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UNH Student Energy Waste Watch ChallengeRun by the UNH student group the Ecological Advocates, the Challenge is an energy and water use reduction competition held on the UNH Durham campus during the four weeks in the fall semester that lead up to the Thanksgiving break and UNH's powerdown educational campaign. The major goal is to engage students living on campus in activities that reduce their ecological footprints - in particular, energy use. Students compete as a residence hall or apartment complex to reduce their per capita energy and water consumption compared to their building’s average usage from the past three years. (Read the official Challenge rules to learn more.) Each apartment complex and residence hall has one or more volunteer “Energy Captains” - students who take a leadership role to educate and motivate their fellow students. The three buildings that reduce their energy and water consumption the most win a a cash prize to their hall fund ($300 for first place, $200 for second, and $100 for third), bragging rights, a cool student-made trophy that moves from winning building to winning building, & peace of mind!

FALL 2008 CHALLENGE - Mark your calenders!

October 1 - December 1, 2008

FALL 2007 WINNERS: GREAT JOB STUDENTS!

1ST: Hunter Hall! Hunter lowered its energy consumption by approximately 27% over its average October/November usage!

2ND: The Upper Quad did a great job of saving water! These halls share a water system, and combined they saved an average of 35% over their three year baseline water use!

3RD: Gibbs Hall! Gibbs reduced its energy use per capita by approximately 22%.

In total, all UNH residence halls and apartments saved a combined 227,600 kwh and 1,669,000 gallons of water during the four-week fall Challenge, which ran October 24 to November 21. These savings translate into $45,000 less in energy and water costs and emissions the equivalent of 272 barrels of oil or not driving 25 passenger cars for one year.

READ THE UNH MAGAZINE STORY THAT HIGHLIGHTS OUR CHALLENGE ENERGY CAPTAINS!

"The Green Team" by Bill Burtis

UNH Energy Captains

 

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