2011/12 latest results

The Cambridge winners of the ARU Student Switch Off competition 2011/12 are… Bridgets who narrowly pipped Peter Taylor to the title. Bridgets will be rewarded with a party at the end of term to celebrate their success! Across all the halls, electricity usage has reduced by 5.9% compared to the baseline usage. This is the equivalent amount of energy needed to:

• Keep 21 tonnes of CO2 out of the atmosphere
• Keep a 15W energy-saving lightbulb on for 293 years!
• Boil 1.2 million cups of tea!

These savings have been brought about largely as the result of the 200+ students in halls who have pledged to do their bit to save energy and encourage their flatmates – great work everyone!

On the Chelmsford campus the individual flats are competing against each other and the best energy-saving flat from the first term, Ransomes 118 were rewarded with a Domino’s pizza party! Another Chelmsford flat will also win a Domino’s pizza party to keep up the great work everyone!

Last years results (2010/11)

The 2010/11 energy data showed a 6% reduction in energy use, saving over 19 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. That’s enough energy to keep a 15 watt lightbulb going for 272 years!

Nightingale was the winning hall, with the biggest kWh reduction per student per day.

158 students signed up over the year, which represents 16.0% of those in halls!

2009/10 Results

The 2009/10 energy data showed a 5.5% reduction in energy use, saving over 20 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. That’s enough energy to keep a 15 watt lightbulb going for 291 years!

Swinhoe was the winning hall, with the biggest kWh reduction per student per day.

207 students signed up over the year, which represents 19.0% of those in halls!