The results are in.... and the winning halls are Wolfson (on-campus) with a reduction of 7%, and John Wood KB (off-campus), also with a reduction of 7%.  Congratulations to everyone in these halls who has helped achieve such great savings!  Wolfson and John Wood KB residents enjoyed a beer and curry night to celebrate their achievement:

This is the fourth year that the University has run an inter-hall energy-saving competition, and overall the competition has contributed to a 10% reduction in electricity usage compared to three years ago.  This represents a saving of over 200 tonnes of CO2 - that's the same as driving a car 28 times around the planet!

This year, there's been an average decrease in electricity consumption of 3.4% across all the halls, which means that together you've saved over 98,000 kWh and prevented over 48 tonnes of CO2 from being emitted - great work!  That's the equivalent of the amount of energy used to:

• power an energy-saving lightbulb for 686 years
• make over 2.8 million cups of tea
• fly from London to Manchester and back 541 times!

Here's how the halls fared against each other in the competition:

On-campus:

Off-campus:

For more detailed information on the results (including graphs) and past competitions click here, and for more info on what else is happening at the Uni click here.

Over the course of the year, over 550 students in halls signed up as Eco-Power Rangers - students who pledged to use their electricity carefully and encourage others to do the same.  Here's the breakdown of the number of students signed up as Eco-Power Rangers in each hall.

On-campus:

 Off-campus: