Here are our results from the ENACT Greener Faster Challenge:
Natural Gas Usage:
Our 2009 therms/yr- 254
Our therms/yr from August 10’-August 11’- 212
We did 76% better than the Madison average of 856 therms/yr. Not to mention we did 17% better than 2009 alone.
Electricity Usage:
Our 2009 kwh/yr- 5,934
Our kwh/yr from August 10’-August 11’-4,233
We did 32% better than the Madison average of 7, 200 kwh/yr! The great part is that we improved by 29% from 2009.
Average weekly recycling- 8.6lbs
Average weekly trash-5lbs
Miles Driven:
Odometer reading on August 1, 2010-56,888
Odometer reading on August 1, 2011-66,661
This means we drop 9,773 miles a year. This is 25% better than the average Wisconsin car owner who drives 13,000 miles a year. Since there are two of us driving this one car we each did 65% better than the average Madisonian. Not too shabby!
Organic and Local Food: Our average grocery trip was 85% local and organic
Water:
Our 2009 water total for six months- 28,257gallons/yr
Our water usage based on per person for August 10’-August 11’- 25,586gallons/yr
We improved our water usage by 10% and are now 47% better than the Madison average. ..
Thanks so much to Anne Nardi at ENACT for showing us the way as well as to the other families who participated in the competition. ENACT is looking for families to participate in the Challenge next year! The challenge is to reduce your environmental footprint by 41% of the Madison average. As an incentive, there are great prizes to be won! This year Mike and I won a gift certificate to Planet Bike and to DreamBikes in Madison!
Though the Greener Faster Challenge has come to an end, our challenges continue....
I plan on continuing by posting environmental/health related items as they catch my attention.
