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ENVS 12 Project Plan

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ENVS 12 Project Plan

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By: Hannah,

Mikhaila, Bryan

Our Topic:

Electrical Energy and Heating System Usage in Dartmouth’s Small Energy Accounts

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#1

Specifics:

  • Concentration on older buildings
  • Specifically working on a dorm building will allow us to have a larger impact on the student body by improving housing conditions.
  • We believe that the greatest potential for energy efficiency lies in retrofitting existing buildings with new technologies

Sanky Diagram:

  • In the electric sector alone 65% of energy is lost, begging the question of whether or not a decentralized energy production method would be more efficient
  • In 2021, only 12% of US energy consumption came from renewables, highlighting a market to be capitalized on that would decrease usage from less clean and environmentally friendly sectors

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Potential Sites:

  • Wheeler Hall
  • Constructed in 1889 ; No record of previous renovations
  • Heating system = entirely steam
  • Richardson Hall
  • Constructed in 1905 ; No record of previous renovations
  • Heating system = entirely steam

#3

Narrowing the Pool:

  • Wheeler Hall
  • Compared to Richardson's 61 beds, Wheeler houses 107 students
  • More students correlates with increased energy usage and allow us to have a greater impact on improving Dartmouth's energy efficiency
  • We would also have a greater impact on the housing conditions of more students

image credit: Flickr

Meeting Energy Needs

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Meeting Energy Needs:

Meeting campus energy needs:

  • 134 year old building →likely drafty, leading to wasted energy
  • Tackling low hanging fruit of energy effiency by updating materials to more efficient counterparts, i.e. glazed glass, better insulation and sealing of windows and doors
  • Steam = 1 heating zone per building prevents heating customization per room and wasted energy as people seek to cool their rooms by leaving windows open in the winter while heaters run
  • Moving to a hot water system would allow for greater energy efficiency and control, lowering the amount of energy needed at once

Potential Easy Fixes:

Material

Weatherproofing

Why it matters:

Why this matters:

  • Tackling low-hanging fruit first
  • allows for more complex issues to be tackled fully with small problems fixed ahead of time
  • Increases the building's liveablility quality
  • Allows for more comfortable living conditions with more indvidual control, decreasing behaviorial energy insecurity of students
  • Saves Dartmouth money
  • Making buildings more efficient over time will lower energy costs for the college
  • Greater energy efficiency also means less emissions will be released the school, making Dartmouth a more sustainable and environmentally-conscious place as well as helping to fulfill its "Our Green Future" goals
  • By making information more readily available to the general public, it increases public will to address issues

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Primary Elements:

What are the primary project elements?

  • Identifying a small energy account on campus
  • Alignment with Dartmouth’s "Our Green Future" standards and goals
  • Identifying proposed solution benefits and trade-offs for all parties and stakeholders involved
  • Alignment with the student body’s needs, wants, and opinions
  • Ensuring that the tenets of energy justice are met by seeking out and listening to traditionally underrepresented and unheard voices (student voices over adminstrative interests)

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Specific Steps:

  • Initial energy auditing and research into the history of the building’s energy use,
  • Figuring out the current amount of energy used by the building, identifying areas for improvement (i.e. where things can be more energy efficient through renovation or change of energy usage norms),
  • Consulting with experts at Dartmouth for information (Rosi Kerr)
  • Finding an effective solution for the area(s) of improvement and figuring out feasible methods of implementation (especially concerning finances and administration),
  • Consulting with members of the administration and staff at the Sustainability Office for help with brainstorming potential solutions
  • Synthesizing our results and findings into a presentation and final deliverable video

What are the specific steps necessary to complete each of the project elements?

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Project Timeline

4/17: Project plan due

4/20: Contact Sustainabilty Office and all other necessary resources on campus to obtain data and information; begin discussing and researching appropriate solutions from synthesized data

4/25: Deliverable mini-draft, begin synthesizing all information (data, research, solutions) into our presentation and video with a storyboard, script, and other organizational methods

In addition to weekly group meetings to check in on progress...

5/11: Deliverable draft, be done with all research at this point, have starting filming and editing video, framework of presentation is laid out

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How each member's role will support the creation of the project?

  • Mikhaila - My knowledge of video production and editing will allow me to step up as a leader with the video portion of the project ; I can be in charge of checking out equipment from the Jones Media Center and organizing anything else we would need for production, such as scheduling interviews and getting footage from around campus.
  • Hannah - As someone with extensive administrative experience through leadership positions in various organizations, I have the ability to synthesize data and information and present it in a comprehensible way, which will be important at all stages of the project. Additionally, I have good communications skills which will be necessary in reaching out to administrators and experts in the early stages of the project, as well as for outreach to our audience and clients in the later half of the project.
  • Bryan - With experience in photography and Adobe, I will help my team shoot and edit different scenes for our final video presentation. I also have experience conducting interviews which will be critical as we investigate potential energy solutions, getting first hand knowledge from the maintenance staff. I also have experience in doing contracting work which will be helpful in figuring out costs and feasibility.

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