Flip It Off! Fall 2026 Energy Conservation Competition
How much energy consumption can we reduce as a campus?
Overall, the focus is on collective energy reduction, but we also have a friendly competition to try to be the most energy efficient in your bracket. There are 3 brackets: first-year bricks, college houses, and upperclass housing*. Winners in each bracket get $75 to be used on an all-residence prize or event and the overall winning residence gets $100.
YOU can help by flipping off the lights in empty rooms, unplugging appliances and chargers once your devices are charged, using cold water rather than hot for laundry, using drying racks rather than clothes dryers, taking elevators only as physically needed, and by using communal spaces—inside and outside—for hanging out and studying.
Please help us maintain safety for all and keep the competition friendly! Do not interact with circuit breakers or turn off emergency or stairwell lights needed for safety. Bowdoin issued phones must stay plugged in. Keep hallways free of clutter especially when darkened. No open flames!
*At this time, Bowdoin's metering system allows for Chamberlain, Coles Tower, Howard Hall, Park Row, Stowe Hall, and 52 Harpswell to compete as the Upperclass housing. All other Upperclass housing is metered through CMP and is not yet able to compete.
In last year's 2025 Competition, Howell House was the overall campus winner and leader among the College Houses with a 20.4% reduction. Moore Hall took the lead among first-year bricks with a 7.2% decrease and Park Row 1 was the winner in the upperclass housing bracket with a 9.1% reduction. The College Houses overall reduced their electricity usage by 5.82%!