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Energy-saving project makes use of new teaching tool

March 5, 2002

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GREEN BAY, Wis. - When the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus opened its state-of-the-art energy-saving center last fall, officials wanted to boast. A new, interactive kiosk is helping them do just that.

The kiosk, complete with a 42-inch plasma screen, lets bystanders access information about the building, including up-to-the-minute data on energy use and savings, from two touch-activated, waist-level screens, according to a report in The Green Bay Press-Gazette.

A project of Wisconsin Public Service, the kiosk was funded by Wisconsin's Focus on Energy program and the Energy Center of Wisconsin's WisconSUN. Marketlink, Inc. developed the kiosk and its content.

The kiosk spells out the energy-saving features of the 12,000-square-foot Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, which includes classrooms and an office building. The hall was built with solar panels, that even with an outside temperature of 10 degrees, cut carbon dioxide emissions from furnace use by an average of 75 pounds per hour.

That's important information for students, campus officials said, touting the education benefits the kiosk presents by providing quick, full-time access.

"It's truly a unique opportunity for students to use data that's been generated under their own roof," assistant professor John Katers told the Press-Gazette.

The building was meant to be an educational tool as well as an energy-saver, technology expert Jeff DeLaune said, and the kiosk provides the educational outlet.