Target Audience – Senior Citizens
Goals:
To raise awareness and educate senior citizens in ways they can power down.
To distribute CFL light bulbs to senior citizens.
To raise awareness about the plight of the polar bear.
Overview:
Senior Citizens have been very receptive to our message to “power down.” We approached the Cranberry Township Senior Center’s manager to see if there was a way we could impart our message to their members. She invited us to participate in their Halloween Luncheon and Bingo, on Thursday October 30. We decided to donate CFLs to the Senior Center as bingo prizes. The CFL continues to be a pinnacle focus of our project, because it is a tangible way to show measurement in the reduction of CO2. We imparted our message of our 5 Simple Ways to Power Down, with the group. All the CFL’s were bagged with the Energy Star brochure. In only a few minutes, the first CFL was awarded. The seniors were very grateful for their energy saving prizes and had a haunting afternoon.
Measurement:
34 20watt CFLs were donated and distributed
880 lbs of carbon dioxide saved in a 20watt CFL’s life time
34 X 880 = 29,920lbs
29,920lbs = 14.96 tons of CO2 reduced
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