Students living in Hugh Stewart have won the 2017-18 Student Switch Off energy-saving and recycling competition! Hugh Stewart reduced their energy use by 10.9% and will celebrate their energy saving and recycling achievements at a Ben & Jerry’s giveaway event.
Student Switch Off is an energy saving and recycling competition run by the National Union of Students (NUS). Over 40 universities take part in the competition in institutions across the UK and Europe. The competition challenges students living in halls of residences to take positive action on climate change, right in their accommodation, and encourages friendly competition between the halls to see who can save the most energy and recycle the most over the year.
Collectively the small energy-saving and recycling actions that you all achieved this year have added up. Together, University of Nottingham residents have reduced carbon emissions by 34 tonnes, which is equivalent to making 2.7 million cups of tea!
Other notable wins have been achieved by Cripps. During the first and second academic terms Student Switch Off ran a national Climate Change Quiz, where the top four halls across the UK each won a delivery of 50 tubs of Ben & Jerry’s. Cripps scooped the prize during term two!
These amazing results are thanks to the continued collective effort of students living within the halls of residence, and in particular to the Student Switch Off Ambassadors – volunteers who have spent the year encouraging their neighbours to switch off and recycle more.
To find out how all the halls at the University of Nottingham did in the competition this year you can see the full leaderboard on the Student Switch Off website, and if you are living in halls next year do your part to help your hall be the 2018-19 champions!
Posted on Tuesday 8th May 2018