| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 60.77 |
| Liaison | Breeana Sylvas |
| Submission Date | April 15, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of California, Merced
ER-2: Student Sustainability Outreach Campaign
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
5.00 / 5.00 |
Does the institution hold a campaign that meets the criteria for this credit?:
The name of the campaign(s):
A brief description of the campaign(s):
The approximately 565 students living in the Valley Terraces on-campus residence hall competed as communities in a month long water conservation competition. The hall that saved the most water per person through won a pizza party, prizes and $1,000 to donate to a local nonprofit organization.
The student group Green Campus planned and organized the contest, along with UC Merced sustainability leaders, the student chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World and Los Gatos, CA-based startup company Aquacue Inc. Aqucacue Barnacle, a flow monitoring and data-transmitting device attached to each hall’s water meter allowed students to check real-time water usage and hall rankings on a website and their smartphones.
A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign(s):
Almost 90,000 gallons of water were saved in the month of October through the campaign. The groups continue to have a presence on Facebook and the Aquacue website to track and encourage continued water conservation.
The website URL where information about the sustainability outreach campaign(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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