Annual Report 2023_FINAL_2

Excellent Service
Excellent Stewardship
Operations Division Annual Report - FY23
Efficiency
Initiatives
RED RAIDER TRADER DAY
Red Raider Trader Day is an annual
event hosted by the Office of
Sustainability and Procurement
Services with the goal of reducing
waste across Texas Tech
departments. This event allows
departments to save funds by
trading unused office supplies and
equipment. All remaining items
are picked up by the Property
Surplus team. Red Raider Trader
Day was hosted in September
2022 in the Student Union Building
Ballroom and had over 100 people
in attendance. Red Raider Trader
Day is a great opportunity for Texas
Tech students, staff and faculty to
implement sustainable practices
on campus.
FLOWER BED CONSERVATION
The Operations Division continually
works to decrease the amount
of runoff, or water waste, around
campus. This can be achieved by
preventive maintenance, reworking
numerous flower beds around
campus for increased workload
efficiency and utilizing materials
to get the most out of each gallon
of water used in the flower beds.
Some tactics include reducing
irrigation drip lines, installing mulch
and rock to reduce evaporation,
using well water to reduce strain
on our municipal water supply and
changing the time of day when we
water to increase infiltration.
LIGHTING
The Operations Division oversees
the Exterior Lighting Advisory
Committee (ELAC) on campus
which serves as an advisory body
to address exterior lighting needs
and safety concerns. A full audit of
all 13 lighting zones was completed
over the summer to identify lights
in need of repair and address any
new light-related safety issues.
Over the summer nine fixtures
were updated to LED lights along
18th Street from West Village to
the Commons. The Chitwood/
Weymouth/Coleman parking lights
were also evaluated and six new
30 foot poles, 24 heads and 20
new pathway lights were installed
to provide on-campus residents
well-lit parking lots. There was also
an LED upgrade to the Satellite
Parking A (S-1) lot which will
increase safety for soccer, football
tailgating, basketball games and
overall student parking. LED lights
are long lasting, more energy
efficient and ecologically friendlier
than traditional fluorescent lights.
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