Green Facts
| Activity | Device | Electricity used for 1 hour |
| Playing video games | Windows PC | 198 Watthours (Wh) |
| Xbox 360 | 185 Wh | |
| Playstation 3 | 193 Wh | |
| Downloading demos and playing music | Windows PC | 145 Wh |
| (or browsing online services) | Xbox 360 | 157 Wh |
| Playstation 3 | 177 Wh | |
| Playing a DVD | Windows PC | 146 Wh |
| Xbox 360 | 126 Wh | |
| Playstation 3 | 173 Wh |
One pound of CO2 gas fills up 115 two-liter bottles.
The Recycle Center collection on campus averages 3800 pounds a day.
A steam plant on campus burns natural gas to provide steam heat to the buildings and water on campus.
The plastic window on envelopes can be recycled.
Universities around the nation are committing to setting an example for the nation on how to function sustainably.
If all campus residents reduced use by 5% from October through June, we'd save 287,500 pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere and nearly $21,000 ($20,737 precisely). Western spent $2.09 million on electricity last year and $2.73 million on natural gas for heating.
ResRAP (Resource Awareness Program) reaches out to residents via the EcoReps on hall councils.
In the average home, 75% of the electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off. Plug home electronics into power strips and turn the power strips off when the equipment is not in use.
A 100 sq. mile patch of desert filled with modestly efficient photovoltaic modules (solar panels) could supply all of the United States' electricity needs. (fact from U.S. Dept. of Energy)