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SavePowerAndReceiveCash

Dartmouth sponsors the Save Power and Receive Cash (SPARC) program, that encourages people to conserve energy? on a dorm-by-dorm basis.

The dorm with the most savings (as compared to the previous year), gets money and/or a party with pizza.

Websites

• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~fom/SPARCweb.html -- FOM's website about it

Email

• SPARCy@dartmouthNOSPAM.edu

Issues, etc..

• SPARC reccomends that people keep their computers turned off as much as possible, but for some this is not possible: SPARC and Keeping Computers Turned On

• SPARC rewards the hall that reduces their power consumption? from the previous year. What are some problems with that?
  • Residence Halls? have electric stoves?. AFAIK, these stoves can suck lots of power, so SPARC means that people shouldn't cook.
  • Similarly, fridges take lots of power. SPARC seems to reccomend that people not have cube fridges? (even though people steal food from communal fridges? quite often).

• What about heating? It seems like Dartmouth could save a lot of money if all of the residence halls? had thermostats so that people could adjust their room to an appropriate temperature without having to open a window. (Is that still necessary in some dorms to regulate heat?)

RobinsonTryon - 09 Mar 2003