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Green Dorm Rooms: By the Numbers
- 20 percent: Estimated reduction in energy use at Stanford's Lotus Living Laboratory green dorms.
- $18.95: Estimated savings, over the course of a year, for Tulane's Energy Star Showcase Dorm Room.
- $61,728.40: Estimated annual savings that Tulane would realize if every dorm room matched the performance of the Energy Star Showcase room.
- 968,073: Pounds of CO2 Tulane could save annually by creating Energy Star dorm rooms across campus.
- 30 percent: Estimated reduction in both energy and water use at Tufts University's Sophia Gordon Hall, the university's first green dorm building that opened in 2006.
- 47 percent: Amount of energy used on lighting at Macalester University, making lighting the largest consumer of electricity in their dorms.
- 102 Watts: Size of the solar panel that University of Vermont student Ross Nizle purchased to help take his dorm room off the grid.
- 25,000 pounds: Estimated amount of reusable goods kept out of landfills by this year's inaugural "Green Apple Move Out" event at NYU.
Sources: Stanford's Lotus Living Laboratory, Energy Star, Tulane University, Tufts University, Macalester University, University of Vermont, New York University
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