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Here's what We Can Do To Help MIT Save Energy

How you address energy use in your home or dorm can have a big effect on the MIT's energy costs and campus air quality. The choices you make at home or your dorm affect the amount of pollution outside your home as well as inside. Here is what you should do to use less and all the while save money for your school.

*Amount saved (per year) at $.099/kWh	By You (1)	By Students (10,950)	By the MIT Community (30,484)
Turning off appliances when leaving room	$29.63	$324,456.17	$903,262.26
Turning off computer when going to sleep	$47.52	$520,344.00	$1,448,599.68
Total	$77.15	$844,800.17	$2,351,861.94

*Savings for leaving room based on turning off one computer monitor (45 watt use in sleep mode) and two 80 watt light bulbs off for 4 more hours a day. Savings for Turning off computer based on turning off computer (55.55 watts) for 8 more hours a day (40 KWH per month). Students include undergraduates (4,471) and graduates (6,479) of 2002-2003. MIT community includes students (10,950), faculty (956), staff (9,309), campus (7,067), and Lincoln Laboratory (2,202) of 2002-2003.

• Turn off appliances, lights, and computers when you leave the room or goto sleep.

• Use Revolving Doors to save heating and cooling costs in buildings.

• Insulate windows by stopping air leaks with duct tape in the winter to keep your room warmer.

• Use a microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)

• Repair leaky air conditioning and refrigeration systems if possible. Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.

• Use compact florescent lights with energy-efficiency lighting and other energy-efficient appliances. To learn more about energy-efficient appliances visit the Energy Star web site.

• Turn thermostat down in the winter and up in the summer. Insulate your home, water heater and pipes.

• Have air conditioning systems checked in the Spring and heating systems checked in the Fall.