Middle School Home Energy Audit

ENERGY CHALLENGE

Dear Students,

Keeping up with the demand for electrical energy is a critical issue facing our community. Do you microwave popcorn? Play Nintendo? Go to the movies? Do computer chat? Watch TV? They take energy! How much electrical energy do you and your family use? What can you do to use electrical energy more efficiently?

We are looking for student researchers who would like to contribute to a study of home energy use. As researchers you will conduct home energy audits, analyze the results for your class and compare your class results with those from other classes. This will be a challenging PROJECT that will help everyone deal with the energy issue.

As part of your background research, we'd like your class to form research teams to study energy sources, uses, consumption and conservation.

Based on your data, you may suggest ways to conserve energy by changing practices and improving home energy efficiency.

Our Website has resources to help with your research. We look forward to learning about your findings and seeing the contributions you make to this important project.

Sincerely,

Paul Torcellini, Researcher
National Renewable Energy Laboratory