Happy Holidays to all! Before you leave for break, be sure to UNPLUG! Follow these tips to save energy, save money, and prevent pollution while you’re gone: Close and lock windows (take out your window fan if needed)Shut off all the lights (overhead and desk)UNPLUG all electronics. Cell phone chargers, laptop chargers, TVs, etc. all [...]

We’re halfway done with the 2012 Green Cup Challenge, where dorms compete for a month to reduce their electricity consumption compared to an early January baseline value. This is a competition where everyone wins – the school saves money, the mountains in West Virginia don’t get blasted away to extract coal, students learn how to [...]

Today is the kick-off for the 2012 edition of the Green Cup Challenge (January 18 – February 15), a nationwide competition between schools to save electricity, save money, and save the environment. Last year during the Green Cup, Deerfield Academy reduced our electricity usage by 9.1% from our baseline. This prevented the emission of 64,605 [...]