The Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) is a granting organization at UW that supports on-campus, student-led sustainability projects. There are two funding cycles throughout the academic school year and the first round of due dates have been determined. Please submit your Letters of Intent by November 18th and full proposals byJanuary 20, 2015. You can apply online at csf.washington.edu and please send all inquiries to uwcsf@uw.edu.
The UW Campus Sustainability Fund is holding a couple of restoration events around campus during Earth Week next week. The first restoration event is coming up this Saturday at Yesler Swamp!
[job]/[student position] CSF Outreach Coordinator
[job]/[student position] CSF Outreach Coordinator
The Outreach Coordinator will play a lead role in raising the profile of the CSF within the campus community. The CSF Outreach Coordinator will gain hands on experience in networking, communications, marketing, development of educational materials and small project development and management. This position will report to the CSF Coordinator.
Get involved with a campus sustainability fund (CSF) proposal
Many of us will have noticed that the lights in communal areas of UW buildings often get left on even after the last person in the area has left. This wastage is likely to occur overnight, at weekends and over holidays. Even if they know where the switch is, people are unsure whether to turn off communal lights since they do not know if they are the last person remaining. Based upon the type and number of light fittings in my corridor, I estimate that ~90,000 kWh of electricity per year are wasted in ATG/Johnson Hall alone. This costs ~$5,420 per year and is enough electricity to power a student’s residence hall room (at 3 kWh per day) for almost 83 years! Scaled to the whole campus the wastage is very large indeed. The reduction of energy usage is a priority for UW’s sustainability-on-campus drive. Reduction of electricity usage at the point of use is recognized as one of the most effective ways of scaling back energy generation requirements at the power plant level due to the large loss of energy in transmission. With a growing population Seattle needs to increase efficiency in order to meet future needs using renewables.
We propose to install motion activated light switches with light level sensors, which will switch off automatically after a specified amount of time if no motion is detected. If someone walks into the area then the lights will switch back on in that area. The lights will also switch off when there is enough sunlight available.
However, there are several steps that need to be taken to make this project reality. The design stage will require liaison with building managers and Facilities Services in order to ensure that University guidelines are followed and that fire code regulations are adhered to etc. We will also require an estimate of the cost of the project, calculations on the expected energy and money savings and an estimate of when the project will recoup its expenses.
So, involvement in this project will require the application of many different skills, which will be a real boost to those resumes. There is even scope to be involved in the proposal writing stage, if you are quick – the proposal is due on the week of Jan 7th, 2013. And you’ll be actually making a practical difference in the fight for sustainability and for preventing climate change.
If interested please email me at danpg@uw.edu.
Hope to hear from you,
Dan.