About the Project...
With over 20,000 students and 3,800 employees, the University of Oregon consumes more energy than all but two of EWEB's customers. Despite recent efforts at ‘greening’ campus – demonstrated by the new Lillis Business Complex – the campus’ ecological footprint is staggering. As the Northwest's population grows, available energy sources strain to meet the increasing demand. While hydroelectric power is the dominant energy source in the region, it is unlikely that more dams will be built.

We must increase conservation and utilize alternatives if we don't want to turn to high polluting sources such as fossil fuels.

Our project proposes to educate the University community about our current energy use and its impacts, successful conservation projects, and the alternatives available. By doing this on campus, we aim to promote energy awareness and an all campus conservation attitude. To do so, we first began with research.