UNC will be defending its national championship this year as Carmichael Arena, ITS Manning, Kenan Residence Hall, and Kerr Hall participate in the U.S Environmental Protection Agency's second annual national competition among commercial buildings to save energy and fight climate change! In the spirit of popular weight-loss competitions, these buildings will battle it out against 250 other buildings across the country to work off the waste through improvements in energy efficiency with help from EPA's ENERGY STAR program.
The project will be lead by the Carolina Watt Busters team members and funded by the student-led Renewable Energy Special Projects Committee (RESPC). UNC took the prize last year by cutting Morrison Residence Hall’s energy use by 36%! Read more »