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The Student Switch Off is a campaign that aims to encourage students to save energy when living in University halls of residence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.studentswitchoff.org/about-us )〕 It is run by the (National Union of Students ). The campaign currently runs at 48 universities across the UK and 10 Universities across Europe. In the academic year 2014/15, 25,000+ students pledged their support for energy-saving in their halls of residence. The scheme concentrates on behavioural change and social marketing to bring about carbon reduction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.nus.org.uk/en/Campaigns/Green-Zone/Degrees-Cooler-Behavioural-Change-in-Action/ )〕 In May 2012 the campaign won a prestigious (Ashden Award ) (described as the Oscars of the energy-saving world) and in March 2011 won the 'Best Energy Saving Idea' award at the inaugural (People and Environment Achievement Awards ).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://peaawards.co.uk/ )〕 ==History== The campaign was set up by Dr Neil Jennings as a pilot project at the University of East Anglia in 2006. In the pilot year the campaign helped to reduce energy usage by an average of over 10% in halls of residence – saving around 90 tonnes of and over £19,000 in energy expenditure. Neil Jennings received significant support in developing the campaign from the Ben & Jerry's Climate Change College () and secured sponsorship of the campaign from E.ON, Odeon, The Independent and First. The campaign expanded to 7 Universities in 2007/08 and 11 in 2008/09 until in 2009 the Student Switch Off partnered with the National Union of Students (United Kingdom) as part of the Defra funded (Degrees Cooler ) project, increasing the numbers of Universities hosting the campaign by 22. Other partners included People & Planet, London Sustainability Exchange, Green Impact and Student Force for Sustainability.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.studentswitchoff.org/about-us/our-history )〕 In 2009, the Student Switch Off was chosen by Carbon Leapfrog () as one of the projects it would support with pro-bono legal and accountancy support. In 2012 ownership of the campaign was transferred to the National Union of Students and in 2014 the campaign received funding from the EU to expand into four more European countries - Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania and Sweden. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Student Switch Off」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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