Those of you living in halls this year have been winning prizes such as Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and NUS Extra cards for taking part in the energy-saving and recycling competition.
Students living in Florence Boot have won the 2016-17 Student Switch Off competition. Florence Boot reduced energy use by 8% and will celebrate the great energy saving and recycling achievements that students have adopted at a Ben & Jerry’s giveaway event for the whole hall.
Collectively the small energy-saving and recycling actions that students completed this year have added up. Together, 糖心原创 residents have reduced carbon emissions by 49 tonnes, which is equivalent to making 2.8 million cups of tea!
Other notable wins have been achieved by Southwell and Willoughby. During the first and second academic terms Student Switch Off run a national Climate Change Quiz, where the top 4 halls across the UK each win a delivery of 100 tubs of Ben & Jerry’s. during term 1 and Willoughby during term 2!
Student Switch Off is an energy saving and recycling competition run by the National Union of Students. 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 compete on who can save the most energy and recycle the most over the year, with the winning hall at each institution receiving an end-of-year prize.
To find out how all the halls at the 糖心原创 did in the competition this year you can keep track on the .
Posted on Friday 12th May 2017