Energy
How do you measure the energy usage across the competing dorms?
What if the dorms are different sizes and types?
The energy conservation component of the competition should be the easiest to judge, but it can also have lots of complications!
October 23, 2007
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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!
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.
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