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=EPA P3 GROUP=

ABOUT OUR GROUP
The P3 Group is open to all ideas for research/projects that can be conducted involving the Aiken center. If you have ideas you want us to consider for development into a P3 submission, please post them here. We may develop them independently, or integrate your idea into a larger proposal.

=**WEEKLY MEETING TIME**= Monday 12:00-1:00, Room 103 Aiken

REFERENCE MATERIAL

=Group Members=

=WEEKLY OBJECTIVES=

P3 Ideas - All found in the google doc for our group. P3 group members - Please check your email for the google doc link.

=EPA Website= The EPA's P3 Site can be found here: [] From the EPA Website: //**WHAT AREAS OF SUSTAINABILITY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE P3COMPETITION? **EPA considers projects that address challenges from a wide range of categories: water, energy, agriculture, built environment, and materials and chemicals. The categories of clean cookstoves and green infrastructure were added to the 2012 solicitation. These can be challenges found in the developed or developing world. //

We've noticed from the EPA P3 site that the focus seems to be on a project that can be designed, built and deployed in the real world. They are not interested in projects that are purely research based, but on projects that can move beyond the lab and classroom to make a difference in the world. They note that many companies have started out of the P3 system, either as consultants or selling products/technologies.

THINK-DESIGN-BUILD – How are we going to get the idea out to the world?