Comments for Dorm vs Dorm Sustainability Competitions

Comment on Competition Websites by kimbrough mauney

kimbrough mauney — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:31:37 +0000

This is the Website for the Energy Challenge we have at Western Washington University during the winter quarter. 2008 was our first year, and in 2009 we are expanding the challenge to include water and waste reduction. Thanks for adding our Website to the list.

Comment on Motivating Participation (So much more than advertising!) by admin

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:22:24 +0000

Patrick Ye, a member of Duke’s Environmental Alliance, found a clever way to incorporate the Eco-Olympics into the canon of official Dukedom. Duke has a school Wiki, called ‘Duke Wiki.’ Patrick created in the wiki all about the Eco-Olympics: https://wiki.duke.edu/display/envalliance/Eco-Olympics

Comment on Video Segments Index by admin

admin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:52:17 +0000

Good question, Josh. The idea was to make the videos large enough that they could be played for multiple people at once (for example, at a group meeting) by pulling the site up on a laptop or on a projector. Perhaps it wasn’t the best idea, but that was the idea behind making them (and the site) so large.

If you want to view them smaller, one thing you can do is right-click on the video while it is playing and zoom it to 50% size. You can also download the video files and convert them to any size you want.

Hope that helps!

Comment on Video Segments Index by Josh Adams

Josh Adams — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:48:23 +0000

Why are the videos so big? Is there a way to make them smaller?

Comment on Energy by Amy

Amy — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:32:32 +0000

Oberlin has an amazing energy measurement system that gives instantaneous feedback to students throughout the year. (You can check it out here: http://www.oberlin.edu/dormenergy/) I think it solves a lot of the problems mentioned in this video. It would be cool if more schools had a ssytem like Oberlin’s.

Comment on Energy by sam

sam — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:27:01 +0000

Something to keep in mind is that Duke (and many schools in the South) pay extremely low rates for electricity (eg 5 cents per kWh). If Duke paid rates similar to schools in the northeast (eg 11 cents per kWh), the savings would be double!

Comment on Eco-Film Series by sam

sam — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:18:39 +0000

Bullfrog Films is a great place to find environmental films, especially hard-to-find ones. You can rent from Bullfrog or ask your library to buy the film from them. I believe that they have a discount for student groups.