Holiday Challenge

6th Annual Holiday Challenge: Stay Tuned for Results in 2024!

Energy@Work’s 6th annual holiday challenge is under way! This challenge presents the opportunity to discover how much energy can be conserved over the holiday period. Operations and tenants can work together and save energy since offices typically have a much lower occupancy over the holidays, which presents the opportunity to cut waste, see help from our Energy@Work elf.

Common areas of opportunity include:

  • plug load or what is commonly called “Phantom Power”
    - this is a huge waste!

  • systems continuing to run when not needed,

  • lights, particularly accent and interior lobby lighting,

  • TV screens and monitors have off switches which are rarely used in lieu of standby mode,

  • exercise equipment “in the ready mode’ but sitting idle.

This year’s challenge will take place:
6:00 PM Friday, December 22nd, 2023
to
6:00 AM Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024

Questions can be directed to: HolidayChallenge@energy-efficiency.com

We’re looking forward to seeing what savings were achieved
- stay tuned for the January 2024 “News and Views” for results! 


6th Annual Holiday Challenge!

Energy@Work’s 6th annual holiday challenge is coming up! This challenge presents the opportunity to discover how much electricity can be conserved over the holiday period. Operations and tenants can work together and save electricity since offices typically have a much lower occupancy over the holidays which presents the opportunity to cut waste- particularly phantom power.

If you have not participated, you are very welcome to join in:
There is no cost or expectation. Individual results are not disclosed since the purpose of the challenge is to have fun by raising awareness of, and mitigate, electricity waste over the holidays. This fun video is free and can be shared with tenants and occupants!
 

Common areas of opportunity include:

  • plug load or what is commonly called “Phantom Power”
    - this is a huge opportunity!

  • systems continuing to run when not needed,

  • lights, particularly accent and interior lobby lighting,

  • TV screens and monitors have off switches which are rarely used in lieu of standby mode,

  • exercise equipment “in the ready mode’ but sitting idle.

This year’s challenge will occur between:
1) 6:00 PM Friday, December 22nd, 2023
and
2) 6:00 AM Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024.
Feel free to join us and share this quick video to find out what all the fun is about.

Questions can be directed to: HolidayChallenge@energy-efficiency.com


Stay Tuned for the 6th Annual Energy@Work 2023-24 Holiday Challenge Results!

A big thank you to participating buildings in the 2023/24 Energy@Work Holiday Challenge! You have demonstrated your commitment to friendly competition and energy efficiency!
 
The 6th edition of the challenge took place from Friday, December 22nd, 2023, to Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 and yielded an average 11% savings!

We are analyzing this year's results and we're excited to announce the winner in next month's News and Views- stay tuned!

Questions can be directed to: HolidayChallenge@energy-efficiency.com