1. TESTIMONY
PowerDownEnergy use at Penn Law has been reduced by 20 percent overall.
The school won the 2015 Power Down Challenge, a month-long building
energy reduction competition sponsored by Penn’s Green Campus Partnership.
In February, Penn Law reduced its power usage by 4.6 percent, or 14,836 kilowatt
hours. That’s equivalent to 22,554 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.
AND SAVES ENOUGH
ENERGY TO POWER
12 HOMES FOR A YEAR
OR REMOVING 28 CARS
FROM THE ROAD
THAT HAS THE SAME
EFFECT AS PLANTING
3,410 TREES
W IND OW S
Golkin Hall’s LEED
certification required,
among other things,
the installation of 450
windows, which naturally
light and warm rooms.
BOOK DR OP S
The Equal Justice
Foundation received a
$2,000 grant to install
book drop carts which
encourage students
to donate their used
textbooks. It is estimated
that the project will
result in 527.5 pounds
of carbon dioxide
saved per year.
LIGHT BULBS
The ballasts in every
lightbulb in the law
school — about 1,200
bulbs — were replaced
with more efficient
models. This measure
cut the bulbs’ electricity
usage by 40 percent.
LIGHT SENSORS
As of last summer,
light sensors have been
placed in every room,
so they turn off if no
movement is detected.
IT’S NOT
EASY BEING
GREEN
Saving energy
takes the kind
of comprehensive
strategy that
Penn Law has
put in place —
with measurable
results.
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