Sept 28

Notes from our first informal meeting.

Things we did:
discussed what to do with the empty coffee cups. Andrew has started to think of putting the cups \\into blocks, potentially spherical.

Discussing the coffee maker issue. NOTE Meghan is "the coffee maker czar" Karl is "coffee slave"

• WHAT IS THE DEMAND FOR THIS????????
• Maybe we seed this with making a few pots everyday and seeing the response.
• Other questions that may come up later:
• Who will head it? Who will be responsible? Who will clean it?...
• How much does one cost/how many cups does it make?
• Who will make the coffee? Do it when it is empty?
• Estimate weekly material costs. Who supplies it, us, a coffee distributer?
• Who will clean it? Self-Policing, Sign up, rigid.
• Do we also supply paper cups, but require a 25 cent donation if you take one?
• This coffee maker sits on what? Where are the supplies kept?

Creating a 'sustainable' publication? could it be linked into a general ITP booklet?

Junk-utilization design challenge Driveby. To be planned at next informal meeting. Driveby would be October 19. (We have to talk to Josh Knowles about a date).

TOPICS AS CLASS WE WANT TO ADDRESS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEMESTER:

MATERIAL REDUCTIONS/REUSE: Coffee Cups (see above)

Coffee Maker (see above)

Parts/Material Exchange Board

Design Challenge (trash2treasure)

ENERGY OF THE FLOOR

Taking a room off the grid - Maybe make the Conference Room into a smart room, with all components run off the solar panel, energy efficient lighting, motion detectors, etc. All beautifully done and with great visualizations of energy saved. It could serve to educate staff, students and visitors. Sub issues:

• basic electrical wiring
• design of the room and implementation
• evaluating which rooms/areas are best canidate
• Administrative issues

Energy use Audit for the floor (rebecca)

• Everyone sign up on wiki (link soon) to audit 1-2 rooms on the floor
• What is the end goal for this???

Solar Panels

• Electrical issues
• how route down from roof / where are the batteries
• Administrative issues

ENERGY OF PROJECTS

General energy sources at a small scale useful for pcomp like projects(wind, solar, fuel cells, biofuels)

• A possible how to guide

OUTREACH + GRANTS

Grants for working on sustainable issues