Duke University (Students United from a Global Social Environment (SURGE))
“SmartHome” Residence Hall
Student efforts at Duke have led to the commitment by Duke, in partnership with Home Depot, to build the “SmartHome” Residence hall - http://www.smarthome.duke.edu/ -which will be a living and learning lab for campus sustainability.
Fort Lewis College (Black Mesa Water Coalition)
The key leaders are David and Matt.
Building Metering
Small Axe and Small Steps student organization were able to encourage their campus to make commitments to add metering system to a building for energy monitoring, conservation and efficiency use.
Mount Allison University (Sierra Youth Coalition)
Month-Long Residence Reduction Challenge
Eco Action, a student group on campus, is an active member of the Campus Climate Challenge. In March they launched the month-long Residence Reduction Challenge! Rob MacCormack, Director of Facilities Management agreed to change every light bulb in every residence building to a compact florescent bulb in the spirit of the event! They held a day of booths and displays, an educational theatre performance on living in a sustainable way, and a demonstration of the Save Hockey, Fight Climate Change skit (performed with the Acadia Women’s Hockey Team.) Energy use was metered for a full month, and the winning residence hall (the highest reduction in energy use) won an energy-efficient flat-screen TV. The campaign was led by student group EcoAction, which is led by coordinator Natalie Gerum. EcoAction is continuing to focus on raising awareness about energy use in campus residence buildings, and working with the Environment Committee to lobby for a campus-wide energy policy.
Pomona College (Sierra Student Coalition (SSC))
Purchase of 10% Renewable Energy
At Pomona College in Claremont, CA a Campus Climate Challenge campaign led by Ada Aroneau convinced the college to purchase 10% of the energy used in dorms from renewable sources in return for a 5% reduction in student energy use. The victory came after a month-long conservation inter-dorm challenge where students competed to reduce their energy use.
Turtle Mountain Community College (Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN))
Reduction of Computer Phantom Loads
After educating the school and community of the student’s efforts to reduce energy consumption, they were able to get the janitors at the school to unplug the computers each night as opposed to leaving them on in sleep mode.
University of Kentucky (Southern Energy Network)
Students at the University of Kentucky ran a successful campaign for student approval of a green energy fee with over 60% of students voting approving a fee increase for renewable energy in the spring of 2006. Students from the GreenThumb group continued to work with the administration over the next school year on the fee proposals, which were slated to go before the Board of Trustees in February, but the administration decided at the last minute to take the fee proposal off the agenda. Students worked with the Southern Energy Network to increase the pressure on key administrators from students, youth, alumni and citizens around the Southeast and the nation to approve the fee. After a flood of calls and emails, administrators decided not to approve the fee.
5-10% Reduction in Energy Usage
As a result of the increased pressure the school also committed to reducing energy usage 5-10%.
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse (Sierra Student Coalition (SSC))
Reduction of Power Usage in Dorm Computer Labs
At the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, staff in three on-campus dorms agreed to turn off the computers in the dorm computer labs when they shut down for the night. The primary students involved in this campaign were Carrie Wisinski, an SSC Building Environmental Campus Communities Fellow in the fall of 2006, and her fellow group-members.
Valdosta State University, Georgia (Southern Energy Network)
Energy Audit
After the student group campaigned for a green fee with events, classroom presentations, news articles, publicity stunts like spelling out "green future" with candlelight on campus, and the presentation of a comprehensive set of policy options, VSU committed to running a campus energy audit as preliminary step and inviting the student group, SAVE, to be a part of determining what entity performs this audit and how they do it.