How many GLGI-ers does it take to change 2,000 light bulbs over the course of 2 days at Camp Michigania? Looks like about 8 -- Denny and Dorothy Voss, Tom and Helen Bradley, Don and Mitzi Carter and Tom and Peggy Brennan (actually, Peggy counted for only 1/2 a person cause she came up with a bad back and had limited range). So 7 1/2. Plus the invaluable help of Shannon O'Laughlin, of Michigania's staff, and 2 recruits from the batch of kids up there - Anna and Michell.
We actually changed about 1,850 bulbs, but we're not going to split hairs -- it was quite a job! We quickly developed a system: For each building, we assigned 2 bulb removers, 2 putter-inners (should be a better word for that), a trouble shooter for those tricky bulbs (read:corrosion), someone on the outdoor bulbs, quality control (checked to see if they all worked), and organizers on both ends (someone opening boxes and sending them in, and someone on the other end recycling old bulbs and packaging). Sometimes it looked like a goat rodeo, but for the most part we operated like a well-oiled machine. Not only well-oiled, but well-fed.
For those who have not followed this project, a little background: The purpose was to change the entire camp from incandescent bulbs to CFL's, which are 10x more efficient. Over the life of the bulbs, the camp will save over a million tons of carbon and over $100,000 in electricity costs. The picture below shows the boxes of bulbs that greeted us upon arrival.
We did a little video in one cabin...
No comments:
Post a Comment