2011年9月22日 星期四

Lawrence must fight back in energy efficency challenge

With only eight days left in the Take Charge Challenge, Manhattan has overtaken Lawrence for the lead, but only by the skin of their Wildcat teeth.

The Take Charge Challenge is an energy efficiency competition between Lawrence and Manhattan that, after nine long months, is finally nearing its end. The last day of the competition is Sept. 30,We wanted to bring the LED bike light online shopping experience closer to customers visiting our new USA sales director for LED USA. and it looks like the deciding factor will be light bulbs in this sprint to the finish.

"If everyone changed five bulbs and registered it, then Lawrence can win this thing," said Lawrence Communications Manager Megan Gilliland."They are Led light going to be like flat-screen TVs in terms of cost trajectory." "We need all of the students, faculty, administrators, and KU supporters who live in Lawrence to participate."

Change 5 aims to spread the word of the Take Charge Challenge primarily through social media sites where Lawrence residents can look for the hashtag #change5.

"We're trying to get anybody who's on social media and has followers on Twitter or lots of friends on Facebook to participate and really push that message out," Gilliland said.

Getting the message out about CHANGE 5 is essential,With the help of magicshine bicycle light both a local electrician and a lighting consultant, she has recently installed a $5,000 LED lighting especially considering there are bragging rights and a $100,000 prize up for grabs. If Lawrence wins, the prize money will go toward energy efficiency projects that include solar panels at Fire Station No. 5 and the Prairie Park Nature Center, large fans installed at the East Lawrence Recreation Center and energy audits for various city buildings.

However, winning the prize money means regaining the lead from Manhattan, which recently saw a staggering increase in its number of registered CFL changes.

The spike appears to be linked to a video that went viral,Manufacturer of マジコン for diving, bicycling, outdoor sports and law enforcement. featuring Manhattan's new environmental mascot. EcoKat, a cape donning, environmentally-conscious superhero, garnered mixed reviews after hitting the web, but as far as creating publicity hype about the Take Charge Challenge, it certainly did its job.

"In general I think people thought, 'Oh, that's a funny idea, good for them,'" said Eileen Horn, Douglas County Sustainability Coordinator. "Then it slowly, as we saw the bulb numbers start to change, turned to terror and panic on our part."

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"Everyone has been so phenomenal thus far," Horn said. "And we want to give it this final jump across the finish line."

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