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Spring 2013
It's going to be another great semester for sustainability! Make sure to come to our next General Body Meeting Monday, February 1st in the Perlstein Auditorium.
What's going on this year:
First General Body Meeting of Spring 2013
Monday, February 4th will be our first general body meeting! Join us for projects, food,...
Monday, February 4th will be our first general body meeting! Join us for projects, food, and planning for the new year. The first meeting is an excellent time to get involved for the rest of the year.
Announcing Worm Compost Project
Hello ESW-IIT Members, We are looking into starting a new project his spring semester!...
Hello ESW-IIT Members,
We are looking into starting a new project his spring semester!
Design and Building a Worm Compost for UFarmIIT
The objective of this project is to design and build a container for worm composting for UFarmIIT. UFarmIIT (IPRO 314) is an urban garden that is located on the IIT Greek Quad. Worm Composting (Vermicompost) is the process of composting using various worms, usually red wigglers.
This project will hopefully be finished by the end of the semester.
If you are interested in getting involved with this project just fill out this form!
Questions & Answers from IIT Facilities
On Monday 10/15, ESW welcomed IIT Facilities to answer your questions about IIT and sustainability....
On Monday 10/15, ESW welcomed IIT Facilities to answer your questions about IIT and sustainability. Thank you to facilities for coming as well as you all for submitting your questions. See a list of them below:
Q: What happened to the B-Cycles (rent-able cycles) on campus?
A: B-Cycles were removed to bring in a new company that is also installing such stations all around the entire city. This will make using the cycles easier since students will have many more drop-off and pick-up locations all around the city.
Q: Does IIT Generate any of its own power?
A: In short, no. IIT does have solar panels but they don't contribute that much energy. IIT has gas turbines (the giant smokestack) but they are not in use because the operating costs are more than the cost of electricity that ComEd provides. IIT does purchase all of its energy from non-coal power solutions (i.e. nuclear, wind, solar...)
Q: How does recycling work at IIT? How much of the waste is actually recycled?
A: The waste in the red recycle/trash containers does get recycled, unless the recyclable waste is contaminated. Alot of the trash outside of the buildings cannot be recycled because it is overly contaminated with non recyclable products. Everything is sent off site by Waste Management.
Q: Does the compost machine next to MTCC work?
A: It does but it is not used right now. This is because the amount of food waste required to run it is not generated by the food consumption. While the total volume of waste might be enough, the composition is not right. The required waste has to be all organic, no plastics or wrappers and such.
Q: what is IIT doing about its paper use?
A: OCES has greatly reduced its paper use. We are asking other departments to also do the same. That is where we could use some help and improvement. The allotted paper fund for each student is been reduced to discourage unnecessary printing.
Upcoming General Body Meetings
There will be food, projects, and fun! Location: Perlstein Auditorium Time: 12:50pm Food:Of Course! Dates:...
There will be food, projects, and fun!
Location: Perlstein Auditorium
Time: 12:50pm
Food:Of Course!
Dates:
- 10/15
- 10/29
- 11/12
- 11/26
SolarCubed Box Contest Announced
The offical SolarCubed Box Design contest has been anounced! Head over to the projects page...
The offical SolarCubed Box Design contest has been anounced!
Head over to the projects page for more details for your chance to get involved and win a $300 cash prize
General Body Meeting
Come to the first General Body Meeting of the year, Monday September 17th. We will...
Come to the first General Body Meeting of the year, Monday September 17th. We will be discussing our ongoning projects including SolarCubed, IIT Community Garden, and Solar Wifi. Additionally we will discuss and seek participating with our new projects including High School Outreach, Identifying & Improving IIT's cleaning projects, and Wind Turbine Design Compeition. Your ideas and thoughts are more than welcome!