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Congratulations to the top three videos in the 2010 Electricity Conservation and Efficiency Video Competition. Tied for first place with a $300 cash reward was "Conservation Rap" by Hillary Pechacek; Kathleen Miller; Brooke McMillan; Miranda, Emma, and Heidi Van Dell; and Kari Wolf, and "Race to Energy Savings" by Isaac Martin. The third place video with a $100 cash reward was "Phantom Power Demons" by Andrew Murphy. All video submitals can be seen here.
The goal of this contest was to increase public awareness of electricity conservation and efficiency. The message should be positive and funny, while putting a creative and unique twist on the everyday use of electricity. The message the video conveys is the most important component and the content should address one or more of the following:
- Create awareness of how much electricity we use and where it can be conserved.
- Demonstrate the consequences that could occur if we didn’t have electricity available to us. (Remember, be funny and creative.)
- Create public awareness about our energy wasting habits or appliances.
How to Participate
It’s very easy to do, simply make a short video (3 minutes or less) about electricity conservation and efficiency. Upload video to web and submit a Electricity Conservation and Efficiency Video Release Form by April 14.
What can I win?
Prizes:
1st place = $300
2nd place = $200
3rd place = $100
When do I have to do it?
February 22, 2010 – Contest Begins
April 14, 2010 – Deadline for submission of videos.
April 19, 2010 – Winners announced.
Rules
- Participants must be River Falls Municipal Utilities electric customer. (One video per household.)
- Any age may qualify.
- Videos must be less than 3 minutes in length.
- Videos to be judged by a committee of energy industry professionals using the following 3 criteria:
o 45% - content and delivery of the message in relation to the stated goals
o 40% - creativity and originality in idea, presentation, and interpretation
o 15% - quality of the production
- The message of video should be both creative and positive. There should be no derogatory material in the video toward any individual, group, or product. Any item submitted that is deemed derogatory will be disqualified.
- Video must incorporate “River Falls Municipal Utilities” being spoken and/or River Falls Municipal Utilities logo being shown at some point.
- The videos should not contain any advertisements or endorsements of any kind and must not infringe on any third party rights.
- Your video must be submitted as a QuickTime/MOV, WMV, MPEG, AVI, and must be uploaded and posted to YouTube.
- Every participant in a video must have a signed Electricity Conservation and Efficiency Video Release Form completed.
- The videos must be original work and not submitted previously for any contest or event.
- Upon entry into the contest, the video becomes property of River Falls Municipal Utilities.
- The judges’ decisions are final.
- Electricity Conservation and Efficiency Video Release Form (including URL of YouTube posting) are due by 11:59 p.m. on April 14, 2010. Late entries will not be accepted.
- Winners must provide copies of the original video files to receive cash reward
Some ideas
The ideas listed below are starting points. They should give you ideas on how you and/or your group can come up with a video that is unique in nature. At the same time, the video should be focused on the central theme of the contest, electricity conservation and efficiency. You can use one of the ideas below, tweak it, or come up with a completely different idea not listed below.
- Becoming aware of wasteful energy habits.
- Changing habits in electrical consumption.
- Compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL) change out.
- Changing to light emitting diode (LED) holiday lights.
- How personal actions can kick-start a sustainability revolution.
- Green allowance: whatever you save the family on the utility bill, you get as a bonus for your allowance.
- Show inefficient use of electricity by charging electronics or keeping computers on.
- Demonstrate phantom electricity. (electrical devices that consume small amounts of electricity when they are turned off. Ex: phone charger.)
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