Wiki notes

I was poking at the Wiki page today and I found a few features.

If you DON'T want to get notifications every time I change the font on my page:
Log in and go to the Settings link at the top.
Find the link on the left that says Notifications.
Take your name off the list.

There is a Files option with 10MB of storage. We could put the Carbon Calculator here where we can all access it, using 3-4MB of that storage. Any images or graphs we use on our pages are also going to come out of that 10MB, so we may need to keep an eye on the size of our files. Should we post the Calculator for just a day or two next week so we can all add our data to a common file? Maybe after the presentations so we can incorporate any suggestions? Or is it possible to post just the input sheet so we can past things into our own files? Thoughts?

The data collection is going well--we have about 100 people so far. I was wondering if anyone was going to look into how much we would have saved had we used LEED standards on our new buildings. This was on our list of solutions, but if someone else is looking in to that, we wont double up.

Student survey

The IRB is in, so soon we will be collecting data from the students. Information on student "green" fees, air travel, commuter travel, beliefs in global warming, computer use, and similar topics will be collected from students in the business and psychology departments, business frat, and various individuals around campus. We will keep the transportation people posted!

Donny and I met to go over the survey questions and potential solutions. Copies will be made and dispersed this week. The IRB will be submitted but to ensure some student responses before the end of the quarter, we thought it best to start collecting info now.

We are investigating cost-benefits of energy reduction using solar panels via Third Sun. We may need info on the square foot of building and energy consumption of the buildings. Does anyone have this data (or is the CA-CP tool spreadsheet available to us yet?)

Additionally, if we could get the # of commuters both students and faculty/staff from whoever has that data that would be great!

Hi all,

The IRB for the student survey is about ready to be sent off but I havent gotten any suggestion as to what should be included except for what Donny has written here. Does anyone from other groups want anything included?

A potential solution for air flights (although maybe not ideal) is buying conservation offsets in exchange for the flights. These programs are now getting into the mainstream light as they are on travelociy's homepage and Icelandair has them available for every flight--documenting how many trees will be planted in exchange for the mileage/carbon emissions in your flight. Although it will increase travel funds for faculty/staff it sounded like a decent option to consider.

Nicole

Update on survey and solutions

I met with Ron Chapman last Friday and Ed Newman today about potential solutions and what is currently being done to reduce waste/energy especially in the dorms. Ed is going to look into dollar values saved in the past through recycling initiatives and see what previous data he can find. Additionally I have an email contact regarding who can send out a web-survey and am waiting to hear a reply before sending off the IRB. That's all for now...

One more thing...Ed Newman has data on recycling and waste if anyone is working on that...

Comparison schools

I am looking into several of the schools (though not to overlap with Chong Wu and Donny) that have posted their tech report of the inventory results on the clean air cool planet website. Potential solutions can be discussed tomorrow in class.

Additionally, I will contact Ed Newman regarding what is involved in the residence challenge and recycle mania or who to contact about that.

Hasta manana~

Useful URL for class

Hello -
Don't forget that the URL = http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/
is a great place to start on your class project.

--KJB

GHG Seminar Launches

Hello from the Class!
We are stoked to get started.
This is a test post from Dr. Brown

--KJB

Fall OU-GHG Seminar = Thurs 6-8pm, course # TBA

Hello from the Ecological Society of America's Annual National Meeting in San Jose CA!

I have been working with Dr. Michele Morrone (the director of Environmental Studies) to make a fall 2-credit seminar come together on the topic of OU's GHG inventory. I hope you guys can attend/enroll? Either way, there will be close coordination between the GHG Team, EEC, and the student experience in this seminar.

I have requested the course time to be Thurs evenings, 6-8pm. Here's the course blurb:

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ES XXX: Ohio University's Greenhouse Gas Footprint: Theory and Applications.
Instructor: Dr Kim J. Brown, OU-PBIO Asst. Prof. (brownk4@ohio.edu)

In the context of both voluntary guidelines as well as state-level mandates, Ohio University is in the process of evaluating its energy and greenhouse gas footprint. This is an applied process that includes aspects of engineering, accounting, economics, and biology. Students enrolled in this seminar will gain marketable, hands-on experience in the analysis of the policy and applications of helping a huge institution like OU quantify their carbon footprint. OU needs YOU!