Engery Wars starts up again, adds new greek competitors
By: Meredith McGrady
Issue date: 10/10/08 Section: News
Energy Wars is back and it's bigger than before.
The competition began last year as a competition between Lucy Rowland, Mason, Bishop Roberts and Longden halls. After a successful first trial which ended with Mason winning and the four dorms saving $1,200 in energy costs, the competition was renewed for the 2008-2009 school year and has been implemented in 10 residence halls: Bloomington Street, BR, College Street, Hogate, Humbert, Longden, Lucy, Mason and Senior halls, as well as Rector Village.
Sophomores Maggie Baber and Taylor Cantril are the coordinators of this year's competition.
In addition to expanding to more residence halls, Energy Wars now includes greek organizations.
As of now, Cantril said there are four greek chapters officially signed on, and three more are working on joining the effort.
Energy Wars measures the usage of electricity and water. In the greek houses, natural gas consumption will also be monitored.
Baber explained that recycling is not calculated into the standings.
"It's a common mistake," Baber said. Baber continued that although it's not calculated into the results, students should make a conscious effort to recycle.
Energy Wars is based upon changes made in the rates of energy consumption compared to previous records. The greek houses will turn their utility bills from the past two years to an Energy Wars compiling team comprised of work study students junior Maria Schwartzman and sophomores Matt Brauer and Gary Pett, Director of Facilities Management Ted Fares and Assistant Director of Facilities Management Jim Ruark.
Cantril said the team takes the utility bills from the greek houses and creates a baseline reading of the information to compare the weekly results taken from meters to. The team also factors in the square footage of the buildings in order to make the competition more fair.
With all of the expansions taking place, Baber expressed a wish to receive feedback from students about energy wars.
"I wish people would send me feedback," Baber said. "It's important in a campus event like this."
Both Cantril and Baber emphasized that the purpose of energy wars is more than to just lower campus consumption.
"The main goal is to change your behavior," Cantril said.
The competition began last year as a competition between Lucy Rowland, Mason, Bishop Roberts and Longden halls. After a successful first trial which ended with Mason winning and the four dorms saving $1,200 in energy costs, the competition was renewed for the 2008-2009 school year and has been implemented in 10 residence halls: Bloomington Street, BR, College Street, Hogate, Humbert, Longden, Lucy, Mason and Senior halls, as well as Rector Village.
Sophomores Maggie Baber and Taylor Cantril are the coordinators of this year's competition.
In addition to expanding to more residence halls, Energy Wars now includes greek organizations.
As of now, Cantril said there are four greek chapters officially signed on, and three more are working on joining the effort.
Energy Wars measures the usage of electricity and water. In the greek houses, natural gas consumption will also be monitored.
Baber explained that recycling is not calculated into the standings.
"It's a common mistake," Baber said. Baber continued that although it's not calculated into the results, students should make a conscious effort to recycle.
Energy Wars is based upon changes made in the rates of energy consumption compared to previous records. The greek houses will turn their utility bills from the past two years to an Energy Wars compiling team comprised of work study students junior Maria Schwartzman and sophomores Matt Brauer and Gary Pett, Director of Facilities Management Ted Fares and Assistant Director of Facilities Management Jim Ruark.
Cantril said the team takes the utility bills from the greek houses and creates a baseline reading of the information to compare the weekly results taken from meters to. The team also factors in the square footage of the buildings in order to make the competition more fair.
With all of the expansions taking place, Baber expressed a wish to receive feedback from students about energy wars.
"I wish people would send me feedback," Baber said. "It's important in a campus event like this."
Both Cantril and Baber emphasized that the purpose of energy wars is more than to just lower campus consumption.
"The main goal is to change your behavior," Cantril said.
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