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Filming Team AERO's CleanSpeed

Mieko Ozeki, M.S., A.L.M

by Mieko Ozeki, M.S., A.L.M

May 18, 2013

I had a fun day with CEF Media Intern, Daniel Hopkins, as we interviewed and filmed UVM's Alternative Energy Racing Organization (AERO) on their CleanSpeed vehicle, a 2011-2012 Clean Energy Fund project.

Hybrid Street Lamp System with Helix Bamboo Wind Turbines and Solar Panels

This project is a hybrid street lamp system using dynamic LED lights powered by a combination of helix bamboo wind turbines and solar panels. Energy harvested from wind and solar during the daytime is stored in a battery to ensure the lighting in the night through an integrated control system. By simulating microstructure features of natural bamboo, innovative carbon fiber composites will be used to fabricate a parallel system.

UVM Central Heat Plant -- Solar Array Upgrade & Optimization

This is a two-phase project.  The first phase will upgrade the existing solar array panels, a 4.8-kW system installed in 2001, on the UVM Central Heating Plant. Inverters will be installed to existing panels, enhancing the public access to data via a dashboard system. The second phase will involve the installation of additional 29.9- kW solar panels with new technology on the UVM Central Heating Plant. The dashboard system for the upgrade and new installation will help compare two solar panel systems of differing ages. 

Clean Energy Fund Committee Approves Two New Projects



Two projects have been approved by the Clean Energy Fund Committee. Nearly $179,800 will be awarded to the selected projects, pulling from the $225,000 generated each year from the Clean Energy Fund. The Clean Energy Fund assesses UVM undergraduate and graduate students a $10 fee each semester to establish new clean energy education, research and installation projects on and around the UVM campus. 

Up and running: CEF's Virtualized Desktop Computer Pilot Project

A couple weeks ago, CEF Fellow Kate Blofson interviewed Nick Gingrow, IT Professional for BSAD, on the Virtualized Desktop Computer project. This project was proposed in 2011 and approved in 2012. To learn more, check out the VDI project profile. 

And watch the interview on Vimeo:

Green Funds 2.0: The Nitty-Gritty of Campus Sustainability Fund Management from the Ground Up

Published: 
October, 2012

prepared by Mieko Ozeki, Katherine Walsh (UC Berkeley), Kevin Ordean (Northern Arizona University), Lilith Wyatt (McGill University), Melody Hartke (North American University), and McKenzie Beverage (University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign) and presented at the AASHE 2012 Conference.

Mapping Renewable Energy Potential on Campus: A Case Study of a Strategic Green Fund Project

Published: 
October, 2012

prepared by Mieko Ozeki, Michelle Smith, and Gioia Thompson. It was presented at the 2012 AASHE Conference. 

134 Solar Panels Installed at Spear Street Farm, Financed by Student Fund

 

Written by Jeffrey R. Wakefield, University Communications

When students left the University of Vermont campus in May, the roof of the Ellen A. Hardacre Equine Center at the university’s research farm on Spear Street, the Paul Miller Research Center, was a familiar stretch of corrugated red metal.

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