Buildings & Grounds icon

Previous

Activists and Berkeley Officials Find Fault in New UC Buildings

Next

The Art & Architecture Addition: What Would You Have Done?

June 03, 2008, 09:15 AM ET

Save Energy or the Bear Gets It

Students from a digital-art class and an environmental club equipped two dorms at Dartmouth College with monitors showing real-time details of electricity use in the buildings. An animated polar bear reacts to the level of power use — and when too many students turn their TV’s on or leave their lights on, the ice cracks and the bear falls through. Watch The Chronicle’s video report below to see how the virtual bear fared on a recent afternoon. —Jeffrey R. Young

Add Your Comment

Commenting is closed.