IU’s 2015 Fall Energy Challenge, which kicked off Monday, Oct. 12, wrapped up Monday, Nov. 9. Academic buildings, administrative buildings, residence halls, apartment housing complexes and greek houses all competed against one another in an attempt to save the most energy throughout the four weeks.
This year, the energy challenge saved 570,128 kilowatt-hours of electricity, enough to put 620 houses online for a month, and 750,256 gallons of water, enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, according to a press release from the Office of Sustainability.
Since its inaugural season in 2008, the energy challenge has saved more than 6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, enough to put 4,907 houses online for a month, and 14.1 million gallons of water, enough to fill 22 Olympic-sized swimming pools, according to the release.
Of the 73 buildings that participated, 19 were residence halls and apartment housing complexes, 15 were academic and administrative buildings, and 39 were greek houses.
The winning academic and administrative buildings were the Student Building, Service Building, Maxwell Hall, Cyberinfrastructure Building, Swain Hall, Rawles Hall and Meyers Hall.
“This is the nation’s largest single-campus energy and water competition,” said Bill Brown, University director of Sustainability, in the release. “And it is the most effective,
The winning residence halls were Wright Residnce Center, Briscoe Residnce Center, Forest Residence Center and Campus View Apartments.
The winning greek houses were Alpha Omicron Pi and Beta Theta Pi.
The awards presentation will take place at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the University Club in the Indiana Memorial Union, according to the release.
Ashleigh Sherman
