How has Washington State
University responded to the energy crisis you might ask? What
specific actions have been taken? The "University
Actions" page to your left provides an overview of the type of
measures WSU has implemented to help reduce the impact of the energy
crisis on students, staff and faculty.
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If you would like to learn more about energy conservation and individual steps you can take to eliminate energy waste in your working and living areas, please consider the tips listed under "Individual Actions."
Be innovative and experiment in your own “spaces”. Try these suggestions and look for other ways to reduce energy use and still maintain a quality work and living environment. As you have noticed from recent articles in the newspaper, the high costs and potential limitations on supply of electricity and natural gas are not limited to just Washington State University but are common to the western states. Reducing our individual energy consumption can have a very real beneficial effect on these widespread problems. It is obvious that our power is in community-wide response – the small result of one person’s effort multiplied 20,000 times.