Blog Post 6: Updated energy coalition

Team: Alyssa Milrod, Wesley Guarneri, Caitlyn Somma, Aidan Lynch, Josie Krepps, Spencer Loh

Date Submitted: 10/16/22

Other necessary partners

• PPL – they serve these 29 counties; all colleges listed fall within the 29 counties
  • PPL supplies meters (~$100 consumer price, cheaper with manufacturer/bulk discount) for reporting energy data at each university – one in each building of interest (could be dorms or other buildings)
  • They already provide their customers with a ‘dashboard’ of sorts – could provide a dashboard for a FEW buildings

Messaging for a Successful Coalition

• Reach out in one-on-one or other small settings with OOS directors of each school
• Identify stakeholder interests and common goals:
  • saving money
  • reducing energy usage
  • signaling sustainability as a priority to the community
• Develop programs specific to each school – does not necessarily have to be the implementation of a dashboard, but instead activities the school commits to that will result in reduced energy usage
  • Energy competition within a campus or between campuses
  • Professors using energy data as a sample in statistics, economics, and environmental science courses
• Public outreach to the Lehigh Valley/Eastern Pennsylvania region via a social media campaign
  • utilize social media coordinators from each school