Do It in The Dark 2011!

Hey Wesleyan,

It's November, which means it's time for Do It In the Dark, the senior wood-frame energy competition. Throughout the winter we're going to be giving away monthly prizes to the Senior Woodframes that use the least energy. We're awarding the first prize for September, full results below. September's top scoring house was 220 Cross, whose energy efficient residents will each a $10 gift certificate to dinner in Middletown. Stay tuned for October's results, and start saving energy so that your house can win in November and December.

Top Scoring Houses in October : (Energy Usage* in parenthesis)

220 Cross (6)
316 Washington (8)
266 Pine (9)
159 High – Earth House (10)
73-75 Lawn (11)
162 Church (11)
21 Vine (11)
23 Vine (12)
163 High – Russian House (12)
42 Miles (13)
109 Cross (13)
37 Home (14)
44 Home (14)
9 Vine (14)
48 Home (14)
42 Fountain (14)
344 Washington (14)
69 Fountain (14)
125 Cross (15)
22 Lawn – Turath (15)


-Adjusted for square footage, the worst 20 houses on our list use about 4 times more energy than the best 20, and most houses use about 2.5 times as much.

*Actually Btu/Sqft/HDD, or the amount of energy consumed adjusted for the square footage of the space and the outside temperature.