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Green Power Initiative at Key School: Kilowatt Kickoff!

Discontinue purchasing energy from non-renewable sources and switch to solar, hydro, or wind power to reduce environmental impact, prevent pollution, and conserve resources. Take steps to reduce kWh usage and purchase Green Power. Experiment in April to test energy consumption reduction. Raise awareness about energy conservation practices and achieve the goal of going green together!

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Green Power Initiative at Key School: Kilowatt Kickoff!

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  1. Key School’s ________________________________________________________________________________ Kilowatt Kickoff! ________________________________________________________________________________ By: Caileigh Feldman ‘10 & Jessica Greenwald ‘10

  2. The Challenge… Discontinue purchasing the Key School’s energy from non-renewable sources (coal, other fossil fuels) and switch to a form of GREEN POWER (solar, hydro-electric, wind)

  3. What is GREEN POWER? Electricity generated using renewable resources that have significantly less of a negative environmental impact than other energy resources Solar Water Wind

  4. Why should the Key School buy GREEN POWER? • reduce environmental impact • prevent air pollution and reduce contribution to global climate change • conserve finite fossil fuels and resources • provide a financial hedge against unstable or rising fossil fuel prices • Green power offers a longer term fixed price

  5. The steps we would need to take… 1) Reduce our kilowatt hour (kWh) usage in order to negate the cost of switching to a renewable energy source Average cost (per kWh) of current energy source: $0.118 Estimated cost (per kWh) of premium GREEN POWER: $0.142 % increase: 20% 2) Purchase GREEN POWER!

  6. The Experiment… By isolating the month of April as a test trial, determine whether by simply altering behavior, the Key School community is able to reduce its kWh consumption by the 20% needed to balance the cost of purchasingGREEN POWER 96,741 kWh April 2007 total energy consumed: 77,393 kWh Goal for April 2008:

  7. What is a kWh? Akilowatt houris the unit of measurement used to indicate an amount of (electrical) energy consumed and is equivalent to the quantity of energy required to power a 100 watt light bulb for 10 hours.

  8. Food for Thought • The average U.S. household uses about: 880 kWh per month - or-10,656 kWh per year • The Science-Library Building alone uses: 22,538 kWh per month - or-293,000 kWh per YEAR! • Last year the Key School as a whole used a total of: 131,060 kWh 1,572,724 kWh per year per month

  9. Total: 1,572,724 kWh

  10. April-07 Total: 96,741 kWh

  11. How can we help? Lighting Technology Heating/ Cooling

  12. Lighting • If it’s sunny… TURN THEM OFF! • If you’re leaving… TURN THEM OFF! • If you notice a classroom, office or bathroom not being used with the lights on… TURN THEM OFF!

  13. Technology We will be looking into automating the status of the computers around campus

  14. Heating / Cooling • Thermostats will be adjusted • Keep classroom doors & windows closed

  15. Help each other out! • Kindly remind your classmates and teachers of ways they can help! REMEMBER, WITH EVERYONE’S SUPPORT WE CAN REACH OUR GOAL OF GOING GREEN!

  16. YOU’VE GOT THE POWER!

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