Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.45
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date Jan. 27, 2012
Executive Letter Download

STARS v1.0

Cornell University
ER-2: Student Sustainability Outreach Campaign

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 5.00 / 5.00 Dale Williams
Mgr, Finance
Fraternity & Sorority Affairs
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Does the institution hold a campaign that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

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The name of the campaign(s):
Lights Off Cornell

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A brief description of the campaign(s):
Lights Off Cornell is an energy conservation initiative aiming to reduce wasted electricity at Cornell by engaging student volunteers in turning off lights after hours in buildings across campus. Many buildings on campus are unnecessarily lit at night. It has been estimated that the university could save up to $60,000 per year by simply turning these lights off, thus it is our mission to turn off as many un-needed lights on campus as possible in order to save energy, to save money, and to do our part to save the planet. A recent Cornell Chronicle article highlights the campaigns efforts http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April11/LightsOff.html

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A brief description of the measured positive impact(s) of the campaign(s):
Number of volunteer sessions: 1178 Number of lights turned off: 105504 Dollars saved $3,094.34 CO2 Saved (kg) 16179.0

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The website URL for the campaign:
http://energyandsustainability.fs.cornell.edu/lightsoff/index.cfm

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Additional outreach campaigns include: Take Back the Tap http://takebackthetapcornell.wordpress.com Recyclemania http://r5.fs.cornell.edu/mania/default.cfm North Campus Residential Resource Battle http://eswserver.cee.cornell.edu/eswcu/2009_ncrb.html

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