Measurements of midrapidity charged particle multiplicity distributions, dN ch /dη, and midrapidity transverse-energy distributions, dET /dη, are presented for a variety of collision systems and energies. Included are distributions for Au+Au collisions at For all A+A collisions down to √ s N N = 7.7 GeV, it is observed that the midrapidity data are better described by scaling withNqp than scaling with Npart. Also presented are estimates of the Bjorken energy density, εBJ, and the ratio of dET /dη to dN ch /dη, the latter of which is seen to be constant as a function of centrality for all systems.