<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><font size="6" color="#38761d">Dorm Electricity Competition Week 1 Update!</font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4"><i>Make sure to keep on submitting photos, blog posts, and proposals at <a href="http://dec.mit.edu">dec.mit.edu</a> to earn points for your dorm!</i></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font size="4" color="#000000"><b>1) Electricity Usage Standings</b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font size="4" color="#000000"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font size="4" color="#000000"><b><img src="cid:ii_ili16gsf0_153514a95d66881e" width="554" height="326" class="" tabindex="0" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font size="4" color="#000000"><b>2) Spirit Point Standings (in points per capita)</b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font size="4" color="#000000"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font size="4" color="#000000">1. WILG: 2.2</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font size="4" color="#000000">2. Pika: 1.2</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font size="4" color="#000000">3. SK: 0.8</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4">4. EC: 0.6</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4">5. Fenway House: 0.4</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4">6. BC: 0.3</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4">7. Next House: 0.3</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4">8. New House: 0.3</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4">9. Senior Haus: 0.2</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4">10. McCormick: 0.2</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4"><b>Visit <a href="http://dec.mit.edu/#standings" target="_blank">our website</a> for full results!</b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4"><b>3) Commentary</b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" size="4">- <b>Next House</b> is currently in the lead of the electricity-saving competition, with a <b>27% decrease</b>in electricity usage! </font><font size="4" color="#38761d">Did some laundry machines break or are they actually making an effort?</font><font color="#000000" size="4">Only time shall tell!</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" size="4">- <b>EC</b> is in second place in the electricity-saving standings, and they are also in fourth in the spirit point competition, with <b>0.6 points per capita</b>! They had a </font><font size="4" color="#38761d">very high turnout at the kickoff</font><font color="#000000" size="4">, possibly due to a zeal for free burritos.</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" size="4">- <b>WILG</b> is dominating the spirit point competition so far with <b>2.2 points per capita</b>! They were awesome at the Green Building Challenge, running up and down a </font><font size="4" color="#38761d">collective total of 32 times</font><font color="#000000" size="4">! Wow, if you had taken the elevator that many times you would have </font><font size="4" color="#38761d">released the amount of CO2 emitted from burning a gallon of gasoline</font><font color="#000000" size="4">!</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" size="4"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000" size="4">- <b>McCormick</b> has started a </font><font size="4" color="#38761d">pikachu pledge</font><font color="#000000" size="4">: pledging to save electricity and taking a picture with a stuffed pikachu for motivation! </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:large">The McCormick electricity meter is unfortunately broken, but hopefully that will be fixed soon (that's why we had no data for McCormick this week).</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:large"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:large">- Last week's theme was <b>Personal Energy Savings</b>, and you may have noticed this public display in the student center:</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_ili1oz7z1_1535157c32b325bc" width="393" height="472" class="" tabindex="0" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: large;"></div><div><font size="4">- This week's theme is <b>Waste Awareness!</b> Keep an eye out for a display involving lots of paper in the student center!</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">- AND attend our <b>Documentary Screening</b> on <b>3/9 <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">7-9pm</span></span></b>, Location TBD!</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4">Questions?</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4">Visit <a href="http://dec.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Our Website</a></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4">Visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MITdormelectricity/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Our Facebook Page</a></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="4">Email <a href="mailto:ua-sustainability-dec@mit.edu" target="_blank">ua-sustainability-dec@mit.edu</a></font></div></div></div>
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