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Sustainability @ the
University of Rochester

November 2009

Winners Named in Dorm Energy-saving Competition

UR Unplugged is a four-week energy saving competition. From Oct. 20 to Nov. 16, groups of on-campus dormitories competed against each other to see who could conserve the most energy compared to previous year's energy use. The results this year show that the dorms used 91.3% of overall energy compared to last year during the same time period.

Weekly winners receive monetary prizes for their hall council, provided by Residence Life. The overall winner wins free tickets to a finale concert featuring student-performance groups. The competition is sponsored by Grassroots, Residence Life, and Facilities.

The Winners

This year's UR Unplugged winners are the Community Living Center and Alpha Delta Phi. The students at CLC used 85 percent of the overall energy used during the same time period las year and Alpha Delta Phi used 86%.

Rank Building % of Energy Use
1 CLC 85%
2 Burton-Crosby 86.7%
3 Gilbert88.7%
4 Tiernan 89%
5 Crosby-Hoeing 90.96%
6 Phase 91.01%
7 Sue. B 93.3%
8 Drama House 96.1%
8 Towers 96.3%
9 GLC 99.4%

Fraternity Competition

Rank Building Reduction
1 Alpha Delta Phi 86%
2 Psi Upsilon 86.4%
3 Delta Upsilon 92%
4 Delta Kappa Epsilon 94.3%
5 Sigma Alpha Mu 98.9%
5 Sigma Chi 99.4%


Results by week:

Week 1 (Oct. 20-26)
Regular Competition

  1. CLC, 81.2%
  2. Tiernan, 84.5%
  3. Burton-Lovejoy, 86.2%
  4. Phase, 89.8%
  5. Crosby/Hoeing, 91.1%
  6. Gilbert, 91.7%
  7. Drama House, 92%
  8. Towers, 92.9%
  9. Sue B., 93.7%
  10. GLC, 99.5%

Fraternity Quadrangle

  1. Psi Upsilon, 86%
  2. Alpha Delta Phi, 89.8%
  3. Delta Upsilon, 90.5%
  4. Delta Kappa Epsilon, 91.6%
  5. Sigma Chi, 91.9%
  6. Sigma Alpha Mu, 113%
  7. Theta Chi, 131.9%

Week 2 (Oct. 27-Nov.2)
Regular Competition

  1. Burton-Lovejoy, 86.6%
  2. Tiernan, 87.4%
  3. Gilbert, 88.1%
  4. CLC, 88.3%
  5. Towers, 89.6%
  6. Crosby/Hoeing, 91.4%
  7. Phase, 92%
  8. Sue B., 94.7%
  9. GLC, 98.4%
  10. Drama House, 100.9%

Fraternity Quadrangle

  1. Psi Upsilon, 83.3%
  2. Alpha Delta Phi, 87.3%
  3. Sigma Chi, 92.5%
  4. Sigma Alpha Mu, 95.5%
  5. Delta Upsilon, 96.5%
  6. Delta Kappa Epsilon, 103.1%

Week 3 (Nov. 3-9)
Regular Competition

  1. CLC, 84.5%
  2. Burton-Lovejoy, 85.7%
  3. Gilbert, 86%
  4. Crosby-Hoeing, 90.1%
  5. Sue B, 91.2%
  6. Phase, 93.6%
  7. Tiernan, 94.2%
  8. Drama House, 96.8%
  9. Towers, 100.6%
  10. GLC, 101.1%

Fraternity Quadrangle

  1. Alpha Delta Phi, 82.4%
  2. Delta Upsilon, 86.30%
  3. Psi Upsilon, 86.33%
  4. Sigma Alpha Mu, 89.5%
  5. Delta Kappa Epsilon, 89.8%
  6. Sigma Chi, 92.2%

Week 4 (Nov. 10-16)
Regular Competition

  1. CLC, 85.8%
  2. Burton-Lovejoy, 88.1%
  3. Phase, 88.7%
  4. Gilbert, 88.8%
  5. Tiernan, 90%
  6. Crosby-Hoeing, 91.3%
  7. Sue B., 93.3%
  8. Drama House, 94.6%
  9. GLC, 98.5%
  10. Towers, 101.9%

Fraternity Quad

  1. Alpha Delta Phi, 84.7%
  2. Psi Upsilon, 89.8%
  3. Delta Kappa Epsilon, 92.7%
  4. Delta Upsilon, 94.8%
  5. Sigma Alpha Mu, 97.4%
  6. Sigma Chi, 99%