{"id":127,"date":"2018-08-20T14:29:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T18:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2018-08-20T14:30:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T18:30:55","slug":"may-20-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/meetings-activities\/meeting-minutes\/may-20-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"May 20, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\tMay 20, 2015<br \/>\n\t<\/h1>\n<h3>STF Meeting Minutes + Earth Day Follow up<\/h3>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b>\u00a0May 20, 2015<br \/>\n<b>Location:<\/b>\u00a0Clark 237<br \/>\n<b>Present:<\/b>\u00a0Dave Derosier, Dan Lopes, Valerie Caron, Ann Devinish, Sebastien Bigorre, Stephanie Madsen<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Agenda Item #1: Website Update<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Updates highlighting 2014 improvements needed on STF\u2019s website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Send 2014 updates to Dina to post on STF Website (DD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>#2<\/b>\u00a0:\u00a0<b>Paper Towels Stickers \u2013 Take the One Paper Towel Challenge<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Sticker has been applied to all WHOI bathroom towel dispensers\u2026if you see any missing from your building please let me know and we\u2019ll get you some<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No Action \u2013 unless we missed a few places.<\/li>\n<li>Think about next sticker to create\u2026Powerdown printers + computers sticker suggested (STF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>#3: Plug Loads<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Review Data Logger Spreadsheets<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Review + Modify Data Logger spreadsheets + create user friendly protocol and spreadsheet for calculating lab energy use. (Stephanie + Sebastien)<\/li>\n<li><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0 Design powerdown sticker for printer + computer application (STF Members)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>#4<\/b>:\u00a0<b>Building Rep Update:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MRF Walk Through scheduled for Thursday, June 11 at 1:30 with Allesandro, Dave + Steph<\/li>\n<li>Ron \u2013 need to schedule Pilot Building Walk through with Dave for Hot Labs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schedule Bldg walkthrough with Ron (RR+ DD)<\/li>\n<li>Schedule Bldg Rep Follow up meeting TBD (SM, DD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>#5\u00a0 Intern with Megan Amsler (Cape Cod Self Reliance)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Megan Amsler hired a summer intern for Whoi from the Clean Energy Center (CEC) to analyze and normalize our 2014 utility bills. This may provide us with Baseline utility data. The Self-Reliance organization has the software needed to run the utility values and the intern will work with Megan at her office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set up meeting with Megan (SM + DD)<\/li>\n<li>Gather\/copy monthly 2014 utility bills (DD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>#6\u00a0 Potable Water at WHOI<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many STF members interested in offering filtered water in every building (vs. Poland Spring delivery)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Look into what costs would be do make that happen i.e. infrastructure, plumbing etc. (DD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>#7 \u00a0Procurement Corner:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>K-Cups<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 ordering K-cups through WB Mason might not work\u2026.Matt Agnese will have more info.<\/li>\n<li><b>Belkin Conserve Sockets\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Can we buy in bulk at a cheaper cost? Amazon.com charges $10.15\/unit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find better cost on Belkin Conserve Sockets ($10.15 each on Amazon.com) (MA)<\/li>\n<li>Individuals talk to their department Admins about purchasing alternatives or abandoning K cups(STF members)<\/li>\n<li><b>Purchases in General<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Please contact Matt Agnese for new purchases. His team can help you find greener options, streamline purchases, offer better prices via negotiations etc.\u00a0 Stop ordering from Amazon and send him an email.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>#8 \u00a0Sustainability Awareness<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>STF slide will be presented WHOI\u2019s monthly New Employee Orientation (next one in June). Julie Fawkes has our slide and she\u2019s onboard with the idea.\u00a0 We would only need 5-10 minutes during the orientation and use the ppt slide as a source of info.<\/li>\n<li>Graphics creating sign for Recycling Bins for special events\u2026something like \u201cPlease Recycle..Keeping WHOI a Sustainable Institution.\u201d We plan to have recycling bins + sign at the Under the Waves event on June 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Present STF slide during WHOI\u2019s New Employee Orientation \u2026next one scheduled for June (SM, Dina, Ann Devenish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>#9: Electric Vehicle<\/b>\u00a0charging station Debrief.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Locations determined \u2013 Clark South + School Street Lot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Select Vendor (procurement is helping with this effort (DD)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>#10 Carpooling<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 increase carpooling options + communication at WHOI<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Doing research at Ride Board options at other institutions. Our goal is to set something up on our STF website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Investigate Ride Board options on-line (SM + Interns)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>#11 Alternative Energy Options at WHOI<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will we see solar panels, solar carports or wind turbines on WHOI campus?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Looking into Rec purchases with BlueWave Capital (DD)<\/li>\n<li>Solar Carports in Quissett Parking lot (DD)<\/li>\n<li>Solar panels on roofs \u2013 investigating options (DD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 20, 2015 STF Meeting Minutes + Earth Day Follow up Date:\u00a0May 20, 2015 Location:\u00a0Clark 237 Present:\u00a0Dave Derosier, Dan Lopes, Valerie Caron, Ann Devinish, Sebastien Bigorre, Stephanie Madsen Agenda Item #1: Website Update Updates highlighting 2014 improvements needed on STF\u2019s website Action: Send 2014 updates to Dina to post on STF Website (DD) \u00a0 #2\u00a0:\u00a0Paper&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions\/129"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}