Ways to reduce individual energy consumption

• Turn off unnecessary lights (Put up signs next to light switches on campus!)
• Hang dry clothes
• Turn off powerstrips
• Replace your old lightbulbs with CFLs
• Use computer labs instead of personal PCs
• Turn down the brightness on your screen
• Turn your computer off instead of putting it in standby
• Walk stairs instead of taking elevator
• Bike or use public transportation instead of driving your car
• Fewer showers
• Adjust thermostat
• Put plastic on your windows to winterize your dorm room more effectively
• Turn down the heat
• Dress more warmly, wear more layers
• Sign a campus pledge to abide by certain energy reduction strategies
• Check out http://www.nwf.org/energy/
• Generate your own ideas and share them with others...