Lady+Bird+Middle+School


 * Lady Bird Johnson Middle School**
 * Mr. De Jesus 8th Grade Class**

Your Task: Use your classroom combined data to answer the questions below to share in how to save the world.

1. What were the biggest vampires you found? The biggest vampires we found were game systems like Xbox/Play Station/Wii and laptop chargers.

2. How much money could your class save each month by unplugging vampires? Approximately $10.67/month or $128.04/year!

3. How much CO2 would be reduced if your class unplugged the vampires each month? However, we did some calculations of our own and discovered that our carbon footprint is approximately 123.45 lbs/month and 1,477.1 lbs/year! That's a whole lot of CO2!
 * We had trouble with the CO2 column turning all of our numbers into percentages, rather than actual values (lbs)... :/

4. What was the most surprising thing you found while studying this standby power unit? The most surprising realization we made was that people aren't aware of the vast amount of wasted energy/money/greenhouse gasses in the US. We were shocked to find that the average household consumption of standby power (10%) multiplied by the average 130 million homes in the US equaled to $15.6 billion/year! This was even more shocking when we really understood how much money we are essentially giving away to electricity companies, but we plan to tell others about this and try to change our habits regarding energy consumption at home.

Attach your classroom spreadsheet used for these calculations.