UNIVERSITY TO HOST ENERGY CONSERVATION DAY OCT. 24

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 20 -- The University will host
its first annual Conserve Energy Day Tuesday, Oct. 24.  Day-long
events on the Lawn will reinforce the University's commitment to
conservation, said Tony Motto, utilities energy conservation program
manager.
	From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. students, faculty and staff can test
drive Virginia Power's electric car, view a geothermal display,
check out an ozone exhibit, pick up useful recycling tips and take
home free educational brochures and promotional items.  The event is
sponsored by Facilities Management's utilities department and Office
of Recycling as well as Virginia Power.
	George Weinman, project manager for SECAP, the Student
Engineering Challenge Airship Project, will present the "lighter
than air" ship built by some 20 U.Va. Engineering School students
who plan to fly the ship in the 1996 Airborne World Scholar
Challenge Race. 
	Throughout October, Energy Awareness Month, the utilities
department is sponsoring a program to install occupancy sensors in
classrooms, offices and conference rooms and to replace incandescent
light bulbs with compact fluorescent lamps, all at no charge as long
as funds last.  To take advantage of these offers, contact Tony
Motto at (804) 982-5073, or by e-mail at awm3g@virginia.edu. 
	Samples of the sensors, compact fluorescent lamps and other
energy conserving products, as well as charts tracking energy
consumption at the University since 1980, will be displayed at the
Oct. 24 exhibit.
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October 19, 1995

	For more information, contact Tony Motto, energy
conservation program manager, at (804) 982 5893, or Fritz Franke,
recycling coordinator, at  (804) 982-5059.