Institute's Canteen. Please click on picture link to view real time energy data for Durack's Geraldton Campus.

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Sustainability @ Durack