Energy Awareness Week 2011
The Vassar Greens invite YOU to see if you can reduce energy use in your dorm by 5% for one week!
Brought to you by Keep It Clean – the VG campaign that aims to reduce dirty energy use on campus, Energy Awareness Week (HAPPENING RIGHT NOW) is a call to action for all members of the student body to work towards reducing energy use and to increase awareness of the wasteful practices happening every day in the places where we live. These are our homes! Don’t you want them to be as efficient and waste-free as possible? Please take a few seconds to make your living space as energy efficient as possible.
The possibilities are endless, but here’s just a short list of what you can do to reduce your energy use this week:
- turn up the temp on your mini-fridge
- take the stairs instead of the elevator
- turn off all lights when they’re not being used
- unplug your power strips when you’re not using them: anything plugged into an outlet is using energy!
- instead of putting your computer on ‘sleep’ mode for the night, turn it all the way off
- open your shades during the day to let natural light and heat into your room
- and so much more! Get creative!
Brought to you by the Vassar Greens’ Keep It Clean Campaign.
The Vassar Greens, Spring 2011