Water

Consider speaking to:

Potential projects:

  • Use of waste water in toilets
  • Use of waste water in lawn irrigation
  • Water recovering from cooling coils
  • Wastewater heat recapture
  • Solar heating for hot-water
  • Lake sourced cooling
  • Move parking lot stormwater control structures to within the parking lot
  • Installation of low-flow shower heads and faucet aerators

Waste

Consider speaking to:

UW Recycling

Potential projects:

  • Waste reduction campaign (Recycling education day)
  • Student surplus/re-sale location (a Husky Closet, similar to Husky Pantry)
  • Textile recycling equipment on campus
  • Textile collection for reuse at Maker Spaces
  • Additional ideas in the Atlas Zero Waste Assessment

Transportation

Consider speaking to:

Potential projects:

  • Implement a system for tracking bicycle trips to campus to be used for bicycling promotion, such as Dero’s Zap system
  • Fund bicycle ambassador student positions to promote bicycling and encourage safe riding
  • Create special parking spaces proximate to pedestrian exits from parking lots for commuters that carpool and vanpool

Food

Consider speaking to:

Housing & Food Services (HFS)

Potential projects:

  • An anaerobic digester to turn food waste into methane for energy
  • Extensive compostable product labeling
  • Expanding the reusable mug program for campus vendors
  • Farmer’s market on campus (partner with UW Farm?)
  • Permaculture education spaces on campus