Invistigative report

For my investigative report i am looking at the energy consumption at Penn State. Everyone knows that Penn State is a huge institution that has many buildings and residence halls, but how many people actually think of the amount of energy that is being used to keep all of these building running smoothly. Last year as a whole Penn State consumed 300million kilowatt-hours which is equivalent to 23,000 homes per year. A year Penn State spends 49Million dollars on energy alone. Now imagine if every student living at Penn State was aware of this and turned off their lights while leaving the room, turn off the TV, don't leave the water running. Not only will they help prevent things like global warming but it also will allow the university to spend money on more important things to help further our education. Energy is being used all over campus and now the key is to teach the students about the effects on the environment and for everyone to take charge and do what ever they can to play their part. John Paul a freshman at Penn State says
"I never realized how big of a problem energy consumption really is, I'm gonna make sure to do my part". Ryan Carrie an RA for Sproul halls says "I am going to start enforcing rules on my floor that will make sure people do their part to combat the problem. Ben Hofstutter another freshman at Penn State says "I will make sure to do my part and get all my friends to help!".
One interesting fact is that Penn State consumed 300million kilowatt-hours which is equivalent to 23,000 homes per year. (Green.psu.edu). My second fact is that the University has invested $40 million towards recommissioning and retrofitting existing buildings at University Park and several Commonwealth campuses (Green.psu.edu). My third fact is that Penn State’s electricity bill totals $2 million each month (Green.psu.edu). My final fact is that in the 2008/ 09 fiscal year Penn State campuses consumed 560,000 million cubic feet of natural gas and 75,000 tons of coal. This amount of coal is enough to fill Beaver Stadium once every five years (Green.psu.edu). Two areas that i might want to further my research in are water consumption, and recycling. That way i can change my paper into not only energy consumption but Penn States overall goal to get greener.