Team Carbon Crushers - Spring 2017

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Prof. Kim Cobb, Co-Director, Carbon Reduction Challenge

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Team Carbon Crushers, realized a reduction in carbon dioxide of 80,000 pounds of CO2, and $8,000 over the lifespan of their project.

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Team Carbon Crushers, realized a reduction in carbon dioxide of 80,000 pounds of CO2, and $8,000 over the lifespan of their project.

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Team Carbon Crushers, realized a reduction in carbon dioxide of 80,000 pounds of CO2, and $8,000 over the lifespan of their project. They switched out the shower heads in two volunteer households. The anticipated savings were calculated based on the future energy, and water savings. Further, they asked members of the voluteer households to reduce their shower times to no longer than 8 minutes.  The team members were Sienna Creech, Unwanna Etuk, Rebecca Homen de Mello, Spencer Nelson.

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Carbon Reduction Challenge

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Student Research
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Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure
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  • Created By: Brent Verrill
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Oct 11, 2017 - 3:31pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 11, 2017 - 3:31pm