How the competition will work:
Competition duration: March 20th – April 17th (4 weeks).
Over the course of the four week competition, participating dorms will compete to reduce their electricity and water consumption. Participating dorms include: Eigenmann Hall, Briscoe Quad, McNutt, Foster, Ashton, Willkie, Forest Quad, Read Hall, Teter Quad, and Wright Quad.
The winning dorm will show the greatest percent decrease in per capita electricity and water consumption against their dorm’s 3 year usage baseline. The winning dorm will show the greatest combined reduction of energy and water use.
To account for differences in the efficiency of individual buildings, the dorms will try to reduce their consumption against a baseline of each building’s electricity and water use. The baselines were calculated by averaging April usage data from the previous 3 years. Thus, participants will not be penalized for factors that are beyond their immediate control.
During the competition IUB’s Physical Plant Utilities Utility Information Group will take meter readings on Mondays and Thursdays each week.
Emerging results of the competition can be view on this website at any time.
The official winners of the conservation competition will be announced on Saturday, April 19th during the SustainIU Earthday event.
The winning dorm(s) will receive:
1st Place
- RHA sponsored Cookout on Saturday, April 26th. With Bouncy Castle!!
- $500
- Age old tradition of bragging rights
- $250
- Age old tradition of bragging rights
- Piece of mind for helping IUB reduce its environmental impact and keeping university costs down.
Rules and Regulations
Students are encouraged to review and implement the energy and water conservation tips.
Students are expected to act fairly and with respect for others in their dorm and other competing dorms. Inappropriate behavior may result in a dorm being disqualified from the competition.
Students are not permitted to alter/tamper with university owned infrastructure (lighting fixtures, faucets, etc.). For example, students are not permitted to remove light bulbs from university owned fixtures, which may cause permanent damage to the light fixture.
Adapted from: http://www.unh.edu/etf/challenge.html