RSENR+Greening+2014

=Aiken Greening 2014 =

Group Mentors: Sam Wallace: sjwallac@uvm.edu Gary Hawley: gary.hawley@uvm.edu

Group Members: Ted Andrew: tandrew@uvm.edu Zachary Fayer: zfayer@uvm.edu Kait Jones: kjones15@uvm.edu Grace Scorpio: gscorpio@uvm.edu

Group meeting time: Tuesdays at 1:00pm

Group Video: Story/ message: *pictures of us/ Aiken building and inside
 * Intro: **
 * Grace (composting): **

As a group, we each took turns taking out the Aiken center’s composting bins twice a week. We brought the four bins to the Davis center where there is an industrial sized compost cooler. Once in the Davis center, we weighed the bins according to floor in order to track composting progress. We hope this composting program, the first at UVM not in a dining area, will spread into other classrooms and office buildings across campus.

*composting video of us doing the compost <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">video of us composting <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">charts/ graphs <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We created new signs to be posted on all three floors to help students and faculty better understand what can be composted, recycled, or placed in landfill bins. Our goal in creating these signs was to increase the amount of compost being put in the bins, which we could track by our composting tracking sheet. By comparing the amount each floor was producing in compost weight from before and after the posters were put up, we can have a better understanding of how well these posters affected the understanding and actions of people composting. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*take signs and post them
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kaitlyn (signs): **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Handicap signs <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">* plug load <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">timers/ charts
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Add Corey interview footage **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ted (handicap): **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Zach (plug load/ display): **

Through our efforts this semester in the Greening of Aiken Internship, we completed several small projects around the Aiken Center. We hope that our new signs improve energy efficiency and boost composting participation. Overall, we worked to keep the Aiken Center a model of eco-design and sustainability so it can continue to be a model for the entire UVM campus.
 * Conclusion:**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Goals:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Zach: Our position encompasses many other groups within GOA. I feel that working closely with the Green Roof group, the Ecomachine group and the Future Greening group would be beneficial. Together, we could help them accomplish their goals while at the same time further greening the Aiken center. At the same time, enhancing composting efforts within the building would reduce the amount of waste sent to the landfill. Installing automatic timers would also help cut energy use within the building.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grace: With this group, I want to learn more about the composting system in the Aiken center and how to make it more efficient. Along with that, I think it would be beneficial to create more signs to inform the Rubenstein community and the greater UVM community about the statistics and the benefits with composting. We could do this by keeping the touch screen display up to date. Overall, I think it is important to inform everyone about the Aiken Center and all the cool and green things that are already going on.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kaitlyn: I think that along the lines of composting we should brainstorm ways to promote students to compost more. I know I see people just throw things in the trash instead and I know that in dorms they don't have a composting bin in hallways or all the kitchens. I would like to look into the process more and maybe we could make a video for the touch screen so people know why we compost. I also think we should update the touch screen and make it accurate and maybe make it able to convert the data into more options.

Ted: I'd like to improve the current displays in the Aiken center, and make sure they are showing accurate data that can be changed from the Aiken center rather than a third party.

Goals
 * 1) Calculate the amount of compost on each floor weekly to find out where our target area is
 * 2) Aim at ways to get students more involved with composting - new signs
 * 3) Incorporate compost information onto the touch screen displays
 * 4) Make sure the touch screen displays are showing accurate data
 * 5) Incorporate more timers on appliances, computer stations, and lights throughout the Aiken Center

Composting Schedule: Week of 2/3-2/7: Kaitlyn and Grace Week of 2/10-2/14: Ted and Zach

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Resources: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Compost Tracking Spreadsheet <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Aiken Center Dashboard] @Ideas for improving the Aiken Center Plug Load Data

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Compost sign <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">New edition*** REVISED

Graph of first 6 weeks of compost data (as of 3/18/14):

2/19 Group Meeting materials: and 500 word write up [|Google Doc]

Opener/Elevator Sign Drafts __ Video Outline __ Aiken as a whole Shots People to interview Our Story: To share about Aikens power usage and composting and our target ares as well as how we would like to introduce these practices in other buildings on campus.
 * 1) Timers
 * 2) Display
 * 3) Compost
 * 4) Compost signs
 * 5) Button signs
 * 1) What we do, composting
 * 2) what we have done with signs
 * 1) Erica Spiegel
 * 2) Each member talking about what we are doing

Interview Questions for Corey Berman

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