[Peter Matteson]

We utilize CAD (cardboard aided design) which is a way to get a second use out of many pieces of packaging used to ship our parts.

Also high school where we build has a fuel cell that offsets a portion of the building's electrical load.

Yeah it shameless promotion because we (the sponsor most of the mentors works for) build these fuel cells along with mony other green energy products including Geothermal power plants and microturbine based systems that also heat and cool the building (one of the schools that is part of RAGE has one). We also have a division that does LEED certification.

Glad to see this brought up but I have a huge recommendation for events this year. Don't give paper handouts in the pits at competition. We've all seen the floor and trash bins littered with them after the competition and most of them get immediatly tossed away. My reccommendation is don't make them to begin with. We've tried spreading the word on this before because its so wasteful, but this year we will be displaying a sign in our pit that advertises the fact we won't accept any handouts and contribute to continuing this wasteful problem.