Energy Challenge

Campus energy challenge

	Who: All students will be able to compete, except Seton Apts since they have electric heat. Staff also compete in a separate category.
	What: There are 2 challenges for students- A Grand Champion and a smaller Green Crib's Prize. Grand Champion: We will compare each residential hall's electricity usage to their previous usage. The residential hall at CSB and the residential hall at SJU that reduces electricity use by the highest percentage wins! The Green Crib Certifications are given to rooms (all roommates in the room/apt.) who complete 7 out of 10 of the ways to reduce your use in your room. The highest percentage of rooms per RA/CA area will win! What do you win: Free bowling with the other winners at El Paso with refreshments on March 5th.
	When: The Challenge lasts the entire month of February. Updates will be provided every Tuesday.
	Why compete? Win prizes, to save money, and decrease our carbon emissions. A plaque will be given to the CSB Staff building, SJU Staff building, CSB res hall, and SJU res hall.
	How? To save energy do any of the following-

Turn on your computer's energy savings settings on your personal computer. Screen savers don't save energy. Have the monitor shut off after 5-10 minutes and go to standby after 20 minutes
Turn off lights everywhere when they aren't in use!
Replace incandescent light bulbs with CFL's
Plug your electronics into a power strip and turn it off when you aren't using it
Recycle, you can power a CFL for 10 hours with the energy it takes to make a new aluminum can
Take shorter showers at a lower temperature
Turn your heat down a degree or two
Unplug those mini-fridges!
Use task lighting and turn off your overhead lights
Unplug things in your room when you aren't using them, especially chargers
Take the stairs
Do laundry only when you have a full load
Wash on cold- your clothes will last longer and dryer temperatures reach 190 degrees- that is hot enough to cook a steak*

*Not recommended, actually that is really gross- can you imagine the lint on a New York strip?