Calling all faith-based organizations: The Chronicle has partnered with Austin Area Interreligious Ministries and Texas Interfaith Power & Light to bring you the newest Kill-a-Watt Mini Challenge. The church, synagogue, or other faith-based organization with the most energy savings will win prizes …
Austin’s most energy-intensive months of the summer are August and September, so we’ll be rewarding the group that shows the highest percentage kilowatt savings over last year on those months’ utility bills.
Here’s how it works:
- Step No. 1: Your organization will sign up using its Austin Energy account number. AE will then compare your organization’s August and September utility bills from this summer to those from last year. Sign-up deadline: Sept. 20. (You can now sign up in the “faith-based organization” category; click here to go to the form. If your faith-based organization already signed up as a “business,” that’s fine; we’ll shift all faith-based organizations over to the correct category.)
- Step No. 2: Your organization may also choose to have Austin Energy add members’ at-home kilowatt savings to its on-site savings. Members who want to participate in the mini challenge must sign up (if they haven’t already) as individual Kill-a-Watt Challengers, with their own AE account numbers, after which they will receive their unique confirmation receipt numbers. Your organization will simply collect those receipt numbers and e-mail them, along with the organization‘s receipt number, to killerwatts@austinchronicle.com (you may continue to add members up through the Sept. 20 deadline; send as many e-mails as you need).
- Step No. 3: Start saving electricity! Visit the Tips and Resources page to find out just how many opportunities you have to save energy and reduce your eco-impact where you live, work, and worship.
- Step No. 4: Win prizes! The group with the highest percentage savings over last year will win a tree from TreeFolks, gift certificates, and more!
This article appears in July 13 • 2007.