- Follow us on Twitter! - Find us on Facebook! - Talking about dorm energy, conservation, or this year's competition on Twitter? Add the hashtag #ccn10 to your tweets! This year, Oberlin is one of 40 colleges and universities competing in Campus Conservation Nationals, a three-week competition measuring campus-wide water and energy reduction. The Office of Environmental Sustainability, ResEd and ENVS 101 are organizing the Dorm Resource Reduction Competition (abbreviated DRRC, and formerly known as Dorm Energy Competition). During the competition, the Campus Resource Monitoring System will provide real-time feedback on dorm energy and water consumption, and rank the leading dorms. Look for events organized during the competition by the OSCA Environmental Concerns Committee, Resource Conservation Team, Compost Work Group, Recycled Products Co-Op, and more... From November 1st-19th, all Oberlin dorms and coops will compete to reduce electricity and water use at three levels: 1) Between Dorms: Residents of each dorm at Oberlin competes against those in other dorms for largest percentage reduction 2) Within Dorms: In a select group of dorms, each floor (or wing) competes against the other floors/wings within that dorm for greatest percent reduction. 3) Competition Nationals: Oberlin College competes against 40 other schools for largest combined reduction in all campus dorms competing in competition! Plus: - OSCA kitchens will compete to reduce electricity - Cox (President and Deans' offices) and Bosworth (Development offices) will compete to reduce electricity. The dorm to reduce their water and energy consumption by the greatest percentage over the three-week period will win special energy-conservation prizes: trophies, shirts, and food! Campus Conservation Nationals Website: http://www.competetoreduce.com Oberlin Campus Resource Monitoring System: http://www.oberlin.edu/dormenergy/
It is the final day of the Dorm Resource Reduction Competition. Currently, Oberlin is ranked 33 in electricity reduction and 4 in water reduction out of 40 schools participating across the country in the Campus Conservation Nationals.
Our top reducers here on the Oberlin Campus: 1st in electricity reduction - Lord (by 42.2%). 1st in water reduction - Barrows (by 36.4%).
Great job for all your efforts. And continue to reduce in your daily life after the competition is over!
One last Easy Tip To Reduce:
Turn your cell phone off when you sleep, turn the brightness down, and lower your phone’s back-light timer.
Like the environment? Like CANDY?
OPIRG is having a DRRC Scavenger Hunt and YOU Should come!Wednesday, Nov. 17th. Meet in Wilder Lobby at 8pm.
Bring your cameras and your A-GAME.
Meet with Students for Carbon Neutrality (formerly known as Coal Work Group), tomorrow at 9pm in Wilder (room TBA), to discuss reducing the use of coal for heating dorms during Winter Term.
0.1% from 1st place! Only 8 days left! Come out tonight 8pm outside MUDD for ONE HOUR ONLY and we'll go around to dorms and poster/canvass for the competition.
Listen to tips for living sustainably by Maggie Heraty ‘14 and Environmental Sustainability Fellow Colin Koffel ‘08 on the Regina Brett Show on WKSU from 7-8pm tonight.
Plug your appliances into a power strip and turn it off when possible. When a power strip is turned off, it completely shuts off power to unused appliances, saving energy from the “vampire” effect.
Come hear John Petersen talk about the competition and energy at Oberlin, tonight 7pm in Hallock Auditorium (AJLC) - After, stick around for Green Tea!
Create a water saving system in your dorm's kitchen: 1. Have a bucket of water by the sink and a cup in the bucket.2. After scrubbing your dirty dishes, take a scoop of water from the bucket and use that to rinse off the soap.3. Don't keep the water running while washing dishes!!
Commit to energy and water saving behaviors and make comments about the competition: www.oberlin.edu/dormenergy
- "DO IT IN THE DARK": Challenge yourself to keep the lights off for the whole day
- Decrease the "Energy Vampires" in your life: unplug cell phone chargers, appliances, computer chargers, desk lamps, and any other unnecessaries that "suck" energy from outlets when not in use
- Turn OFF your laptop - go to Mudd Library instead!
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
-John Muir
When you turn off that light as you leave the room, use your desk lamp instead of your overhead lights, or "do it in the dark" for the whole day...think about the beautiful earth you're consciously conserving and constantly connected to!
Great job to everyone who participate in "Chalking for Chocolate"! It was a great success! There is beautiful DRRC artwork all throughout campus now. We hope you enjoyed the yummy chocolate goodies.
Turn the water off between shampooing, conditioning, and scrubbing when in the shower.
Depending on the shower head, the water you use to make yourself squeaky clean in the shower flows at a rate of 3 to 5 gallons per minute. That means even if you take a 5 minute shower, you could be using 25 gallons of water right there! Reduce the amount of time the water's on. Turn it off in between your scrubbing cycles :)
