{"id":130,"date":"2018-08-20T14:31:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T18:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2018-08-20T14:32:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T18:32:57","slug":"april-15-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/meetings-activities\/meeting-minutes\/april-15-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"April 15, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\tApril 15, 2015<br \/>\n\t<\/h1>\n<p><b>Date:<\/b>\u00a0April 15, 2015<\/p>\n<p><b>Location:<\/b>\u00a0Bigelow 217<\/p>\n<p><b>Present:<\/b>\u00a0Dave Derosier, Paul Avery, Matt Agnese, Allesandro Bocconcelli, \u00a0Maureen Auro, Mollie McDowell, Charlotte Wiman, Stephanie Madsen<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Agenda Item #1: Guest Speakers<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest Speaker discussion and feedback. Turnout for 2 talks about 20 people for each\u2026.we might consider moving the time from 4:00 in afternoon to either lunchtime or 5:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schedule next guest speaker for fall \u2013 potential topic \u201cGreening your sailboat or skiff\u201d by Rachael Miller, co-founder of the the Rozalia Project (link:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rozaliaproject.org\/expedition-upcycle\/\">http:\/\/rozaliaproject.org\/expedition-upcycle\/<\/a>). (SM)<\/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 is completed (and looks great! Thanks Graphics!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apply stickers to Dispensers (Steve Senior with direction from DD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><sub>\u00a0<\/sub><\/p>\n<p><b>#3<\/b>:\u00a0<b>Building Rep Update:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bldg Rep Follow Up Meeting \u2013 TBD<\/li>\n<li>Ron + Allesandro \u2013 Still need to do initial Pilot Building Walk through with Dave<\/li>\n<li>Utility Bill Baseline data with CEC Summer intern- Waiting for Megan Amsler to contact us<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schedule Bldg walkthrough with Ron, Alex + Dave- June 30 doesn\u2019t work (SM)<\/li>\n<li>Schedule Bldg Rep Follow up meeting TBD (SM, DD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>#4\u00a0 Earth Day<\/b>\u00a0STF Info Dissemination (held Wednesday, April 22)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The event went pretty well! We posted a flyer in plastic sleeve on each table and created an Info Board highlighting STF efforts at the Buttery. We had very productive conversations with Susan Avery, Rick Gallet and Matt Angnese about our efforts. Susan is very much on board with many of our efforts, especially the Electric Vehicle charging stations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Think about next year\u2019s Earth Day Events\u2026do we go bigger? (STF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>#5 \u00a0Procurement Discussion \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Matt Agnese (new Procurement Manager at WHOI) attended the STF meeting. His team embraces sustainability and he encourages streamlining purchases to save energy, time, money + waste. Several topics were discussed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>K-Cups<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 we discussed our lively on-line discussion and as a result would like to raise awareness on campus regarding solid waste generated by K-cups. We highly recommend that offices shy away from using them, or at least purchase alternatives to the plastic cup, for example, New England Coffee brand sells a mesh cup (vs. plastic). Matt agreed to contact WB Mason to see about purchasing bulk alternative K-cups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact WB Mason regarding bulk order of alternative K-cups (MA)<\/li>\n<li>Individuals talk to their department Admins about purchasing alternatives (STF members)<\/li>\n<li><b>Copiers<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Procurement secured deal with Xerox to lease highly efficient copiers. Matt had lots to offer regarding their benefits including decrease in energy use, cost per sheet, toner savings, upcycling at the end of its life etc. Thanks Matt! It\u2019s great that we are moving in this direction. To find out more, email Matt (<a href=\"mailto:Magnese@whoi.edu\">Magnese@whoi.edu<\/a>)<\/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>#6 \u00a0Sustainability Awareness<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>STF slide will be presented Whoi\u2019s monthly New Employee Orientation. 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<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Present STF slide during Whoi\u2019s New Employee Orientation (SM, Dina, Ann Devenish)<\/li>\n<li>Update 2014 Accomplishments on STF website (DP + DD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>#7: 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 (SM + Rich Lovering)<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Items not fully addressed but still important:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>#8: Plug Loads<\/b>\u00a0review- we need a user friendly write up or Help Sheet for Website.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0We need someone to write up user friendly help sheet (Jonathan?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 15, 2015 Date:\u00a0April 15, 2015 Location:\u00a0Bigelow 217 Present:\u00a0Dave Derosier, Paul Avery, Matt Agnese, Allesandro Bocconcelli, \u00a0Maureen Auro, Mollie McDowell, Charlotte Wiman, Stephanie Madsen Agenda Item #1: Guest Speakers Guest Speaker discussion and feedback. 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