The ENERGY STAR Showcase Dorm Room was created by Tulane students and staff to demonstrate to students how our purchasing decisions can greatly affect the overall energy use on campus, which in turn affects our environment, and also tuition and housing costs.

With donations from manufacturers and retailers, Tulane periodically furnishes the dorm room of an incoming student with all new, Energy Star labeled, energy efficient appliances.  We use the list of each year’s appliances and their energy use to estimate the possible savings of student energy efficient purchasing, and to educate the campus community about the Energy Star label.

This is a project of the Tulane University Office of Environmental Affairs. Our main partner is ENERGY STAR, a project of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.

Special thanks to CDW-G and Tulane Technology Services for making this year’s ENERGY STAR Showcase Dorm Room possible.

Website content written by Meredith Younghein, Maureen Devery, Cassandra Pace, Alana Paul, Shelley Kahler and Liz Davey.

The ENERGY STAR Showcase Dorm Room web site is designed, hosted, and maintained by the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research.

To learn more about our campus energy and climate change initiative, visit Green.Tulane.edu.