Winning the Green Cup through the Power of Community:

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Winning the Green Cup through the Power of
Community

• Winning Strategies to Reduce Kilowatts
• Jane H. Meigs
• Millbrook School

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Everyone Matters and Everyones Actions Matter!

• The Power of the IncrementMany Small Actions Add
  Up to Big Results
• The Power of Community--A winning result if
  everyone takes part! Galvanize the whole
  community.

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Green Cup Challenge inspired a mythical
comparison

• A Match between David and Goliath??
• Would Millbrook, a small and nimble upstart like
  David, be able to take on the imposing giants,
  the Goliaths of the Prep School world?

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Yes, we were! We used our best brightest asset
to win.

• We used the POWER of COMMUNITY
• 1. Our shared and sustained effort at energy
  conservation.
• 2. The strong base of our environmental
  stewardship ethic.

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Last year, the top three Green Cup winners, the
energy conservation giants, were all

• small, community-based schools

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Last year, the top three Green Cup winners, the
energy conservation giants, were all

• small, community-based schools
• with an established commitment to the environment

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Last year, the top three Green Cup winners, the
energy conservation giants, were all

• small, community-based schools
• with an established commitment to the environment
• demonstrating the power of a small, but dedicated
  community united behind a common goal.

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After winning last year, people asked,What was
your secret winning strategy?What was your key
activity?

• The answer is that there was no one activity, no
  one secret strategy, no silver bullet.
• We won because many people cared, contributed and
  acted to save energy in many different ways.

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Winning Strategies 1. Create Green Cup Team
Spirit in every campus group, office, classroom,
etc.

• Organize your Community into
• Energy Conservation Leadership Teams
• Make saving energy a priority for each
  group/team.

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Energy Conservation Leadership Teams

• Dorm Prefects and Dorm Faculty
• Student Council/Student Leadership
• Faculty--Curricula, Classrooms, Homes
• Administration--Public Support for GCC
• Physical Plant--Energy Efficiency
• Dining Hall--Fewer Lights Composting
• Arts Center--Less gallery theater lights
• Athletic Teams--Half lighting in Gyms

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2. Green Team Community Service
SignsEye-catching signs as reminders to community

• Walk the Walk.
• Take 2 Glasses Max
• Use Natural Light
• Are You Clean Yet? Then get out of the shower.
• Free the Heat (around heaters)
• Machine Wash Cold
• Unplug

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More Green Team Signs

• Buy Local, Ask for Organic
• An Appeal for your Peels--Give to Composting
• All Veggie Matter--All Veggies Matter
• Use Less Paper Smaller Font
• Consolidate
• Wear a Sweater or Fleece
• Smoking Kills--So does Global Warming

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3. Hit the Switch!Signs Everywhere on Campus

• Turn off lights, computers, printers,
  appliances when not in use.
• Set computer monitors to go to sleep after
  several minutes.
• Install CF bulbs-Free at Physical Plant Office.
• Use Day LightingGo Solar.
• Unplug chargers turn off power strips when not
  in use.
• Use task lighting.

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More Hit the Switch Signs

• Conserve water take shorter showers.
• Clean dryer lint filter use cold water for
  laundry.
• Keep doors windows closed.
• Dont use electric space heaters or other energy
  hog appliances.
• Suggest other ways to save energy.

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4. Cupola (Daily News Sheet) Green Quotes

• Average American consumes 6x more energy than
  world average
• Give our planet a break tonightTurn off all
  lights electrical equipment at 655 pm for 5
  minutes!
• Americans, less than 5 of worlds population,
  own 33 of its cars.

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5. Energy Saving Email Tips Actions from
Maintenance Staff

• Empty your dorm fridge unplug it
• Full loads in washers Use cold water Do Less
  Laundry
• Install CF Bulbs throughout campus
• Reset campus lights to burn less
• Remove, where appropriate, 1/3 corridor lights.
• Request teams to practice with one bank of lights
  off

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6. Green Cup Educational Motivational Events

• All School Film Forum--An Inconvenient Truth
  faculty-led small group discussions

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Green Cup Educational Motivational Events

• All School Film Forum--An Inconvenient Truth
  faculty-led small group discussions
• Kickoff AssemblyMillbrooks GCC Video

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Green Cup Educational Motivational Events

• All School Film Forum--An Inconvenient Truth
  faculty-led small group discussions
• Kickoff AssemblyMillbrooks GCC Video
• Film ViewingKilowatt Ours

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Green Cup Educational Motivational Events

• All School Film Forum--An Inconvenient Truth
  faculty-led small group discussions
• Kickoff AssemblyMillbrooks GCC Video
• Film ViewingKilowatt Ours
• Dramatic ReadingHorton Hears a Who by Dr.
  Suess.Every Who Down in Whoville has to Shout!

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Green Cup Educational Motivational Events

• All School Film Forum--An Inconvenient Truth
  faculty-led small group discussions
• Kickoff AssemblyMillbrooks GCC Video
• Film ViewingKilowatt Ours
• Dramatic ReadingHorton Hears a Who by Dr.
  Suess.Every Who Down in Whoville has to Shout!
• Local/Organic Foods Special Supper

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Green Cup Educational Motivational Events

• All School Film Forum--An Inconvenient Truth
  faculty-led small group discussions
• Kickoff AssemblyMillbrooks GCC Video
• Film ViewingKilowatt Ours
• Dramatic ReadingHorton Hears a Who by Dr.
  Suess.Every Who Down in Whoville has to Shout!
• Local/Organic Foods Special Supper
• Song at Winter Weekend Pep Rally set to The
  Beatles Help, I Need Somebody

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7. College Bowl Energy Questions

• Toss Up Question
• 1. What kinds of light bulbs are much more
  efficient at saving energy?

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College Bowl Energy Questions

• Toss Up Question
• 1. What kinds of light bulbs are much more
  efficient at saving energy?
• Answer Compact Fluorescent LED light bulbs

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College Bowl Energy Questions

• Follow up Question
• 1. What percent of global electricity is used for
  lighting? 10 19, or 32?

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College Bowl Energy Questions

• Follow up Question
• 1. What percent of global electricity is used for
  lighting?
• 10 19, or 32

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College Bowl Energy Questions

• Follow up Question
• 2. The C02 released by lighting the world is
  equal to what of the CO2 emissions from
  passenger vehicles?
• 38, 57 or 70?

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College Bowl Energy Questions

• Follow up Question
• 2. C02 released by lighting the world is equal to
  what of the CO2 emissions from passenger
  vehicles?
• 38, 57 or 70

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More College Bowl Energy Questions

• Toss Up Question 1. Some electrical appliances
  use a lot more energy than others. Name an
  appliance that is a real energy hog.

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More College Bowl Energy Questions

• Toss Up Question 1. Some electrical appliances
  use a lot more energy than others. Name an
  appliance that is a real energy hog.
• Answer Clothes Dryer4600 watts per hour of use

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More College Bowl Energy Questions

• Follow Up Question
• 1. Name another appliance that is an energy hog.
  
• Water Heater4000w per hour of use

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More College Bowl Energy Questions

• Follow Up Question
• 2. Name another appliance that is an energy hog.
• Hair Dryer1800w per hour of use

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More College Bowl Energy Questions

• Follow Up Question
• 3. Name another appliance that is an energy hog.
• Space Heater1320w per hour of use

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8. Other GCC Strategies

• Frequent Energy Saving Tips report standings in
  Assembly
• Free CF Bulbs to all Students, Faculty Staff
  begin LED lighting
• Curricular innovation in Spanish, physics, and
  environmental science

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Strategies from other GCC SchoolsFrom
Northfield Mt. Herman

• Use the Green Cup to improve energy efficiency
  throughout campus.
• Let students take leadership role in changing
  behavior.
• Use GCC as Rallying CryPull entire school
  community together behind common goal.
• Reach out to alumni donors.

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From Phillips Exeter Academy

• Get buy-in from many departments.
• Dorm turned off every other row of lights got a
  small toaster for off hours.
• ITS changed monitor turn off program.
• These changes have remained in place after GCC!

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From Lawrenceville

• People pledged to lower energy use by signing a
  large banner.
• Weekly updates on standing and progress
• Most education led by dorms with student
  leadership
• Large CF light bulb changeover in all houses by
  Lacrosse team

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From Darrow School

• Students read meters (in 2 ft. of snow!), entered
  data, presented reports to school.
• Experienced student energy monitors from previous
  years
• Darrows unique culture--to be as sustainable as
  possible.

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Impressive Green Cup 2007 results

• By working together, 15 schools cut their CO2
  emissions an estimated 381,203 lbs.
• 40 Green Cup schools in 2008 will achieve so much
  more.

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Your generation and my generation face a daunting
and monumental task--

• We must find ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions
  80 by 2050.

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Your generation and my generation face a daunting
and monumental task--

• We must find ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions
  80 by 2050.
• There are and there will be many ways to cut GHG
  emissionsall of them together will add up to
  that big 80 cut.

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Your generation and my generation face a daunting
and monumental task--

• We must find ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions
  80 by 2050.
• There are and there will be many ways to cut GHG
  emissionsand all of them together will add up to
  that big 80 cut.
• Effective policies, technological innovation,
  renewable energy, and people working together.

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Your generation and my generation face a daunting
and monumental task--

• We must find ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions
  80 by 2050.
• There are and there will be many ways to cut GHG
  emissionsand all of them together will add up to
  that big 80 cut.
• Effective policies, technological innovation,
  renewable energy, and people working together.

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1 Sky Priorities from Step It Up

• 80 cut in CO2 by 2050
• 10 cut in CO2 in 3 years
• Moratorium on new coal-fired power plants
• Green Jobs Corps to fix homes businesses so
  those targets can be met

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The Green Cup Challenge is a commitment to

• Lower GHG emissions through the Power of
  Community.

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The Green Cup Challenge is a commitment to

• Lower GHG emissions through the Power of
  Community.
• Stabilize our climate through many committed
  people working together.

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The Green Cup Challenge is a commitment to

• Lower GHG emissions through the Power of
  Community.
• Stabilize our climate through many committed
  people working together.
• Preserve a healthy and habitable planet in which
  both human culture and the natural world flourish.

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The Green Cup Challenge is a commitment to

• Lower GHG emissions through the Power of
  Community.
• Stabilize our climate through many committed
  people working together.
• Preserve a healthy and habitable planet in which
  both human culture and the natural world flourish.