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Student Switch Off The LSE Campaign

Student Switch Off The LSE Campaign. Kash Naik Project Officer. What is Student Switch Off?. Competition to see which hall of residence can reduce their energy usage by the greatest amount per student. Incentives for energy-efficient behaviour at individual and communal level .

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Student Switch Off The LSE Campaign

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  1. Student Switch OffThe LSE Campaign Kash Naik Project Officer

  2. What is Student Switch Off? • Competition to see which hall of residence can reduce their energy usage by the greatest amount per student. • Incentives for energy-efficient behaviour at individual and communal level. • Building on existing social relationships, peer-to-peer communications, rivalries and communities.

  3. Student Switch Off: the challenge

  4. The Eco-Power Rangers

  5. A little bit about us… • UK-wide successful energy-saving campaign • Includes recycling competition • Part of NUS Charity • This year 130,000+ students are taking part

  6. LSE Overview • The competition runs at 9 Halls • Covering 3,036 students • This is the 4th year of the energy saving campaign at LSE • This is the 1st year of the recycling competition at LSE

  7. History • Energy saving competition between halls of residence • Winning hall gets rewarded with a prize or party (such as table football table) • Lots of individual prizes for people uploading photos to our Facebook page • Previous winners • 2009-10 High Holborn • 2010-11 Carr Saunders • 2011-12 Carr Saunders

  8. This Year • 235 students signed up to the campaign at the start of the year (7.74% of students in halls) • 252 students are fans of the LSE Student Switch Off Facebook page • 19 photos submitted so far this year, with 103 individual likes by peers • 13 Student Ambassadors trained at the start of the year. • Quizzes have been popular with 546 students taking part

  9. This Year Continued • This years winning hall is Sidney Webb (TBC) • There has been a 6% saving across all halls in total • 143,567 kwh reduction • 78 tonnes of carbon • £11,485 saved • 4,486,469 cups of tea • 861 return flights from London to Manchester

  10. Timeline Each term: Fortnightly LSE competitions Monthly National competitions

  11. Autumn Term: • Freshers’ Fair recruitment • Training session • Halls Visit with quiz • Spring term: • Halls Visits with photo competition • Go Green Week • Summer Term: • End of Year party for winning hall Timeline

  12. Recycling at LSE

  13. Reporting good and bad practice

  14. Recycling at LSE • Recycling efforts are consistent across all halls • Students have made errors only if labelling was incorrect or bins were full • The introduction of food waste should mean less recycling gets contaminated as this was going in recycling waste

  15. Context • Of the 9,805 students at LSE, 5,790 are postgraduate • 6,540 international students • The competition runs in some postgraduate-only halls – Butlers Wharf, Grosvenor & Sidney Webb

  16. Context continued • Research conducted by the National Union of Students last year found that international students found felt recycling was more important • The research also found that post-graduates felt recycling was more important than 1st year students living in halls of residence.

  17. Thanks For Listening

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