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2016 Autumn | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach, Sustainability

Options for Renewable Energy Expansion at UW

Student(s):

Sarah Mayberry

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Marilyn Ostergren

Partner(s):

  • UW Sustainability

Faculty advisor(s):

Ruth Johnston Associate Vice President and Chief of Staff, University of Washington

Renewable energy is becoming increasingly popular around the United States, with record purchases of solar panels in 2016. I was interested in how the University of Washington integrates renewable energy into its infrastructure. I worked with UW Sustainability to aid in the development of a Sustainability Directory. The goal of this directory is to help connect interested parties to researchers and faculty in the field of sustainability. In addition to my internship, I aimed to discover the main limitations to the expansion of the use of renewable energy at the University of Washington, and to develop solutions to these limitations.