Cornell Unplug: Save Energy!
Beginning this week, a campus wide “Cornell Unplug!” campaign will raise awareness and encourage users to cut energy use over the winter break. Since 2001, the highest average reduction in electric power use was 4,300 kW (last year was a bit lower at 3,800 kW). Our goal is to cut electric power use over the holidays by an extra 1,000 kilowatts over the high value, 1,500 kW greater than last year. Each 1,000 kW saves Cornell $25,000 for the 10-day period.
The campaign features the “Cornell Unplug!” logo, a rotating sequence of energy conservation facts on the university home page, and a list of conservation tips, together with an easy-to-use check list on the utilities department’s Web site www.utilities.cornell.edu/ .
(From an email sent by Executive Vice President Steve Golding)
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Why didn’t they do this while we were in school and… say, had the opportunity to actually save school energy?
My son has been unpluging for a while now,his own brainstorm! it seems to save him much.I will try it now. I thought it may be a “joke’”Grace
25k saving for every 1kwh. thats something for cornell. you can imagine what they can do with this extra saved money