Measuring Their Success
An electrician installs parts of their metering system
The Mankato West YES! Team, winners of the YES! Grand Prize Award, has been working hard. The main goal of their YES! team this year was to install a real-time monitor of the electrical-consumption of their school and display this information publicly.
The components necessary for this monitoring system were just installed and the team is now able to collect data on the electrical usage of one-third of the school campus. The YES! students will next work to create a useful way to display this data on a monitor in a public location in the school. They are excited to allow all of the students of Mankato West High School to see how much electricity the school is using and how much that is costing the school.
Some of the numbers available from the meter
Royalton Showcases Hometown
Royalton YES! team showcases renewable steps to U.S. Senator Franken that they have taken in their hometown. Read more on what they toured by clicking here for the original article that ran in the Morrison County Record.
Royalton YES! team
YES! Announces Award Winners
Think Global, Act Local YES! 2011-2012
YES! awards were presented within each cohort. Unless otherwise indicated, Grand Prize winners received $1,500; Second Place winners received $1,000; Third Place winners received $750; and all Category Award winners received $500 each.
See what each team accomplished by reading more on the Teams page.
Grand Prize
- Pine Island & Mankato West ($1,250 each)
- Litchfield
- Sleepy Eye
- Royalton ($500 as an overall award in Northern YES! cohort)
2nd Place
- ACGC
- Westbrook-Walnut Grove
3rd Place
- Chatfield
- Willmar
- Springfield
In Bloom!
Taping a promotional video for YES! brought us to the Willmar Community Greenhouse on Tuesday. Check out some of the latest photos on our facebook page and enjoy seeing the Greenhouse “in bloom”!
Special thanks to Rob Palmer, Aaron Larson, Michelle Shyhorst and Zoe Vossen for showcasing your great work!
Eco Fair Attracts 1,000 Visitors
YES! on display at Alexandria Eco Fair.
Youth Energy Summit team members from Alexandria’s Jefferson High School participated in the 3rd annual Community Eco Fair in Alexandria, MN on April 19, 2012. The Team made an impact by volunteering to be greeters, serving food, assisting exhibitors with loading in and attending the YES! booth. The YES! booth demonstrated the different amounts of energy it takes to light up an incandescent light bulb versus the energy it takes to light up a CFL using a hand crank generator and they created a coloring activity on the beauty and benefits of native landscaping. YES! sparked interest in energy facts to a large crowd by asking questions and giving out prizes. The Fair drew a crowd of over 1,000 people looking to learn more about earth friendly life style choices.
