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Winter Break Energy Savings Top $400,000
The savings are a result of the annual Holiday Energy Saving Initiative.![Winter scene on Main Campus with snow on trees and ground but cleared brick path](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/winter-360x216.jpg)
Save Energy During Winter Holiday
Follow this energy-saving checklist to help reduce campus energy use over Winter Holiday.![Headshot of Utility Plant employee in front of machinery.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Utility-Plant-LEDs-360x216.jpg)
Central Utility Plants Improve Efficiency with New Lighting
NC State Energy Management in partnership with Utilities and Engineering worked to replace about 400 lights.![Remediation of air gaps boosts energy savings at Terry Companion Veterinary Medicine on the NC State Centennial Biomedical Campus.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/terry-center-360x216.jpg)
Sealing In Savings At Terry Center
Remediating air gaps boosts energy savings in this campus building.![The winners of the 2021 Energy Week Pitch Competition include (left to right) first place Katie Nelson, second place Sneha Narasimhan, and third place Harish Pulakhandam (top) and Nithin Kolli.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/My-Post-11-360x216.jpg)
Energy Pitch Contest Winners Announced
Students pitched their energy-saving ideas during NC State Energy Week.![A Facilities Division employee installs new lighting in Polk Hall.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/polk-hall-lighting-360x216.jpg)
New Polk Hall Lighting Boosts Efficiency
New LED lighting was recently installed throughout the third floor of Polk Hall.![NC State Stewards (left to right) Benjamin Helms, Elias Zauscher and Alie Akins at SolarSpace, a new outdoor study space powered by renewable energy.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/solarspace-360x216.jpg)
A Space to Explore Solar Power
There's a new outdoor hub for students to study, relax and see renewable energy at work.![Image of campus windows.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/campus-windows-360x216.jpg)
Extended Winter Break Avoids $874,000 in Energy Costs
A unique academic calendar and cross-campus collaboration led to record-setting energy cost avoidance.![A new solar-powered outdoor space on campus is now one step closer to completion with this winning concept in the student design competition](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/solarspace-360x216.jpg)