Last month the Student Switch Off campaign, part of the National Union of Student’s Degrees Cooler programme, took a tour around universities freshers fairs signing up student volunteers living in halls of residences. After an exhausting few weeks the team managed to sign up over 5000 in the participating Degrees Cooler universities.
Student Switch Off encourages students to be more aware of their environment and to find ways of reducing their energy use. Reduction in electricy usage will be measured in each building and the winning halls will receive a selection of goodies!
Check out the videos from the event, 3 students pledge what they will aim to do to reduce their energy use to help their halls win the competition and Tom Yearly, Energy Officer at the University of Reading talks about what else the University is doing in the Degrees Cooler programme.
