HONORS SPOTLIGHT; 2011 Energy Star National Building Competition

摘要

Score one for the Knights of the University of Central Florida. The Orlando-based school recently took top honors. not with an athletic team, but with a parking garage. On November 2, 2011, the U.S. EPA announced that the parking garage on the university's main campus had won the agency's 2011 Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. The competition, now in its second year, pitted building sites around the country in a head-to-head battle to save energy, reduce costs, and better protect people's health and the environment. UCF bested 244 other participating sites by decreasing energy in the parking garage by 63.2%. Together, all competitors cut their energy usage by more than 240 million kBtus, their energy costs by S5.2 million, and their annual greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equal to the electricity used by more than 3,600 homes.