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Ma rch 29, 2011

Dr. Franc is Tob ienne

ENC3250.791S11

Professiona l Tec hnic al Writing

A White Pap er by :

Denyse Ca raman, Lea d Editor, Tea m Ever-Green

Victo ria Hyc lak, Lead Researcher, Team Ever-Green

Barry Ritter, Lea d Interviewer, Tea m Ever-Green


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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................... ii

Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................1

Introduc tion ...............................................................................................................................2

Sustainability .............................................................................................................................3

Solar Energy ..............................................................................................................................6

Meet Dr. Goswami ..................................................................................................................10

Inte rview (Transcribed) ........................................................................................................... 12

Various On- Campus Initiatives ..............................................................................................17Rec yc ling on Campus ............................................................................................................ 17

The Bull Runner ........................................................................................................................ 17

Solar Pow ered Parking Mete rs .............................................................................................. 18

Dining a t USF ............................................................................................................................ 18

Conc lusion ..............................................................................................................................20

Annotated Bibliog rap hy .........................................................................................................21

Works Cited .............................................................................................................................26

Index ........................................................................................................................................28


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IntroductionThe purpose o f this projec t is to illustrate the ma ny d ifferent wa ys tha t the Univer-

sity of South Florida (USF) is pursuing a gree ner o r more e nvironme nta lly a wa re p a th. The

institution ha s bee n wo rking tow ards this goa l sinc e a round 2008 and ha s ma de m uc h

progress in their effo rt: be it in more rene wa ble ma terials utilized for construction, or im-

p roving effic ienc y throughout the camp us to eliminate wa ste, USF is show ing tha t it is a t

the forefront o f the g reen moveme nt. Its amb itions a re va st eno ugh that it ma y eq ual or

surpa ss even the mo st p restigious of g ree n c olleges or universities. The sta tistica l da ta

ob ta ined from loc a l resources and a n interview with Dr.Goswa mi, a lea d resea rc her

tow ards the storag e of solar energy a t USF, have a llow ed this tea m of stud ents to por-

tray the wa ys in whic h USF is mo ving forwa rd to va st susta inab ility for the future.

The United Sta tes, and eve n more the entire w orld , over the past yea rs has been

portraying b eing g reen as a very imp ortant p a rt of its c ulture. Ads in the m ed ia show

trend y pe op le a nd stars of p op ula r c ulture rec yc ling, using gree n care p rod uc ts, reusa-

b le prod uc ts such a s shop ping ba gs, et c etera de mo nstra ting to the ma ss pop ulous

that being g reen is a very imp ortant step towards being happier and hea lthier. A uni-

versity, suc h a s USF, is full of young stud ents in the prime age of viewers and fans of the

sta rs in p op c ulture p romoting said hab its and have b een struck with interest in their be -

loved university bec oming greener. In p ast d ec ades being g reen wa s not as trend y,

c onve nient, o r popula r as it is in this day a nd age, therefo re, the universitys effort to

ma ke itself more environm enta lly aw are is supported by the students now mo re tha n

ever ma king the ta sk of greening USF ea sier tha n ever.


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SustainabilityThe University of South Florida is b reaking boundaries with regard to pursuing

ha llma rks of the gree n movem ent. The University is ma king p rogress in a number of a r-

ea s, to include susta inab le fo od gree n initiatives in energy c onsump tion, proper wa ste

ma nag ement a nd rec ycling, a nd responsible p urchasing of vital items for sc hool op era-

tion.

USF op erates under the a ssump tion that the food tha t we c onsume as peop le in

our da ily lives has a g enuine impac t on our

hea lth, beha vior, and de meano r as well as

our loc a l ec ono my and e nvironm ent. The Uni-

versity is ded ica ted to a mo re wholesom e

me nu for its guests and stud ents, to inc lude

hea lthy food s that a re g rown in an e nviron-

mentally friend ly ma nner, and purc hased at a

fa ir p rice tha t supports loc a l p roviders. These

provisions a lso inc lude p rod uc ts tha t a re pure

and free of unnec essary ingredients and p reservatives.

Construc tion on the c amp uses has been e xec uted with the utmost c onc ern and

c onsideration for the na tural environment itself. The buildings tha t ha ve b een recently

c onstruc ted , and w ill be c onstruc ted in the future, a ll fea ture a hea vy emp hasis on

green building ma terials and method s. All new b uild ings are p owered by more effic ient

me ans, and fea ture highly effic ient light fixtures as well as wa ter devic es. The c onstruc-

Figure 1: Grade Distrib


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tion is performed in a manner tha t minimizes the o verall impa c t on the surround ing a rea

and ec osystem.

Ca mp us op era tions are c ond uc ted in a ma nner that minimizes wa ste a nd wa ste

wa ter. The University of South Florida is p lac ing a heavy emp ha sis on susta inab ility of its

na tural resource c onsump tion. It utilizes rec ycling prog rams to reuse d isc arded ma teri-

a ls for other purposes. This includ es the deliberate dea lings with servic e provide rs who

a lso pursue a greener exec ution of their servic es and duties

The c olleg e also proc ures items in a ma nner tha t is environm enta lly friend ly and

c onsiderate . This includ es responsible p urc ha sing from provide rs tha t sha re the g ree n

vision o f the future. The

university p urcha ses

items tha t fa ll into the

green c ategory. This is

a d elibe ra te pa rtner-

ship with sup p liers, c us-

tom ers and c itizens tha t

foster a gree n lifestyle

and worldview.

The university

rec og nizes the finite na -

ture of the wa ter and othe r natural resources tha t p ermea te our da ily lives. These re-

sourc es c ontribute a great dea l to our existenc e, without the unde rstand ing that they

are not end less, we c ourt disaster as a c om munity and spec ies in general. The university

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USF Yearly Sustainability Report Card

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pursues programs tha t minimize w a ter use, ga s emissions, and ene rgy consumption.

These programs inc lude renewa ble e nergy, effic ient lighting, wa ter ma nag ement, and

me asures tha t reduc e c a rbon em issions.

USF utilizes administrative ve hicles tha t leave a low c arbon foo tp rint and a mini-

ma l emission leve l. These are fuel effic ient a nd highly innova tive vehic les utilizing the

latest in green transportation tec hnolog y. In add ition to the ir ow n a dministra tive ve hi-

c les, the university uses incentives to enc ourage stud ents and guest to fo llow this ex-

amp le, in the fo rm o f pa rking spaces designa ted for high e ffic iency and low emission

vehicles; these a re c onveniently p laced c lose to the building.


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Solar EnergyUSF has be en aiming to b ec ome a lea der in solar energy developm ent for yea rs

now : They w ere o ne of the first c olleg es so rea lize tha t if elec tric a lly powe red transpor-

tation wa s to b e used on c am pus then the e lec tric ity that wa s go ing to power those

vehicles should be ga the red from sola r sources. There were the first to put rec harging

sta tions in pa rking lots bec ause the y knew tha t ma ny stud ents we re g oing to b e d riving

electric c ars, and w ould need to c harge

them while the students we re a ttend ing

their c lass.

At this time, Dr. Goswa mi was wo rk-

ing at the University of Florida (UF) where he

wa s the d irec tor of UFs Solar Energy & Co n-

version Laborato ry. With a large dona tion

from TECO Energy and Progress Energy, the

University of South Florida was ab le to ha ve

Dr. Goswa mi and his tea m p ic ks up and moves to the Tamp a a rea from Ga inesville.

One of USFs late st p rojec ts is the d evelop me nt of the zero-energy house. The c ha l-

lenge is c alled the Solar Deca thlon.: A c onte st tha t oc c urs eve ry two yea rs and is spon-

sored by the Dep artme nt o f Energy o n the ma ll in Washington DC. The c ha lleng e is not

just to b uild an ene rgy effic ient house; it is a cha lleng e to build a house tha t will gener-

a te its own hea t, c ooling a nd o ther elec tric ity throug hout the yea r from the p ower of

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Other co lleg es that will be pa rtic ipating in the eve nt a re:

Appa lac hian Sta te University Florida Interna tiona l University Middlebury College New Zea land : Vic toria Univer-

sity of Wellington

The Oh io Sta te Unive rsity Parsons The New Sc hool fo r De-

sign and Stevens Institute of

Tec hnology

Purdue Unive rsity The Southe rn Ca lifornia Institute

of Architec ture a nd Ca lifornia

Institute of Tec hnolog y

Tea m Belgium : Ghent University Tea m C anada : University of

Calgary

Team China : Tong ji Unive rsity

Tea m Ma ssachuset ts: Ma ssa-chusetts College of Art and De-

sign and the University of Mas-

sac husett s a t Low ell

Tea m New Jersey: Rutgers - TheSta te University o f New Jersey

and New Jersey Institute o f

Tec hnology

Tea m Ne w York: The City Col-lege of New York

Tidewater Virg inia : Old Dom in-ion University and Hamp ton

University

University of Hawaii University o f Illinois a t Urba na -

Champaign

University of Ma ryland The University of Tennessee

The Bec k Group has bee n contrac ted to b uild the ho use in Florida with help from

Tea m Florida s stud ents, then it w ill be shipp ed to Wa shington, D.C. to b e set up . After

the house is set up on The Nationa l Mall, West Potom ac Park in Washington DC with all

the o ther houses ma de b y the othe r c olleg es from a round the w orld , it will be shipped

bac k to the USF c amp us. There it will be p art of a new solar pa rk and will be fea tured

a longside of the solar powe r plant tha t USF is build ing. The solar powe r plant is solely be-


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ing d esigned by D. Yog i Goswa mi, the John a nd Naida Ramil Professor a t USF. The pro-

jec t was na me d FLeX House, which sta nd s for Florida Zero Energy Prototype, a nd it will

be d esigne d to ha ndle Florida s hot, humid c lima te.

Bring ing Dr. Goswa mi to this university, en tering this ma jor contest sponsored by

the US Dep artment of Energy, and build ing a new Sola r Park on the USF camp us shows

enormo us ded ica tion to green susta inab ility on the part of USF. The rew ards for this ef-

fort will be two-fo ld. First off develop ing the se new tec hno log ies will no t only bo ost USFs

noticea b ility on a n interna tional level, but it will a lso g ive incom ing eng ineering students

with new idea s a p lac e to sta rt their lea rning . Now, future eng ineering stud ents will not

only have boo ks to lea rn from , but rea l a rea l live w orking solar po we r plant a nd zero

energy ho use to stud y and wo rk with. I fee l tha t with this new p ark in p lac e, USF will


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beg in to a ttrac t som e of the best eng ineering stud ents c oming out o f high sc hoo ls in

the future.

Solar energy also is being utilized a t USF with solar c ha rging sta tions for elec tric

c a rs on c amp us. In 1993 these sta tions we re b uilt for maintena nce a nd othe r c amp us

vehic les, but with the new release of hybrid and elec tric c ars, these sta tions will be

ava ilab le to students, sta ff and fac ulty who o wn this new b reed of c a r. Clic k to wa tch a

video ab out these c harging stations.


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Meet Dr. GoswamiDr. Yog i Go swa mi is a p rofessor of me c ha nica l

and aerospa ce eng ineering, the d irec tor of the Solar

Energy and Energy Conversion Laboratory a t the Uni-

versity of Florida in Gainesville, and the Co -direc tor of

the Clea n Energy Resea rch Center a t the University

of South Florida . At USF, he is involved in va rious re-

sea rc h invo lving sola r pow er and its applic a tions: The

key foc us of his resea rc h is the storag e of g athered

solar energy in order to m ake it ava ilab le for use

when the sun is not shining . He has pub lished seven

boo ks and holds five US Pa tents and one wo rldwide p a tent. Befo re he c ame to USF, he

received the awa rd of resea rc h found a tion profe ssor at The University of Florida . He is

the Ed itor-in-Chief o f Ad va nc es in Solar Energy, pub lished by the America n Sola r Energy

Soc iety (ASES) and the Solar Energy journal, pub lished by the Inte rnationa l Solar Energy

Soc iety (ISES) ; and is a past assoc iate o f the Journa l of Solar Eng ineering. He has a lso

c haired a numb er of task forces that ha ve a dvised Cong ress and the fed eral admin-

istra tion on e nergy p olic y. His resea rc h ha s eve n ea rned him the ho nor of spea king to

the United Nat ions on b eha lf of World Susta inab le Energy.

Dr. Goswa mi feels tha t interest in solar energy d eve lopm ent is dep end ent o n ga s

and oil pric es. In the 1970s and ea rly 1980s the wo rld experienced its first shoc k in o il

p rice s causing them to rise d rastica lly. This was a w akeup c a ll to the rest of the wo rld,

who respond ed with the be ginnings of solar pow er develop me nt. Then in the 1990s

Figure 3: Photo of Dr. Goswam i


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and 2000s as oil pric es d rop ped , muc h o f the wo rld started losing interest in these things

and sta rted going a bout the ir lives as if nothing has c hanged . Now tha t oil p rices have

risen a ga in, interest has c ome b ac k to the subjec t of renewa ble ene rgy. Now tha t the

dem and for energy is higher now tha n eve r, the resea rc h tha t Dr. Goswa mi is doing is

vital for the ec ono my. University of South Florida bringing som eo ne w ith suc h wond erful

resea rc h from anothe r institution show s the imp ortanc e o f his impa c t and knowled ge

base, a s we ll as its dete rmination to bec ome mo re ene rgy efficient. Using $4 million dol-

lars in sta te and fed eral grant mo ney, Dr. Goswa mi is going to build a solar field and

storag e system next to the USF Resea rc h Park in the hopes tha t he c an show how en-

ergy ca n be c aptured, stored, and then p ut ba c k in to the elec trica l grid . The key to

this storage w ill be using energy pe llets tha t he spec ially de signe d. These p ellets will

store ene rgy in the form o f hea t a fter it is cap tured from the solar pa nels. Onc e re-

leased , the hea t tha t these p ellets will then conta in will be used to tu rn turb ines and

c rea te e lec tric ity. This storage system will a llow the sun s energy c aptured on sunny

days to be relea sed during c loudy period s or a t night time. This me thod of using storing

and using sola r energy has never be en d one a nd if it is suc c essful, will mo ve the e ntire

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Interview (Transc ribed)Below is the transc ription of an interview with Dr. Go swa mi d isc ussing his resea rc h a nd

op inions c onc erning the e nvironm enta l awa rene ss of

USF.

BARRY RITTER: Hello, Dr. Goswami . My na me is Barry Ritter and Im the Web Ma ster for

the Entrep reneur Club a t USF St. Petersburg. The stud ents in our c lub a re going to be

ma king their ow n job s and their own businesses and sinc e there is so m uc h p ote ntial

mo ney in future g ree n industries, I wa s looking for peo p le a t USF to inte rview and you

we re on the top o f the list when I did a Goog le sea rc h. To b e honest with you, I neve r

thought youd take my interview .

DR.GOSWAMI: For students I c an t say no, for them I alwa ys have time . I c an say no to a

lot of peo p le but no t for stud ents, they a re our future.

BARRY RITTER: We wa nted to see if you ha d any o p inions on the c olleg e itself and if they

were d oing enough to ma ke them selves greener. We feel that if a c olleg e is ab le to

ma ke them selves greene r, then the students wo uld ha ve som ething to learn from and

grow their ow n b usiness ideas in the future. My first q uestion is, how environme nta lly

c onsc ious do you fe el USF is as an institut ion?

DR.GOSWAMI: The USF president ha s ac tua lly dec lared tha t the USF c amp us will be-

c om e a n environm enta lly susta inab le camp us and tha t s significant for any university to

say. There are a lot of efforts but we a re now here c lose as we ne ed to be The fac t that

the a dministra tion feels tha t it is important a nd has ma de ongoing e fforts to reac h this

goa l is significa nt to me .

To listen to aud io o f this inter-

view c lick here.


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its ava ilab le so you ha ve e nergy to use

whe n its not a va ilab le. Sinc e storag e is

very imp ortant, this is why w e are deve l-

op ing these c ap sules tha t store a lot o f

energy. So, onc e we develop our solar

power plant a nd these storage c ap sules,

we shou ld b e a b le to use the m. Tha t s just

one innova tion b ut there are so many others tha t stud ents are working o n that we

should b e a ble to use a nd experiment on them in this power plant.

BARRY RITTER: Are you awa re of the solar pa rking mete rs on c amp us? Are there any

othe r kinds of inventions tha t you think we c ould use o n c amp us to he lp this gree n

cause?

DR.GOSWAMI: This is a very imp ortant top ic . As we mo ve into elec tric transportation

with elec tric cars and p lugin hybrid c ars, we w ill nee d to ha ve loc ations in the pa rking

ga rag es where these ca rs would b e able to pa rk and p lugin and c harge . You would of

c ourse b e a ble to do this with co nventiona l elec tric ity but if you c ould a c c omp lish this

with solar panels, that wo uld b e e ven bette r. In tha t a rea , I think that USF wa s the

globa l lea der and wa s the first c olleg e c am pus in the world to ha ve solar cha rging sta-

tions built in the ea rly 1990s. They were a hea d of the ir time a nd demonstra ted how you

c ould do tha t. Now eve ryone else is c oming a round to the idea that you should be us-

ing electric transporta tion and you should b e ab le to c hang e these ve hic les with sun-

light. So I welc om e USF and the ir ideas of b uild ing solar c ha rging sta tions and putting

them a round c amp us in p a rking lots.


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BARRY RITTER: Tell me about the Zero-Energy house you a re g oing to build on c amp us.

DR.GOSWAMI: This is anothe r conc ep t tha t is go ing to bec om e ve ry imp ortant. This is

the c onc ep t of net zero energy buildings. What that m ea ns is that over a period of one

year, the a mount of energy tha t you b uy from the utility co mp any w ill equa l the

amount that you p ut ba c k into the g rid b ec ause you ha ve your own solar elec tric ity

generating panels. Firstly tha t invo lves using the m ost efficient app lianc es in the b uild -

ing a s is possible. The goa l is to use the lea st energy possible w ithout m aking the inhab-

itants unc omfortab le.

BARRY RITTER: What spec ific ally c an you do to acc omplish this?

DR.GOSWAMI: Som e o f the things are no rma l things. We c an sta rt a t lights and go to

hot w a ter hea ters to refrige rato rs to he at pump s to ho t wa ter heate rs and a ir c ond i-

tioners. There are a lso a lot of app lianc es tha t are coming on the market that we

wo uld a lso d em onstrate in this house. Number one th is wo uld be so you c ould use a s

little energy a s possible a nd numb er two, use a solar gene rato r that c ould p rod uce as

muc h ene rgy a s these appliances use over a year.

BARRY RITTER: I wa s wondering ab out return on investment. So in o ther wo rds say you b uy

this zero ene rgy house. I wa s wo nd ering if you have p rojec tions on ho w long it would

take you to p ay for the who le thing.

DR.GOSWAMI: We have to find out. Certa inly the first house w e b uild will be ve ry expen-

sive a nd you wont w ant to d o your cost effec tive a nalysis on tha t. Onc e tha t is done

though a nd you re just rep lic a ting, while lea rning and ma king the ne xt g enerations be t-


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ter, then you can start loo king into the c ost effec tivene ss. We will have the house on

c amp us and p eople will be a ble to c ome a nd visit and see w ha ts in it.

BARRY RITTER: When w ill it b e d one?

DR.GOSWAMI: The c om pet ition tha t this house is ente ring in is in Sep temb er and tha t is

in Washington DC. After that c omp letion the ho use w ill be d isassemb led and trans-

ported b ac k to c amp us. We are on a ve ry tight sc hed ule a nd it will be built right

here. Bec ause o f contrac tual things be twee n USF and the c omp any that is go ing to

build the ho use, the c onstruc tion ha s been de layed , but once those things a re ta ken

c are of the c onstruction w ill beg in.

BARRY RITTER: Ok my last q uestion to you is, is there a nything tha t I forgot to ask you tha t

you think is impo rtant to me ntion to young entrep rene uria l students?

DR.GOSWAMI: I think that the b iggest entrepreneuria l and business op portunities of the

future a re in solar powered and gree n tec hnolog ies. In this Id inc lude no t only solar

pow ered but othe r alternative ene rgy system s. The investment tha t s going into deve l-

op ing this tec hno logy around the w orld is in the hund red s of b illions of d ollars. Tha t will

c rea te e mp loyment op po rtunities and money to c rea te a nd grow the futures business.

Some o f the c ompa nies that are ma king ve ry la rge amounts of money w ere just c re-

a ted but a c oup le p eop le o nly a few years ago , in some c ases, less than 10 years ag o.

There is still a lot o f p ote ntia l there so this is informa tion tha t stud ents need to know

about.


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Various On-Campus InitiativesAlthough Dr. Goswamis research has inspired so much at the University of South

Florida, the institution has also c ome up on its own methods of be ing g reen. They have

recyc ling on cam pus, the Bull Runner, solar powered pa rking meters, and multiple envi-

ronmentally friend ly ideas for the c afeteria and multiple dining areas at USF.

Rec yc ling on CampusAll over USF the re a re nume rous recep tac les ava ilable not only for trash, but

spec ific o nes for pa per, g lass, and c ans. Students, fac ulty, and sta ff have the op tion,

and a re e nc ourag ed to recycle items a t their c onvenience o n a ll of the universitys lo-

c a tions. These c onta iners are found o utside and inside , and are ve ry visible; this team o f

stud ents ha s witnessed c lassma tes and p rofessors using the ava ilab le resourc es on

c amp us and ha s even used them as well.

The Bull RunnerThe Bull Runner is a transportation system o n c amp us, muc h like a bus system,

that a llows stude nts that live o n a nd off camp us to g et to surround ing pop ular a rea s

suc h a s student apartment c om plexes, ma lls, and from p lac e to p lac e w ithin USF with-

out ha ving to use the ir ow n vehic le. How -

ever, these b uses use w ha t is ca lled Bio-

Diesel which is a fuel ma de from d ifferent

typ es of fa tty a c ids but th is university used

vegetab le oil. Using this environme nta lly

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the a ir around c amp us be c ause the re a re no d a rk exhaust c loud s like the o nes that

reg ular buses give o ff; the engines run a lmo st silently, and veg eta b le oil is a renewa b le

sourc e. For over six yea rs the university attemp ted to use various types of resourc es in

order to find just the right o ne to utilize, and found that veg eta ble o il gave the b est,

mo st b enefic ial, and greenest results. The Green-Fleet Awa rd was given in 2002 to USF

for the use o f the Bull Runner. Click Hereto v iew a slide show from the Bull Runne r we b-

site to lea rn mo re a bout this mo de o f transportation.

Solar Powered Parking MetersIn every pa rking lot on a ll USF camp uses the re a re solar pow ered

parking meters for visitors or stud ents without p arking passes. To use them

one simp ly inserts a c red it/ deb it/ atm c ard, punc hes in the numb ered p a rk-

ing spot used , and rec eives a printed rec eipt to d isplay on the dashbo ard .

These m eters are very env ironme nta lly friend ly, a llow ing the use of the sun

to p ow er them a s op po sed to a nother source tha t could potentially harm

the a tmosphere.

Dining at USFThere is an array of ways tha t USF ha s bec om e g reener whe n it com es to its d in-

ing expe rience. To c onserve up to a lmost 33,000 ga llons of water pe r ac adem ic yea r,

the universitys d ining a rea s have b ec om e c om p lete ly trayless: there a re no trays

ava ilab le to stude nts in orde r to save energy and wa ter use in order to w ash them a fter

use. All spray nozzles in the kitc hens on c amp us have bee n replac ed with high

efficienc y valves and a ll app lianc es with ones tha t are EnergySta r b rand in orde r to b e

mo re env ironme nta lly friend ly. All c leaning supp lies used a re G reen Sea l Ce rtified so
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tha t the hea lth of a ll pe rsons using the prod uc ts as we ll as nea r them during use, a re

p rotec ted as we ll as a low imp ac t on the e arth. The p ape r p rod uc ts ava ilable a re

ma de w ith post-consumer use, as we ll as reusab le, refillab le cups for reta il sa le in the

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ConclusionThe University of South Florida is working tirelessly in order to ensure tha t it im-

p roves its green sta tus from its lower sc ore o f a D+ ba c k in 2008 to the B+ it holds now.

USF ha s done we ll up until now in be tte ring itself in this area by bringing in Dr. Goswa mi

and follow ing his resea rc h tha t, as he desc ribes it, is destined to c hange the wo rld . This

group is very p roud of its alma ma ter and the g rea t d ed ica tion to this initia tive a nd

hop e to see improvement and a long lasting insp ira tion in the future.

Dr. Goswa mi s wo rk a t USF is apprec iate d by the fa culty, stud ents and sta ff

whe ther they are c omp lete ly aw are o f his resea rc h and ha rd w ork or not: All stud ents

ta ke part in crea ting the a tmosphere a t USF and as stud ents here, this group enjoys it

and will proud ly wear the c olor green o n or off c amp us, in our hearts, and on o ur

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Annotated Bib liography Bull Runner . USF Transporta tion. 2007. Web. 16 Ma r 2011.

http://usfweb2.usf.edu/parking_services/bullrunner.asp

The b ull runner has been put in p lac e to red uc e the nee d for students to d rive the ir ve-

hicles a round camp us. It will also b ene fit students who do no t ha ve a c a r. The ultimate

goa l is to red uce em issions in order to kee p in line with the susta inab ility d oc ume nt tha t

the p resident o f the University signe d in 2007.

DeVore, Jac lyn. How green is USF?: Sc ienc e . Nov. 2008. Web . 19 Mar 2011.http://www.usforacle.com/2.5741/how-green-is-usf-1.619308

The stud y, ca lled the USF Ca mp us Susta inab ility Rep ort, conduc ted by The Susta inab le

Ente rprise MBA c lass of the 2006 sp ring sem ester and autho red und er the d irec tion o fDr. Sha ron Hanna-West, Exide d istinguished lec turer of e thics and susta inab ility, to m ake

the c ase for the c rea tion o f an o ffice o f sustainab ility on the c amp us

Flex House Video Virtual Tour Co mp lete . By Tea m Florida . US Dep artment o f Energy,

2010. Flex House. 18, Mar. 2011. http://www.flexhouse.org/updates/flex-house-

video-virtual-tour-complete/.

The Flex House v ideo takes you throug h a virtua l rea lity of w ha t Tea m Florida is going

to b ring to the tab le in D.C. It ta kes you throug h the deta iled future o f a fully susta inab le

home.

Go swami, Yogi. D. Ph.D., P.E., Co-Direc tor USF Clean Energy Research Cente r, persona l

c om munication, Ma rch 15, 2011

Dr. Goswa mi wa s interview ed by Barry Ritter in regards to h is gree n resea rc h and how

he feels about the green mo vem ent a t USF.
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Harrison, Reed . USF Profe ssor Pushes For Alternative Energy . Usforac le.c om. Feb 2008.Web 20 Mar 2011.http://www.usforacle.com/2.5741/usf-professor-pushes-for-alternative-energy-sourc es-1.618960

The adva ncements from this partic ular artic le in 2008 to c urrent green initia tives ma kefor a remarkab le c ompa rison. It is unde rstood how dep end ent we a re o n oil, and p ro-fessiona ls suc h a s Elias Stefanakos and Dr. Yog i Goswa mi a re g oing to c ultiva te otherp rac tica l a lternatives to fossil fuels. Adva nc em ents in 2008 c onsisted of improvem entsto hydrog en storag e. The mo st p rom ising solution wo uld b e to store hyd rog en as a solidwhich is more c ompa c t and ea sier to transport. Stefanakos develope d a wa y to turnTamp a s trash into c lean e nergy. Dr. Yog i Goswa mi is foc using on c rea ting c hea perand mo re e ffic ient solar pa nels. The d eve lop me nt o f solar energy rem ove s our de -pend enc y on Indian a nd China. Both p rofessiona ls a re no t excited b y the idea of etha -nol-ba sed fuel grow n from c orn because they be lieve it will d rive up food c osts.

Me lend ez, Barbara. Energy Co mp anies Help ing Fund Solar House . News.usf.edu. Feb2011. Web . 17 Mar 2011.http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/default.aspx?a=3155&template=print-arti-cle.htm

Loca l ene rgy c ompanies suc h a s Florida Power & Light, Prog ress Energy, TECO Energy,Inc . and the Orland o Utilities Co mm ission a re he lping support Tea m Florida in the U.S.Dep artme nt o f Energy Solar Dec athlon 2011 c om petition. The tea m w ill travel to Wash-ington D.C. and c om pete in de signing and construc ting a FleX house. The FleX house isan idea l zero energy ho me . The mo del of the house d isp lays a Florida -friend ly ind oo r

outd oo r living spac e. The Bec k Group will build the hom e w ith the he lp of Tea m Flor-ida s students, then shipped to Washington D.C. When the hom e is shipp ed bac k toUSF, it w ill be part of Dr. Yogi Goswa mi s solar powe r pa rk in the ma king .

Mooren, Hea ther. Sola r Pow er Co ming to USF . Usforac le.co m. Jan 2011. Web . 19 Mar2011.http://www.usforacle.com/solar-power-coming-to-usf-1.2447788

Dr. Yog i Goswa mi a nd his tea m a re c onstruc ting a solar p lant o n the ma in USF c amp us.Dr. Goswa mi is a p rofessor and c o-d irec tor of the Clea n Energy Resea rc h Ce nter(CERC). He has ded ica ted the ma jority of his 35 yea r ca ree r to studying solar power

and its pote ntial uses and bene fits. The g oa l of the solar po we r p lant is to c rea te p ow er24 hours a day via the sun, and store the energy for even when the sun is not shining.The tea m ha s rec eived fund ing from the U.S. Dep artment of Energy for the storage sys-tem . The p lant w ill not o nly be ec o-friend ly but w ill have multip le bene fits to USF and thesurround ing c om munity.
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"New York University Rec ognized For Susta inab ility Ac hieveme nts". Susta inab le Busi-ness.com. Feb 2011. Web . 15 Ma r 2011.http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/21856

This particular artic le g ives incred ible rec og nition to New York University for its a lrea dy

very succ essful susta inab ility ac hieve ments. The mo st no tab ly co mm end able part is theUnive rsity rec eived the Susta inab ility Trac king Assessment a nd Rating Syste m (STARS)gold ra ting. The Assoc ia tion for the Advanc ement of Susta inab ility in Higher Educa tion(AASHE), is hono ring the c olleg e for their Comm itme nt to the environm ent and the fu-ture of NYUs green initia tives. Som e of the goa ls include a 2017 targe t for reduc ed ca r-bon e missions by the mayor of NYC, instituting a c amp us-wide rec yc ling p rog ram a ndstriving for loc a l, orga nic food to b e served in the d ining ha lls on c amp us. These a re o n-ly a few o f the ir a lrea dy widely ac c om plished ob jec tives. This is NYUs sixth year pa r-ticipa ting in the environmenta l assessme nt.

Russell, Sta nley. Flex House-Zero Energy House Proto typ e: Sc ienc e . Cha ng ema kers,Jan 2011. Web . 19 Ma r 2011.http://www.changemakers.com/node/100541

The p rojec t is to resea rc h, design, build , and e va luate a n affo rdab le, mod ular, p re-fab -ric a ted , Zero Energy Housing p roto type for a ho t humid c lima te to b e d ep loyed on alarge sc a le as single o r multi-fam ily housing. Bec ause o f its flexibility and quickly dep loy-ab le na ture the system c ould be used as long term zero e nergy d isaster relief housing.The p roto type will function a s an exhib ition of e nergy e ffic ienc y and Zero Energy Home[ZEH] te c hnolog y for the University c om munity and the genera l pub lic . The p rojec t w illfea ture the most c ost-effec tive c omb ination of renew ab le solar energy a nd high levelsof b uilding ene rgy effic ienc y. The b uilding will inc orpo ra te the latest energy- effic ienc y

tec hnolog ies and renewa b le e nergy systems to ac hieve the mo st reliab le results.

The Co lleg e Susta inab ility Rep ort Card . Susta inab le End ow me nts Institute. 2007. Web .7 Ma r 2011.http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2008/schools/university-of-south-florida

The susta inab ility rep ort c a rd allow s ea c h c olleg e or university that partic ipa tes, to seewhere they stand on their g reen initia tives. University of South Florida bega n rec eiving a

grade in 2008.The rep ort provides grad es for nine d ifferent c a teg ories: ad ministra tion, c limate c hangeand energy, food and rec ycling, green build ing, stude nt involvement, transporta tion,end ow me nt transparenc y, investme nt priorities and shareho lder engagement. The re-port ca rd is ava ilab le to everyone to view.
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USF Solar Cha rging Sta tion. News Channe l 8. Tampabay Online, 2010. TBO. 20 Ma r.2011.http://video.tbo.com/v/30615365/usf-solar-charging-station.htm.

News Channel 8 ac know ledges USFs c ha rging sta tions on c amp us. This a llow s stud entsand visitors to b e a b le to c ha rge effic ient ve hicles via the pow er of the sun. Dr. Gos-

wa mi played a very imp ortant role in the c hargers be ing p laces strate gica lly aroundthe c am pus.

USF Preside nt Signs Historic Environm enta l Commitme nt . New s.usf.ed u. Ap ril 2008.Web . 17 Ma r 2011.http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=617&z=81

The President o f University of South Florida signe d a c om mitment in Ap ril of 2008 to re-sta b ilize the e arths c lima te. The legislation is c a lled the America n Co lleg e & UniversityPresidents Clima te Comm itment. Judy G ensha ft ha s no p ledg ed tha t USF will work to-wards neutralizing greenhouse gas emissions, and to establish educational research.The University of South Florida is engaged in a c tivities and resea rc h rela ted to the envi-ronm ent, inc lud ing a very suc cessful rec ycling p rog ram, hiring Dr. Yog i Goswa mi, one ofthe lea d ing experts on solar energy, and eva luate stra teg ies for energy a nd wa ter co n-serva tion, to only name a few.

"USF Susta inab ility Initiat ives Earn Coveted "Go ld" Rating ". Ma dduxpress.com. Feb 2011.Web . 15 Mar 2011.http://madduxpress.com/2011/02/03/usf-sustainability-initia-tive s-ea rn- c ove te d-%E2%80%9Cgold%E2%80%99-ra ting -18922

University of South Florida ha s been rec og nized by the STARS rat ing system a nd re-c eived a gold ra ting. This is the first full yea r that USF ha s partic ipa ted in the ra ting p ro-gram. With USF being so ne w to the p rogram in co mp arison w ith a ve teran like NYU, thisis a grea t ho nor to b e rec og nized . E. Christian Wells Is the current d irec tor of USFs Officeof Susta inab ility. She sta tes that it has only 500 days old and they have a lrea dy man-aged to address mo st o f the ea sy ta rgets. This a rticle a lso indic a tes tha t USF is rankedtwenty-fifth of 199 universities in the United Sta tes in Rec yc le Mania. This is a c om pet itiontha t c olleg es and universities around the c ountry pa rtic ipa te in. It gets students mo ti-vate d by using friend ly com pe tition.

What LEED Is . Usgbc .org. 2011. Web . 16 Ma r 2011.http :// ww w.usgb c .org/ Disp layPag e.aspx?CMSPageID=1988

This partic ular site p rovides informa tion o n w ha t LEED sta nd s for a nd how it is interna-tiona lly rec og nized in reg ards to g reen building c ertific a tion. It wa s deve lope d b y theU.S. Green Build ing Counc il (USGBC). LEED can b e a pp lied to c om me rc ial and residen-
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tial build ing. It imp lements gree n d esign, co nstruc tion a nd d ifferent kinds of m ainte-nance solutions.

Whitford, Linda . "University of South Florida Susta inability Report". Oc t 2009. Web . 3 Ma r2011.http://tampabaygreenproject.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/usf-sustainabil-ity-initiative-report.pdf

The Susta inab ility Initiative Report USFs Offic e of Susta inab ility Steering Co mmittee isvery insightful to the wa y in which they a re stra teg ica lly p lanning for a gree n future. Thema in foc us is to assist in glob a l susta inab ility and promo te "green" awareness throug hac tivities on c amp us and surround ing a rea s. There is an extensive list o f potentially suc -c essful goa ls. These g oa ls are b ased on an anticipa ted five year outcom e fo r the USFOffice of Susta inab ility. One of the first g oa ls of the c om mittee is to red uce gree nhousegas em issions and e nhanc e wa ter conversation, green spac e a nd imp rove e c osystem son c amp us. The sec ond goa l is to c oo rd ina te environmenta l ac tivities on c amp us. Thethird g oa l is to c oo rd inate e duca tiona l and c om munity-based initiatives on susta inab il-ity. The fourth go a l is to see k external fund ing fo r the susta inab ility related ac tivities oncampus
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Index

CConc lusion 19

DDining at USF 17

IInterview 11

MMee t Dr. Goswa mi 9

Ppu rpose o f this projec t 2

RRec yc ling on Ca mp us 16

Ssolar cha rging sta tions 8

Solar Dec athlon 6

Sola r Pow ered Parking Me ters 17

steps 1

Sustainability 3

TTab le of Conten ts ii

The Bull Runner 16

Team Ever-Green White Paper

Documents

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