2024 Contest Standings:
For Residence Halls:
- First week’s results are still pending!
For Greek Houses:
- First week’s results are still pending!
2024 Contest Winners:
Congratulations to Phi Sigma Rho and Village Houses 1/2. Village House 1/2 had a 25% energy reduction and Phi Sigma Rho had a 11% reduction over the competition. Thank you to everyone who participated in reducing their energy and signing the pledge, and congratulations to the 2024 winners! Let's see if they can reclaim their title this year!
CWRU’s Annual Energy and Sustainability Contest runs from October 22 to November 19. 2025. The winning hall/house will earn a grand prize!
- Students living in CWRU Res Halls and most Greek Houses can compete to see who can reduce their energy usage the most over the course of four weeks.
- All CWRU students can sign the pledge and attend events for the chance to win prizes.
- The residence hall and Greek house with the highest combined points wins, points can be garnered by tallying the:
- greatest electricity reduction (see live electricity dashboards below),
- greatest number of pledge signers per hall or house
Who can participate?
- Any student on or off campus can sign the pledge.
- All residence halls and most university-owned Greek houses can participate in the electricity savings event.
How can you participate?
- Get your friends and suite-mates to reduce your building’s electricity use by turning off the lights, taking the stairs, unplugging devices, even air-drying clothes, etc.
- Sign the Sustainability Pledge
How will you know who’s in the lead?
- Check back to this Website, standings will be updated periodically throughout the contest
- Live building electricity dashboards are linked below
- Follow the Office of Energy & Sustainability Instagram account to receive event updates
CWRU’s Climate Action Plan pledges to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and your actions count now! Show us your Res Hall or Greek House deserves to reign supreme during this year's CWRU Unplugged Energy Contest!