{"id":2284,"date":"2023-01-07T17:07:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T21:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=2284"},"modified":"2023-04-21T12:10:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T16:10:27","slug":"energy-challenge-and-raffle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/energy-challenge-and-raffle\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Challenge and Raffle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

WHOI ENERGY CHALLENGE AND RAFFLE<\/h1>\n

January, February, March<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"light\n\t

WHOI ENERGY CHALLENGE AND RAFFLE<\/h1>\n

January, February, March<\/p>\n\t

Energy Efficiency Raffle Prize Winners<\/h2>\n\t

January 2023<\/h2>\n\t\n

Their efficiency activities included powering down electronics, giving up lab space for new hire, and reminding others daily to decrease energy consumption.<\/p>\n\t

February 2023<\/h2>\n\t\n

Collectively they contributed to energy efficiency at WHOI by turning off unneeded lights as they made their way around campus, weatherstripping doors, shutting down incubators that weren’t needed any more, and regularly closing highbay doors.<\/p>\n\t

March 2023<\/h2>\n\t\n

Collectively they contributed to energy efficiency at WHOI by turning off unnecessary lights, submitting work orders to help reduce energy waste, and spreading the word about energy efficiency to others.<\/p>\n\t

WHOI Building Energy Reduction Challenge Winners<\/h2>\n\t

January 2023<\/h2>\n\tEnergy reduction results are in! The winner for the medium sized building category, with an impressive 30% decrease in electricity use from Jan 2023 compared with January 2022….is…..The <\/strong>Major Warehouse<\/strong>\u00a0on Quissett Campus!<\/strong>! Closing the highbay garage door every day attributes to the decrease. Way to go Warehouse occupants!\nThe winner for the small office building category with a remarkable 37% decrease in electricity (Jan23 vs Jan 22) is Nobska House<\/strong>! Several actions contribute to the big decrease including: motion sensor outside lights, transition from desktops to laptops, hybrid schedules, and lights off.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Energy\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView pdf\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

February 2023<\/h2>\n\t

February Energy Reduction Competition results are in!<\/p>\n

The winners for the medium and small building categories were again the Major Warehouse with a 29% decrease in electricity use in Feb 2023 compared with Feb 2022, and Nobska House<\/strong> with an incredible 48% decrease! Because the occupants of these buildings have already gotten to enjoy their free coffee, we’ve decided to give the prize this month to the second place buildings in each category.<\/p>\n

In the medium category that’s the Distribution Center<\/strong> on Quissett Campus who decreased their electric use 17%.\u00a0 And in the small building category it’s the Carpenters Shop who dropped their electric use by 30% by closing their highbay door regularly.<\/p>\n

Distribution and Carpenters Shop occupants will get a free fancy coffee or beverage at the Buttery. Please notify the person at the register that you won the Energy Efficiency Challenge for your building for the month of February.\u00a0 Prizes must be redeemed by April 15th.\u00a0 We’ll announce the March challenge winners in mid-April.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Feb.\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView pdf\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

March 2023<\/h2>\n\t

The Building Energy Efficiency Competition results for March are in!<\/p>\n

The first and second place buildings this month remained the same, and since the occupants of those buildings have already gotten to enjoy their free coffee, this month the prizes go to Fenno<\/b> and Challenger<\/b>, as they were the third place buildings in their categories. Congratulations to the occupants of those buildings for working hard to reduce your energy consumption!<\/p>\n

Fenno and Challenger occupants will get a free fancy coffee or beverage at the Buttery. Please notify the person at the register that you won the Energy Efficiency Competition for your building for the month of March.\u00a0 Prizes must be redeemed by May 15th.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"March\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView pdf\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\tThanks to everyone who helped to make our Energy Efficiency Competition a big success<\/strong> this winter by working to reduce their energy consumption! To review building kwh details, click here<\/a><\/strong>.\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Energy\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Challenge<\/h2>\n\t

Compete in the WHOI Building Electricity Reduction Challenge!<\/h2>\n\t

Go head to head with other buildings at WHOI to see who can decrease their electric use the most<\/strong> compared with last year during the months of January, February and March.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"graph\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

The building with the biggest percentage decrease each month wins a free coffee for all occupants.<\/h2>\n\t

Raffle<\/h2>\n\t

Be an Energy Efficiency Champion!<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"spinning\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n

Tell us (or nominate someone else) and you’ll be in the running to win a $50 gift card<\/strong> in our monthly raffle during January, February, and March 2023!<\/p>\n

You’ll need to be logged into Google with your WHOI credentials to access the form.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tENTER THE RAFFLE\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n\t

Energy efficiency actions can include:<\/h2>\n\t
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  • Powering down electrical equipment, computers, appliances, etc.<\/li>\n
  • Shutting the sash of your fume hood<\/li>\n
  • Closing doors and windows including high bay doors<\/li>\n
  • Strategizing building occupancy with colleagues<\/li>\n
  • Adjusting thermostat if able<\/li>\n
  • Submitting Work Order Requests to notify facilities of persistent<\/li>\n
  • issues that are wasting energy<\/li>\n
  • Encouraging colleagues! “We has more impact than I”<\/li>\n
  • Inspiring us with other actions you’ve taken!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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