Energy Efficiency Makes $ense! Video Contest

Submitted by kconway on August 10, 2011 - 11:30am

Super Bowl Sunday Kicks Off a Month of Winning PSA Videos!

The winning Public Service Announcement videos was aired on Sunday, February 5, on statewide television before and after the Super Bowl!  The top three videos can also be found on AK Energy Efficiency's youtube site.  The top two videos will be aired on statewide television throughout the month of February.  Students were challenged to create a 30 second Public Service Announcement with the theme “Energy Efficiency is Common $ense.”  

Congratulations to the “Energy Efficiency is

Common $ense” Video Contest Winners!

  • First Place from North Pole High School:  Timothy Belmont, Aaron Betts, Lucas Acker, Erika Blanchard, Steven Allen, Raphael Martinez, and Wesley Young  
  • Second Place from Polaris K12 School:  Alisa Aist
  • Third Place from Juneau-Douglas High School:  Johnny Elliott, Cheyenne Helmers, and Calvin Zuelow

Contest organizers Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP), the Alaska Energy Authority, and the Alaska Energy Efficiency Partnership would like to thank all of Alaska’s high school students and teachers who participated in this video contest.

Read REAP's press release here.
Contest winners announced in the Daily News Miner. 

 

The contest was created to help educate the public about ways to improve energy efficiency and conservation.  Students were asked to submit 30 second PSAs that included the theme “It’s Common $ense” and at least one of three action items: 1) Get an energy audit, 2) Seal tight and ventilate right, and 3) Change your light bulbs. 

The top two videos will be aired on statewide television throughout the month of February with an official launch on Super Bowl Sunday.  Prize winnings for the first, second, and third place teams are respectively: iPads, iTouch, and iPod Shuffles.  Additionally, each of the three sponsoring teachers will receive $1,000 for their classrooms.  

The 2011 “Energy Efficiency Makes $ense!” Video Contest was graciously sponsored by: 

  • Alaska Power Association
  • Alaska Village Electric Cooperative
  • Barrow Utilities and Electric Co-op, Inc.
  • Chugach Electric Association
  • City of Cordova
  • City of Seward
  • Golden Valley Electric Association
  • Municipal Light & Power
  • Nome Joint Utility System
  • Nushagak Electric and Telephone Cooperative, Inc.