About

The mission of the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is to maximize energy efficiency while promoting economic development, reducing reliance on foreign energy supplies, and improving the environment. The MEA is currently focused on the “EmPOWER Maryland” initiative, whose goal is reduce energy consumption by 15 percent by the year 2015. To help achieve this goal, the Maryland Energy Administration encourages residents to adopt the combination of energy savings measures that are most appropriate for their home.

Project Overview

An idea emerged out of the original collaboration between the Center for Design Practice (CDP) and the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA). That idea was the MEA box—a physical, modular installation that would educate the college student demographic about energy efficiency. The installation would become a physical space activating 15 things one could do to reduce personal power consumption and save money. It would also serve as a way for the MEA to gather relevant data on the college students’ energy usage and behavior.

As a follow-up to the “EmPower Maryland” campaign (15% reduction in energy use statewide by 2015), design and develop the MEA box to travel around the state of Maryland stopping at college campuses.

Designers

Robin Brunelle, Ben Bours, Michelle Stidham, Leah Horowitz, Cody Boehmig