[Greenbuilding] Embodied Energy of a sheet of paper

[Jane Talkington]

>From a class lecture:

Next time you make paper airplanes while drunk, consider these factoids:
It takes 170 litres to make a pint of beer; 10 litres to make a sheet of A4 paper.
Sip carefully and fold deliberately.

The building industry is unknowingly very dependent on water to produce building materials.
Full (and more serious) story:
http://www.building.co.uk/sustain_story.asp?storycode=3104825&origin=bldgsustainnewsletter

Jane Talkington
PhD student in "Sustainability"
Oklahoma State University, Environmental Science Program
Stillwater, OK 
GreenQueen at hotmail.com (405) 714-1919 

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> To: greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
> From: rmc at nyserda.org
> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:23:04 -0400
> Subject: [Greenbuilding] Embodied Energy of a sheet of paper
> 
> My organization is trying to be more sustainable in its business 
> practices.  One thing we are debating is defaulting all computer printers 
> to print double sided instead of single sided.  We have the energy 
> monitoring equipment to measure the energy consumption differences between 
> double sided and single side printing.  However, we are trying to find a 
> citable source for the embodied energy savings for using less paper.
> 
> Does have such a citable value?  Any suggestions for where to look for 
> such a value?
> 
> Many thanks, 
> 
> Robert M. Carver, P.E. ( - Bob - )
> Senior Project Manager
> New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
> 17 Columbia Circle
> Albany, NY 12203
> tel: 518-862-1090 ext. 3242
> fax: 518-862-1091
> rmc at nyserda.org
> www.nyserda.org
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