2008-2009 ENERGY CONSERVATION CONTEST RULES AND GUIDELINES

The Challenge
Submit an implementable plan to reduce student energy consumption on campus as well as
promoting awareness about smarter eco-friendly practices. Students must demonstrate how
energy can be conserved by creating innovative solutions to common energy expenditures
through a written proposal plan or video presentation.
Eligibility
The competition is open to all undergraduate students of any disciplinary in New Brunswick-
Piscataway campus.
ulti-disciplinary and cross-institutional teams are strongly encouraged.
Teams and individuals may compete. Teams must be comprised of no more than five
individuals.
Teams are encouraged to secure a faculty member or !niversity Staff Professional to fill an
advisory role.
"nly one entry per team will be accepted.
Regit!ati"n
Teams are re#uired to register for the competition through the $%& website by completing an
online registration form no later than #eb!$a!y %& 2009 that will be available at
http'((rei.rutgers.edu) only one form per team(proposal is necessary. *ll information must be
complete to be considered a valid entry. $egistration is mandatory to receive additional
instruction and information on pro+ect submittals.
Teams are re#uired to identify a primary contact. This person will receive important information
from the competition committee and is responsible for the final submission. The team contact will
be responsible for all communication between the design team and the competition committee.
*dditionally, the team contact should disseminate all information from the competition
organi-ers to their entire team.
Gene!al Ent!y G$i'eline(
The plan, no more than ./ pages 0double-spaced, Times New $oman, 1ont Si-e .23 should
contain an analysis of costs and energy savings, a timeline for implementation, proposal
implementation suggestions, and how the costs and energy savings were calculated. Proposals
may be developed by individuals or by groups of individuals in teams. *dvice from the faculty is
permitted, but the plans must be conceived and written by students or student teams. The plan is
to be submitted with the cover page, available for download at http'((rei.rutgers.edu) the cover
page does not count towards the page limit.
Vi'e" Ent!y G$i'eline
Student must put together a 4-5 minute video intended to raise awareness among the $utgers
community on how to be smarter about energy consumption. The video can target the student
body, faculty, staff, visitors, or a mixed audience. The video can be staged as a short play,
commercial, news broadcast, talk show, music video, documentary, animation, etc. The video clip
must include the following'
$eflect(address the overall community impact of the plan
&ncorporate information on some of the green initiatives that $utgers !niversity is
currently doing.
Be accompanied by a typed up transcript of the any dialog or spoken word in
the video.
The video entry must be submitted on a 67 or a 787 in a file format that can be easily viewed
with 9indows edia Player or with :uickTime Player. The transcript of the video and the cover
page 0 available for download at http'((rei.rutgers.edu3 should be submitted by email. Please see
the Submission and 6ontest 7eadline section below for instructions.
S$b)ii"n an' C"ntet Dea'line
6ompleted pro+ects should be submitted by *a!+h %,& 2009-
&ndividual and team proposal entries and cover pages should be emailed to
yana;marine.rutgers.edu no later than ..'5<pm on arch .4, 2//<.
The video clip must be submitted separate from the emailed information, on a 67 or a 787
mailed to'
=ana >eltser, $%&, &6S, ?. 7udley $oad, New Brunswick, N@ /A</.
06ook campus, if sending via campus mail3. The submission must arrive no later than arch
.4, 2//<.