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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Every Watt Counts


Every Watt Counts
Dana Schroeder, the president of S.E.A. and new office intern, and I are currently working on the Office of Sustainability’s newest energy conservation campaign dubbed Every Watt Counts.  This campaign includes a pledge that students, faculty, and staff can take to show their dedication to conserving energy throughout the campus.  We decided to couple the Every Watt Counts campaign with our already successful campaign of Every Drop counts for this semester.
The campaign started October 17th and will end at the end of November, just before exams.  The campaign has gone well so far with only a few minor setbacks mainly from concern about how the buildings within the program will be compared once the data on energy use is collected. 
The program contains 14 buildings around campus, from Dance to Poultry Science.  We decided to use two different strategies in order to see how much of an effect the pledge campaign had on energy and water use.  So far we have over 400 pledges from students, faculty, and staff from the 7 buildings in the pledge campaign.  If you see a pledge banner for Every Watt Counts or Every Drop Counts in your building please consider taking the pledge. 
-Will Grant
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