Whew! We finally have all of the electricity bills in and I am ready to announce the winner of this year’s Kill-A-Watt Challenge.
So! Drum roll please……………….
The winner of the 2014 Kill-A-Watt Challenge is a tie between: 371 Main and Jensen Hall!
Both buildings racked up their scores by a combination of energy savings and event participation. 371 Main St. had a 28% reduction in energy and 48 participation points and Jensen Hall had a 26% reduction in energy and 68 participation points. So now, 371 Main and Jensen residents, it is up to you to plan how you want to spend your winnings!
Three cheers to our top energy savers*:
371 Main (28%)
Lyman Hall (28%)
Jensen Hall (26%)
Cushing Hall (26%)
*figures were based comparing KwH usage per day, per person between February 2014 and October 2013.
Three cheers to our top participation point earners:
Adirondack Hall (155 points)
Rowell Hall (105 points)
396 Main Street (77 points)
All told, we saw an average of 12% energy savings across all of our main campus buildings. Nineteen main campus buildings saw savings between 1-28%, and three buildings actually increased usage from last fall (anywhere between 7-17%). For those of you in Quarry & Spinner calculating your energy use is difficult as it is through another power provider and the billing is set up in a way that would take a lot of time to calculate. Since we did not see high rates participation in any of the events or other ways to earn points I did not calculate the energy use. Using a simplified formula (with a base of $.12/kwh) we figured that we saved over $2,900 worth of electricity during February (for main campus res halls). These savings will be transferred to student scholarships this year.
Each building’s energy usage can be seen on the Kill-A-Watt blog https://cckillawatt.wordpress.com/2014-scores/
This year marked the 4th time we held the Kill-A-Watt Challenge, which allowed us to look at back at the cumulative impact of the event. Take a look at these results.
Until next year… keep on saving!