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Fall 2006 Projects

  • New GC Coordinator Hiring
  • Housing Intern Hiring
  • CFL Exchange
  • Office Audits Round 2
  • Library Display
  • Campus Sustainability Day/Green Rush v2.0
  • Captain Planet Movie nights

Summer '06 Project 

  •  Eureka Housing Authority Audits

Other Projects

  • Green Eye Film
  • Redwood Manor Energy Competition
Spring 2006 Projects
  • Spring '06 Office Audits
  • GC film series
  • Institutionalized Sustainability
  • Housing Signs
  • The Energy Detective
  • Audit toolkits

 

Fall 2006 Projects
New GC Coordinator Hiring:
Since losing two coordinators to retirement last June, our first task was to hire on two additional Interns to complete our staff. After our deliberation, Ben Mattio and Carmen King were chosen.
Read about them on our  "More about Us" page .

Housing Intern Hiring:
Due to the success Green Campus had in the Housing Department last year, Housing agreed to create and fund a position that reflected our own. After a long and arduous application process, eventually Ryan Zeils and Paul Caradonna were chosen to fill the position.

CFL Exchange:
The CFL exchange is often touted as one of Green Campus's most successful ventures, so we at HSU tried our hand at it. Our exchange table, staffed by GC Coordinators and faithful volunteers, operated two days a week for two months, and managed to distribute 964 CFLs over that time. Coordinator Carmen King generated some helpful comparisons for what this means in terms of energy savings and other environmental benefits. For example, we have prevented carbon emissions equivalent to 52.5 barrels of oil. See the complete display
 
Office Audits Round 2:
Due to the success and popularity of the office audits done in spring of '06, another slate was lined up to continue the program. This time, The president's office, Dean Susan Higgins' office and the KRFH studio were chosen to undergo our scrutiny. This time around, we achieved an average reduction of about XX%. The results from each audit are available:

President's Office                 Dean Susan Higgins                 KRFH Studio

Library Display:
For the 2006 holiday Season, Green Campus put together a festive and informative display for
the HSU library. The display, titled "The 12 days of saving" highlighted twelve easy ways for people to make their holidays more energy efficient, and featured a "sustainability tree" representation of the the organization of environmental clubs and organizations on campus, working together in solidarity to make HSU a more sustainable campus. Pictures of the display can be seen on our photo album. If you missed the display, it can be downloaded and a quick reminder is listed below.

1. Give Green Tags
2. Make Your Gifts
3. Buy Local Food
4. LED Holiday Lights
5. Keep Warm (put on a sweater) and Turn down your Thermostat
6. Make Energy Saving Resolutions
7. Insulate Your Home and Water Heater
8. CFLs make great Stocking Stuffers
9. Carpool
10. Use a Powerstrip to Stop Phantom Loads
11. Celebrate and Promote Sustainability
12. Deck Your Halls with Recycled or Reused Materials

Campus Sustainability Day/Green Rush v 2.0:
Green Campus contributed to this event this year by participating in the roundtable discussion on sustainability on the quad, the Green Rush tabling event, the CFL Exchange, and showing "Oil on Ice" in the bottom of the J. (And eating local food at the J for dinner!)

Captain Planet movie nights:
Captain Planet, a TV show that is both a fun exercise in nostalgia and an environmental awareness builder, was a perfect choice to bring people together and facilitate talking about Green Campus's role in the grander scheme of things.
 
Summer 2006 Project

 The Eureka Housing Authority, in order to comply with regulations set by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD ), wanted to have energy audits done on a sampling of their housing units in downtown Eureka. Morgan King of Strategic Energy Innovations (SEI ) was subcontracted to perform the task. In order for Mr. King to complete his task, he in turn contacted Green Campus to assist him with the evaluation of the housing units. This project drew on skills learned from the office audits completed in Spring '06, but applied them on a much larger scale. Read the complete report .

 Other Projects

Green Eye:
A student mad spoof of Showtimes "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy". This short (approximately 15 min) film featuries several greenies from Arcata, CA that help to make one Humboldt State student's life more sustainable and "earth friendly." Chock full of information and laughs. Watch it!

Redwood Manor:
A pilot energy competition where individual apartments were challenged to reduce their energy consumption. The winners were determined by the percent reduction compared to a baseline of previous years. The residents of the winning apartment each won an iPod mini and 2nd and 3rd place winners recieved goodie bags of gift certificates to local buisness. Also included in this project was the creation of Humboldt State's first ever certified Energy Star Dorm Room. Read the complete report .

Spring 2006 Semester

Office Energy Audits:
Three offices were audited; the Lumberjack, Clubs, and AS offices. These three were chosen because of their high use and student traffic, which should result in more publicity. Varying degrees of savings resulted, with an average of 33% energy savings accomplished. Read the findings for yourself!

Lumberjack office        Clubs office         Associated Students offices
 

 GC film series:
Green Campus put on a series of energy related films (although some are only vaguely related) in an attempt to raise awareness about these issues and to connect with students or other people who are interested in our program and would like to help us. Many factors contributed to the success of this project, and the final two movies were dropped from the line up due to a projected lack of student involvement due to outside factors. 

Institutionalized Sustainability:
GC's Krystal Rogers submitted a policy update to Housing, which they considered and agreed to incorporate a student part-time position to coordinate sustainability issues in the on-campus housing. She also petitioned the HSU President, Dr. Rollin Richmond to consider a full-time staff position to coordinate these similar issues on a campus-wide scale. This ongoing project has been adopted by the Environmental and Social Justice Clubs Coalition, spearheaded by Brandon Hemenway (SEN) and Zach Mermel (CCAT).

Housing Signs:
Neil, a graphic design student, designed sustainability related signs which Housing has agreed to manufacture and put up in the residence halls, to emphasize HSU's dedication to helping the environment. Energy saving is one aspect of those sustainability issues.

The Energy Detective:
We got permission to install the TEDs in the Multi-cultural center, the YES house, and CCAT. After getting them physically installed, we will educate the staff working in those houses in how to interpret the information and ways to reduce their energy usage. This project is incomplete and will be finished Fall 2006.

Home Energy Audit Toolkits:
We assembled toolkits which include all the needed hardware and some simple instructions that students will be able to check out in order to reduce their energy consumption at home. 
 
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