{"id":2584,"date":"2024-08-28T15:30:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T19:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=2584"},"modified":"2024-08-28T15:30:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T19:30:26","slug":"post-2584","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/meetings-activities\/meeting-minutes\/post-2584\/","title":{"rendered":"Post #2584"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

August 21, 2024<\/h1>\nAttendance: <\/strong>Alex Kinsella, Liz Maloney, Sebastien Bigorre, Lanie Plueddemann, Carolina Camargo,
\nDave Derosier, Alan Gaul, Kai Srisirikul\n #1 Beach cleanups (first Thursday of the month at noon)
\n<\/strong>\u2022 August cleanup had a great turnout!
\n\u2022 Lanie will lead September 5
\n\u2022 Alan will lead Oct 3
\n\u2022 Facilities will get latex gloves for future cleanups\n
\n#2 Lunch and Learns
\n<\/strong>\u2022 Seb talked to Dr. Kumara, who could do a Lunch and Learn in October about nutrition. He
\nhas recently written a book on this topic.
\n\u2022 Reach out to HR wellness program? It would be in line with the activities that they
\ntend to support.
\n\u2022 If that happens in October, next Lunch and Learn would be in the winter, maybe January
\n\u2022 Idea for LnL: Stephanie Madsen on sustainability initiatives going on in Falmouth
\n\u2022 Liz will reach out
\n\u2022 Idea for LnL: Mark Kasprzyk, conservation director for Falmouth
\n\u2022 Idea for LnL: Megan Amsler on winterizing\/energy efficient appliances
\n\u2022 Alex will reach out
\n\u2022 Should we coordinate with other science institutions in Woods Hole for Lunch n Learns,
\netc?
\n\u2022 Matt Person at MBL library has contacts
\n\u2022 Janet Fields might have contacts
\n\u2022 Before, we partnered with Steamship Authority for a successful bike path cleanup.
\nCould we do something similar to that again?\n
\n#3 Garden updates
\n<\/strong>\u2022 The STF garden is looking great! Lots of weeds but also lots of tomatoes.
\n\u2022 Several plots in the village garden are looking uncared for. An email reminder was sent out
\nand the plots will be turned over if they aren’t tended to.
\n\u2022 Alan would like to make a student garden at Oyster Pond. There will be a build day
\ntentatively on Sep 10 where they will construct raised bed structures.\n
\n#4 Energy Master Plan updates
\n<\/strong>\u2022 Dave Derosier gave us an energy update:
\n\u2022 The EMP presentation to the board was spread throughout the slides, since the
\namount of time allocated to it got cut down substantially. The board wants to hear
\nthat we are making progress on both GHG reduction and price reduction, which we
\nare.
\n\u2022 Gas-fired heating is cheaper than heat pumps in the winter. But heat pumps are
\ncheaper for cooling in the summer.
\n\u2022 Energy budget went down from 20kWh to 18kWh despite adding 4 new buildings, so
\nenergy efficiency programs are working.
\n\u2022 The central plant is the big ticket item of GHG reduction: it is 50% of our usage and
\nis responsible for 5 large buildings. The EMP recommendations for decarbonizing
\nthe central plant don’t make economic sense for us because the system still has a long
\nlifetime left. The best way to spend money is to replace old buildings and make them
\nmore efficient.
\n\u2022 Upcoming upgrades in Clark will electrify parts of it and improve windows,
\ninsulations, etc. There are plans to upgrade Clark 5, the lobby, and one wing.
\n\u2022 Upgraded air handling in LOSOS
\n\u2022 The Dock\/Iselin project will be an energy upgrade, because Iselin (gas-fired) will be
\ntorn down and replaced with an electrified building.
\n\u2022 We are most of the way to funding for solar on the David Center
\n\u2022 A large car port with solar would be great. The most likely location would be the
\nDavid Center lot.
\n\u2022 Will geothermal work for the dock? Still under consideration.\n
\n#5 Yard sale idea
\n<\/strong>\u2022 Seb, Liz, and Alex were talking about the possibility of a WHOI yard sale event for labs to
\nget rid of old items. We are investigating what’s allowed: e.g. can we sell items we no longer
\nneed?
\n\u2022 Dave: Institution is starting an initiative to look into storage issues. Reducing the amount of
\nclutter is much preferred to building new space to house it. He can this get idea thrown into
\nthat committee.
\n\u2022 Places to give stuff away: Falmouth Service Center, Falmouth School Department.\n
\n#6 Other ideas\/discussion
\n<\/strong>\u2022 Add more projects to the website that we’ve accomplished over the last few years. We could
\nshow off more of our GHG reduction efforts.
\n\u2022 Perennial truth: reducing consumption is more effective than increasing efficiency! (But
\nboth are essential.)\n
\nOur next meeting is Wednesday, September 18th at 1 pm<\/strong>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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