University of Wisconsin-Madison NEWS | September 25, 2008 | Dennis Chaptman

We Conserve — the campuswide program aimed at slashing energy consumption by 20 percent by 2010 and building an environmental ethic — will celebrate its achievements in a series of events beginning with a concert on Friday, Sept. 26.

The concert, from 7:30 p.m. until midnight at the Memorial Union Terrace, will feature four bands and emphasize the environmental accomplishments of the program.

“Working together since April 2006, we have identified campus energy savings totaling about $4.6 million, and we’re on our way to meet and exceed our conservation goals,” says Faramarz Vakili, associate director of physical plant and leader of the effort.

The savings result from a variety of improvements and changes being implemented as part of the initiative, as well as individual energy-savings habits being promoted as part of We Conserve.

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