International Student Energy Summit – Coming to UBC next week!

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Shelley Long

The International Student Energy Summit (ISES) will be hosted by the University of British Columbia Jun 9-11.

The summit is a forum for Undergraduate and Graduate students all around the world from all fields to come together to be educated, inspired, encouraged, and united in the future of energy solutions, focused in three key areas of Markets + Regulation, Global Energy Dynamics, and Technology + Innovation.

The conference is in it’s third year, and has chosen UBC because of our unique Sustainability Initiative and leadership in sustainability and clean energy research. Some conference tickets, including accommodation, are still available here for a couple more hours.

Provincial Do It In The Dark Energy Competition – UPDATE!

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Shelley Long

Congratulations Okanagan College for coming in FIRST PLACE in the Provincial Do It In The Dark Energy Competition! Second and third place went to the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV).

All university students living in residences (including UBC’s own PLACE VANIER!) managed to conserve over 125,000 kwh of electricity translating to approximately 7000 tonnes of C02 and savings of over $9000!

Check out the details on the goBEYOND site – http://go-beyond.ca/

Earth Hour 2011

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Shelley Long

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On Saturday, March 26,2011 at 8:30pm hundreds of millions of people around the globe will turn off their lights in symbolic support of climate action. Let’s prepare for Earth Hour at UBC by spreading the word in our residences and committees to turn off our lights and electronic equipment!!

There will also be two Earth Hour events happening on campus this year – one for first year students in Place Vanier Residence and a community event at the Main Mall Commons near the Forest Sciences Centre and Thunderbird Park Residence.

For more info, check out the website: http://www.earthhour.org/

STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS!!

Do It In The Dark BC Energy Competition – GO VANIER!!

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Shelley Long

From March 7th-26th, students living in residences on NINE campuses across BC will be competing to reduce their electrical energy consumption including UBC’s own VANIER RESIDENCE! Check out the hilarious competition video below.

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See how we’re doing against other universities by visiting the Energy Dashboard links:

1) University of Victoria

2) University of British Columbia, Vancouver

3) University of British Columbia, Okanagan

4) Simon Fraser University

5) University of Northern British Columbia

6) Thomas Rivers University

7) University of the Fraser Valley

8) Vancouver Island University

9) Okanagan College