Residence Challenge 2010
Jan 18th - March 7th
Ohio University: Bright Ideas for Saving Electricity Since 1804.
SCORES
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Week 1:
1/18 - 1/24
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On EAST GREEN, Tiffin has blasted into first place with nearly 13% in electricity savings compared to the hall's baseline. Biddle Hall, last year's Residence Challenge winner, is running a close second with 10.3% savings out of the gate. Only 1 or 2 percentage points separate the whole rest of the pack on East, so there's plenty of room there for moving up or down in the rankings in week 2.
Weld House has established a early lead on SOUTH GREEN, with 14.6% savings below their baseline. Go Weld! Don't look now - O'Bleness, Foster and Wray are following right behind, with 13.4%, 11.7%, 10.9% savings, respectively. O'Bleness has already banked 5 tickets to Cedar Point. Remember: 1 ton of CO2 avoided = 5 tickets to Cedar Point.
We've got a serious new contender on WEST GREEN: Ryors Hall, typically a fairly average performer, has rocketed into first place with 15.2% savings -- the highest of any hall this week. Treudley is a distant second with 8.3% savings. Treudlians are really going to need to ramp up the electricity conservation in order to get a crack at first in subsequent weeks. Don't underestimate the sleeping giant: the Convo, which is currently running above their own baseline by 0.3% (ouch!). Once they turn things around, they can move up the chain quickly and rack up Cedar Point tickets like mad.
Battle on!
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Week 2:
1/25 - 1/31
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The competition is really heating up on EAST GREEN, as every hall saved electricity from its baseline in Week 2. Tiffin and Biddle continue to run neck-and-neck at the top of the pack, with cumulative savings of 13.3% and 12.8%, respectively. Washington and Bush vaulted up the standings by saving 20.7% and 15.5%, respectively, last week. With scores this close so early in the competition, any hall can still storm ahead to take over the green.
O’Bleness has taken the lead on SOUTH GREEN, and is the first on the green to avert more than two tons of carbon dioxide. Foster jumped into second place thanks to a green-high weekly savings of 16.2% off its baseline. Last week's leader, Weld, fell to third, but is only 1% out of the lead. With six halls on the green with weekly savings of 10% or greater, South is sure to be a race to the finish.
Despite a weekly savings of 19.9%, Ryors fell from first to second place on WEST GREEN. The new leader is none other than the Convo, who smashed the rest of the competition with 41.7% savings over the week. That level of savings was enough to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 18.1 tons, the equivalent of taking 1,132 cars off the road for a day, and gives the Convo a whopping 90 tickets to Cedar Point. How did the giant building achieve such savings? In addition to student efforts and replacing old air filters, two massive air handlers used to condition the building went out for two days. The outage left residents feeling slightly stuffy, but pushed them into the overall lead on campus.
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Week 3:
2/1 - 2/7
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After two weeks in second place, Biddle stormed to the top of EAST GREEN with a weekly savings of 17.2% below its baseline.? Gam has also picked up steam, moving into third place and collecting 20.6 tickets to Cedar Point over three weeks of competition.? But remember, your hall needs to come in first place on the Green to win the trip!? Also moving up the scoreboard is Perkins, who has shown steady improvement every week and is now operating below baseline. Good work, Perkinsians!
Riding a weekly savings of 19.5%, Foster has taken the lead on SOUTH GREEN.? However, O'Bleness remains close behind, only trailing by a mere 0.3% in the cumulative electricity standings. Martzloff was the big mover on the Green in week 3, jumping three spots and into the top five.? These standings might be the most competitive of the Greens, with all 20 buildings dropping below their baselines.? Outstanding.
Ryors has opened up a huge lead on WEST GREEN, staking claim to the top spot with a weekly savings rate of 19.6%, the best of any hall.? Three impressive weeks of competition mean Ryors has also avoided more carbon-dioxide, 4.2 tons, and banked more Cedar Point tickets, 21.2, than any other hall.? The Convocation center is back in the middle of the pack, after their electricity meter caught up with some missed kWh in week 2. Others on West will really need to pick it up to get back into the race.? But with four weeks left in the challenge to turn things around, the prize is still up for grabs.
TIP OF THE WEEK:
Want to learn more ways to live green while enjoying a great meal with friends?? This Saturday (February 13) from noon to 3 p.m., the residents of the OHIO Ecohouse are hosting an open house and winter campfire, which makes a great program idea for RA's and residents.? Participants can bring a dish to accompany the meats and vegetables that will be cooked over the fire.?The meal will be followed by a hike through the Ridges, and tours of the Ecohouse will also be available. All free!
The Office of Sustainability can provide transportation to and from the Ecohouse for groups of students if Residential Housing staff or RA's contact us by 5pm on Thursday.? If you are interested in this opportunity, contact the Office of Sustainability at 740-593-0460 or sustainability@ohio.edu.
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Week 4:
2/8 - 2/14
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Biddle continues to put up good numbers on the competitive EAST GREEN, retaining first place with a cumulative savings of 14.6% off its baseline. Biddle won the competition last year ? can they hold on for the last three weeks and repeat? In order to do so, they will need to stay ahead of a surging Gam, who led the Green this week with savings of 17.1%. Through four weeks, East Green has cut the most electricity per resident, with each student averting an average of 26 pounds of carbon-dioxide avoided. Way to go, East!
On SOUTH GREEN, Foster boasted the greatest weekly reduction in electricity usage with a rate of 22.6% saved. However, that did little to help them pull away from second-place O’Bleness, which posted an impressive weekly savings of 19.4% off its baseline. Those two halls look to be separating from the pack, but Smith, Weld, and Armbruster have savings above 10%, with a handful of others following close behind. A big week from any of these halls could result in a rankings shakeup in the coming weeks.
There seems to be no stopping Ryors on WEST GREEN, which recorded a 20.6% reduction on the week to push their cumulative electricity savings to an impressive 18.8% off its baseline. Ryorsites have now banked nearly 30 tickets to Cedar Point should they be successful in maintaining their lead through week 7. Occupying the next two spots on the Green, Treudley and Wilson had solid double-digit weekly savings at 10.7% and 12.5%, respectively. Bringing up the rear is Sargent, which has improved its savings each week, and finds itself in the black for the first time during this year’s competition. Keep it up, Sargent!
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Week 5:
2/15 - 2/21
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With just two weeks remaining, the competition is getting fierce, and halls are posting huge savings. The leaders continue to rack up tickets to Cedar Point, while all halls combined topped the century mark in avoided tons of carbon-dioxide.
On EAST GREEN, Biddle had an impressive weekly electricity savings of 17.4% off its baseline to stay ahead of the pack. The residents of Washington, now in third place, continue to post strong numbers as they pushed their cumulative savings to 12.9%. Close behind in fourth is Gam, which can claim 40 tickets to Cedar Point if it climbs to the top of the standings in Week 7. The race on East Green has been tight all competition long, and with two weeks remaining, any hall could still claim the top prize.
Foster posted its second consecutive week of 20%+ savings to strengthen its hold on SOUTH GREEN. However, O’Bleness remains in close contention with a cumulative energy reduction of 16.3%. South Green has avoided over 40 tons of carbon-dioxide, a reduction equivalent to planting 7.8 acres of pine forests. If Ewing can make a push in the final weeks, South might be the only Green to witness savings below the baseline in each and every hall.
WEST GREEN continues to be dominated by Ryors, which had a weekly savings of 17% below its baseline. If they continue to be the best in the West, at least 35 Ryorsians will be screaming on the Maverick come May 22. Treudley and Wilson have tightened up the race with cumulative savings of 8.8% and 7.0%, respectively, but will need to take drastic measures to challenge for first place.
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Week 6:
2/22 - 2/28
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Biddle continues to post strong numbers on EAST GREEN, with a weekly electricity savings of 19.1% below its baseline. However, Washington is closing in quickly, riding the momentum from a phenomenal 24.2% savings in week 6. Both of these halls can claim at least 35 spaces on our trip to Cedar Point, assuming they can finish on top. Tiffin, Gam, and Lincoln are also within striking distance in a race that will come down to the wire. East Green as a whole has been incredible at saving electricity all competition long, and half of the buildings recorded double-digit savings this week. Keep up the amazing work!
Another week, another 20%+ savings for Foster on SOUTH GREEN. The Fosterites have reduced their energy consumption more than any other residents on campus, compiling a cumulative savings of 18.6%. The hall with the best chance of upsetting Foster is O'Bleness, who has been in first or second place throughout the Residence Challenge. With one final push, O'Bleness could raise its 16.7% cumulative savings into the top spot and claim 37 tickets to Cedar Point.
Although their pace has slowed a bit, Ryors seems to have the title on WEST GREEN fairly well locked up. Ryors has led since the very first week of the competition, and over that time has avoided the equivalent of 8.3 tons of carbon-dioxide. To put that in perspective, that amount of emissions is equal to the emissions associated with a year's worth of average household electricity use. Also on the Green, Convo recorded impressive savings of 9.1%, partially due to a massive CFL exchange effort by its residents.
TIP OF THE WEEK:
Is your hall too far behind to claim first place and win spots on our trip to Cedar Point? Don't worry, you still have a chance to win a fantastic consolation prize!
The Eco-Reps will be hosting a Late Night Pancake Party for the hall that improves its electricity savings the most in this final week. This prize can go to any hall, so an impressive week of electricity reduction could be your ticket to free pancakes with your friends.
Good luck in the final week!
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| Week 7:
3/1 - 3/7
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 Residence Challenge!
EAST GREEN: Washington Hall
SOUTH GREEN: Foster House
WEST GREEN: Ryors Hall
Collectively, the residents of these three halls saved the equivalent of over 25 tons of carbon-dioxide emissions in just seven weeks. By switching off lights, powering down computers, and turning of their A/C units, Washingtonians, Fosterians, and Ryorsites knocked down their electricity consumption by nearly 23,000 kWh (kilowatt hours) over the course of the competition. That's the same amount of electricity that two American homes consume in an entire year.
All halls on campus together avoided 162 tons of CO2, comparable to the carbon impact of two tanker trucks' worth of gasoline.
Cady is the winner of our prize for the most improved electricity savings in the final week. By decreasing their electricity consumption by 5.5% between weeks 6 & 7, residents of Cady will be rewarded with a late-nite pancake party hosted by the Eco Reps. Details to follow.
Scoreboard is attached. Please circulate widely.
More about the winners:
Washington is the comeback kid of this year's competition, shocking the residents of Biddle who had held the top spot on EAST GREEN since week 3. Washington came on strong in the second half of the competition, moving all the way up from fourth place in week 4. Blackout Rave Nights and compact fluorescent light bulb exchanges helped the hall achieve huge electricity savings, such as the 24.6% rate in the final week. Washington finished with a cumulative reduction of 16.16% off its baseline, squeaking by Biddle's rate of 16.13%. For their efforts, Washingtonians have been awarded 45 spots on our all-expense paid trip to Cedar Point on Saturday, May 22.
Foster posted a fourth consecutive week of 20%+ savings to lock up first place on competitive SOUTH GREEN. Cumulatively, Fosterians used 19.1% less electricity over the last seven weeks than they have on average in the last three years in the same time period. This reduction marks the top savings rate in this year's competition, 1.5% greater than their closest competitor. Some residents in Foster were so committed to the Residence Challenge that they unplugged their individual microfridges, electing instead to share with their neighbors. With these incredible results, 40% of all the residents in the hall will be travelling to Cedar Point.
From the opening week of the competition, Ryors dominated WEST GREEN, and their hold on first place was never seriously threatened. Ryorsites posted stellar numbers each and every week, ranging from a low of 15.2% savings in week 1 to a high of 20.6% in week 4. The hall's cumulative savings of 17.6% smashed second place by nearly 9%, a reduction that represents an incredible carbon-dioxide savings of 9.6 tons. Ryors residents frequently gathered in the hall's lobby to use the communal space as a group study area, turning off lights in their rooms. The hall will be rewarded with 48 Cedar Point tickets, the most of any of this year's winners.
The annual Residence Challenge Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, April 7 from 5-7 p.m. in the 1804 Lounge at Baker Center. Winning halls will be invited to select representatives to attend.
Many thanks to everyone who got in the game this year. See you next year!
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