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UCSC Cold Water Wash 2014 CHESC

Kristiahn Alvarado & Sarah Gilchrist PowerSave Campus Intern Energy Analyst UCSC. UCSC Cold Water Wash 2014 CHESC. Cold Water Wash Campaign Background. New program goal implemented: 600 therms savings per year KPI encourages search for natural gas-reduction projects to address :

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UCSC Cold Water Wash 2014 CHESC

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  1. Kristiahn Alvarado & Sarah Gilchrist PowerSave Campus Intern Energy Analyst UCSC UCSC Cold Water Wash2014 CHESC

  2. Cold Water Wash Campaign Background • New program goal implemented: 600 therms savings per year • KPI encourages search for natural gas-reduction projects to address: • Climate change & local GHG implications • Upcoming regulation on emissions • Financial & non-financial incentives to reduce consumption

  3. Cold Water Wash Campaign Background Residents of College Eight were asked to switch their laundry wash to cold water 4 Quads (A, B, C, D) competed against each other A winner was selected by comparison of week to week data showing who reduced their natural gas usage the most.

  4. Cold Water Wash Campaign Goals • Get students of College Eight to save natural gas • Collaborate with Residential Life of College Eight • Promote Green Education on natural gas usage and water conservation

  5. Cold Water Wash Metrics • Direct interaction with 750 students • Pre-Surveys from 200 students • Only 20% of students asked had already washed their clothes on the cold cycle

  6. Cold Water Wash Metrics • Multiple Savings Metrics: • NG therm reduction from each individual cold vs. hot water wash • reduced demand over time • behavior change • Multiple Methods: • calculation using known, observed and estimated parameters • utility meter data, normalized for the other loads on the meter 1,577 therms saved!

  7. Project Outreach

  8. Lessons Learned • Collaboration with students is much easier than previously thought • Incentives, incentives, incentives! • Gift Cards • Inspire other UCSC colleges to bring this campaign to their students • Lack of response to post survey • Post project meetings

  9. Challenges • Tracking Therms • The lead energy analyst at UCSC helped us track the therms • Important to isolate a measureable quantity • Verify with multiple methods of calculation • look out for confounding variables! • Creative calculation • Numeric documentation can help replicate a project later

  10. Challenges • Project Participation • Constant Outreach • Weekly visual reminders!

  11. Successes • Great results in such a short amount of time! • Pilot project • Campus interest • Sustainability Office at UCSC • PTAGS (Path to a Greener Stevenson) • Other PSC campuses

  12. Acknowledgements • Sarah Gilchrist • Energy Analyst at UC Santa Cruz • Connor Keese • College Eight Residential Coordinator • All resident assistants from College Eight

  13. Contact Information Sarah Gilchrist& Kristiahn Alvarado PowerSave Campus Intern Energy Analyst UCSC sgilchri@ucsc.edu Kristiahn@gmail.com

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