The Energy Builders Team works under the Office of Sustainability at Connecticut  College with the goal of raising awareness of energy consumption on campus.

objectives

• Conduct energy audits to analyze campus energy usage, identifying areas for improvement and energy savings. 

• Identify areas of improvement and ways to save energy on campus by analyzing energy consumption through audits.

• Building an online platform that shares the insights of this research with the community.

• Develop a program to inform students, staff and faculty about energy saving behavior and practices, offered through workshops, seminars, and online resources.

• Create and distribute posters and brochures to make information about energy-saving practices easily understood and widely available.

• Engage the campus in energy conservation through energy saving competitions and green awareness.

• Collaborate with facilities management to implement cost-effective energy-saving measures such as lighting retrofits, HVAC upgrades, and building automation systems.

• Engaging with the Strategic energy management (SEM)  program run by Eversource.

• Report back on achievements, and conclude the efficacy of energy initiatives through data collected.