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May 28, 2009
UW students compete in new NECA contest
The Green Energy Challenge pits seven universities in a competition to conduct energy audits and recommend retrofits for K-12 schools.
By KYLE HUGHES
University of Washington
Photo by Keeley Hozjan/Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
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UW’s Green Energy Challenge team, standing outside Wedgwood Elementary, is performing an energy audit on the school. Pictured, from left, are: Matt Tong, Scott McIntyre, Robert Radulescu, Joey Berger, Kyle Hughes and Ted Wegrich.
UNDERGRADUATE students may not be the first people many would think to look to for innovative approaches to energy reduction, but it turns out they are on the leading edge of implementing new energy technologies right here in our community.
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