Earth Month Action Plan

For the first week of Earth month, I’d like to try and improve my personal energy consumption. Using techniques like only powering appliances when they’re in use or conserving battery power, I hope to reduce the overall amount of energy that I use. This may only create a small change in the amount of total energy being consumed, but it would allow me to be able to teach others how to be more energy efficient. To do this, I will need to use online resources to find the best ways to lower my energy usage. The next week, I will try and improve the efficiency of my entire suite. Once I have learned the best ways to limit energy consumption, I will apply the techniques throughout my dorm. I’m sure that there are plenty of opportunities to reduce energy consumption in my suite.This will require a more in depth understanding on how energy is used in a home as various appliances and devices get and use energy differently. For the third week, I would like to try and share my knowledge and research I have done across campus. I will try to enlist some friends of mine to make adjustments to their dorms using energy efficient techniques. As most dorms are different, different strategies will have to be used in each location. On the final week of Earth week, I would like to try and create a simple and easy to understand plan to improve the energy efficiency of a home. This will require several resources as it will be meant to be used in any household. I will attempt to distribute this plan so that anyone can easily make their home (or dorm) more energy efficient, helping reduce the use and need for non renewable energy.