Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.45
Liaison Austin Sutherland
Submission Date May 1, 2014
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University of Pennsylvania
ER-2: Student Sustainability Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.00 / 5.00
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Does the institution hold a campaign that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

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The name of the campaign(s):
Power Down Challenge

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A brief description of the campaign(s):
The Power Down Challenge is an annual three-week energy conservation competition among the eleven undergraduate residential College Houses which are distributed across fifteen buildings on campus, plus one primarily graduate student housing complex, Sansom Place, comprised of two buildings. College Houses compete to reduce their electricity consumption the most from a two-week baseline taken at each building before the competition begins. Student Eco-Reps and College House staff collaborate to engage with the entire student population in their communities and to spread awareness of how students can reduce their carbon footprint through individual and communal lifestyle actions.

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A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign(s):
Below are impacts from the Fall 2012 Power Down Challenge: •24,283 kWh reduced from baseline electricity usage in the Fall 2012 Power Down Challenge. •36% of post-competition student survey respondents reported a permanent change in their energy reduction behavior •Equivalent to 36,915 lbs of carbon dioxide reduced

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The website URL where information about the sustainability outreach campaign(s) is available:
http://www.upenn.edu/sustainability/programs/power-down-challenge

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Information on previous years' competitions - http://www.upenn.edu/sustainability/power-down-challenge/competition-archive Power Down Challenge http://www.upenn.edu/sustainability/programs/power-down-challenge http://buildingdashboard.net/penn/

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