Green Cup Challenge

The Green Cup Challenge is a competition designed to measure a reduction in campus electricity use. The goal of the competition is to educate our community about the environmental and economic impact of one’s actions with relation to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. This is done by a number of events and offerings sponsored by the Environmental Stewardship Program and Eco-Action.

The interscholastic Green Cup Challenge began in 2006 with Exeter, Northfield Mount Hermon and The Lawrenceville School. The challenge was successful; saving thousands of dollars in utility costs; reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and educating the schools’ communities about the importance of energy conservation. The 2007 the competition expanded to include fifteen schools stretching across seven Northeast states including: New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, and New Jersey. After four weeks of competition, the fifteen schools prevented an estimated 381,203 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere. In 2008 a new record was set, with thirty-one schools competing to conserve energy!
 

2008 Participating Schools

Berkshire School, Brooks School, Cheshire Academy, Choate Rosemary Hall, Darrow School, Deerfield Academy, Eaglebrook School, The Ethel Walker School, Green Mountain Valley School, Governor's Academy, Groton School, The Hill School, Holderness School, The Hotchkiss School, Kent School, The Lawrenceville School, Mercersburg Academy, Millbrook School, Miss Porter's School, Northfield Mount Hermon, Phillips Academy, Phillips Exeter Academy, Proctor Academy, Andover, The Putney School, St. George's School, Stoneleigh Burnham School, St. Andrew's School, St. Paul's School, Westminster School, Wilbraham & Monson Academy, The Williston Northampton School and Worcester Academy.

2008 Results

Together, 31 schools reduced campus electrical consumption by an average of 7.5% during the month of February! PA played an important role in this impressive effort by ending the challenge with an average reduction of 12.2%, placing us in 11th place for the challenge.