2011/12 results

The winners of the Student Switch off 2011/12 are… The Village who pipped Britten, Constable and Paston to the title! Across all the halls of residence energy usage has reduced by 3.6% compared to the baseline usage. This is the equivalent amount of energy needed to:

• Keep 49 tonnes of CO2 out of the atmosphere
• Keep a 15W energy-saving lightbulb on for 697 years!
• Boil 2.8 million cups of tea!

These savings have been brought about largely as the result of the 400+ students in halls who have pledged to do their bit to save energy and encourage their flatmates – great work everyone! Individual competitions continue to the end of the academic year so keep up the great energy-saving work to win loads of prizes including Ben & Jerry’s vouchers, LCR tickets and much more.

N.B There were data issues with Colman and Kett so they haven’t been included in the overall leaderboard.

2010/11 results

During 2010/11 the SSO helped to reduce electricity usage in halls of residence by an average of 11.9% and the competition was won by Nelson Court. The energy saved prevented over 81 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. This is equivalent to the energy needed to:

• Power a an energy saving light bulb for 1,147 years
• Make 4.7 million cups of tea
• Fly from London to Manchester 904 times

2009/10 results

During 2009/10 the SSO helped to reduce electricity usage in halls of residence by an average of 11.3% and the competition was won by Norfolk Terrace. The energy saved prevented over 136 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. This is equivalent to the energy needed to:

• Power a an energy saving light bulb for 1,920 years
• Make 7.8 million cups of tea
• Fly from London to Manchester 1,516 times