Beat the Peak - Day 1

Is it HOT our there!?  On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 between 1 PM and 4 PM we will have our first opportunity this academic year to "Beat the Peak".  To beat the electricity peak we have at the start of each year, we need to make individual efforts to see a collective result.
Here's what you can do to help.

Students

• Turn off your lights, fans, and all electronics before you leave your room.  
• If you see electricity being used where it doesn't need to be, like lights on in a common area during the middle of the day, turn them off!

Faculty and Staff

• Close your office door so that air conditioning can work as effectively as possible.  (Perhaps post a sign "This door is closed to conserve energy, please knock".
• Turn off lights  when leaving any room on campus. 
• If you have good natural lighting, consider not using lights at all.

To get more information about the electricity peak, check out the Energy tab on this blog
or go to http://riponcollegesustainability.blogspot.com/p/energy.html

I will be sending out a Beat the Peak reminder about five more times during the first couple of weeks of classes, depending on the weather forecast.  I hope to be able to share good news of reduced Peak Electricity Use when we receive our campus utility bill in October.  Let's use less so that we have more!

More. Together.