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8 Four Years of Energy Usage at USC

2010 2011 2012 2013

Amount of Energy Used(kilowatts/ft2)

KEYBuildings built before 2006

Buildings built after 2006

Spring Semester(Jan-May)

Summer Break (May-Aug)

Fall Semester (Aug-Dec)

Winter Break(Dec-Jan)

in 2006, the California State Assembly mandated new energy-efficient standards in an effort to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. To measure the impact of these standards, we looked at the energy usage of 12 buildings on USC’s campus over the three years.

Spring and Fall Semesters - highest energy because classes are in full session and buildings sustain high traffic.

Winter - lowest energy as most students, professors, and staff are home for the holidaysand the buildings are not used.

Summer - lower because some students return home, but others remain for summer classes. Additionally, most professors and staff remain on campus.

One building did not officiallyopen until the fall semester, and therefore had minimal energyusage in the spring semester.

ARE GOVERNMENT ENERGY REGULATIONS

ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE?

CONCLUSION: The energy-efficient standards were effective in lowering energy usage. However, the largest energy decrease occured when buildings were not in use. Therefore, the best way to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions is to reduce the overall amount of energy we use!

Nine buildings were built before 2006: - Taper Hall - Wyatt Phillips Hall- Fluor Tower - Bookstore- Salvatori Hall - Bing Theater- Lyons Center - Leavey Library

- Ronald Tutor Engineering Hall.

Three buildings were built after the standards were instituted in 2006: - Main Cinema Building A- Animation Cinema Building B- Ronald Tutor Campus Center.