Hey there! To start, I couldn't think of a title for this blog, so I decided to pick a quote of the evening (=
Calendar:
*30 January 2009: Lights out Friday, 4:30PM; more details in previous blog
*05 February 2009: next general meeting
This blog might be more random than others as lots of random things are going on right now. Due to this randomness, I shall bullet (by using *'s) this blog (=
*Last week at the general meeting, Neil gave a presentation on his international co-op in Berlin at Deutsche bahn ("german train”), where he did waste water management. He encouraged everyone to take part in an international co-op, as it is a great experience, and you will definitely walk away with so much more than when you began.
*Ely reports that lights out friday is off to a great start. In two weekends in one building, 1000 kWh of energy was saved.
*Ely and the health committee wish to assess the up-hill water distribution project as the regular water distribution implementation trip concludes this spring. The health committee is also working on the adult and children education programs. A child education program was handed to Ely, but the health committee is unsure whether this program will be the final program or if modifications are necessary.
*Charlie and his guys are putting a manual together for the water pump. He also reported that Hazel (our main contact in Otho Abwao) met with contractors last Friday and construction should have already began/should be beginning soon.
*Phil and his crew are dealing with foundation issues and building types. Currently, they are working on models, drawings, actual equations, and things of that nature to assess different building types.
*Tom's progress is still in the gathering general information stage. They are working on a water assessment plan and fundraising issues, as that is always a main concern.
Sorry for all the *'s this time, guys. Sometimes complete randomness calls for such things.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
1st meeting of *09
On the Calendar:
*28 January 2009: Shine the Shoe. Immediately after our bball guys take on Georgetown, at approximately 9:30p, EWB will "shine the shoe," which pretty much means clean up things. This is a great and easy way to make a good sum of money, and adequate participation from EWB members is a must.
*Lights out Friday: each Friday at 4:30pm, beginning by the ice cream machine in Zimmer Auditorium.
*next meeting: 22 January 2009
Now onto the actual meeting. The first meeting of the winter quarter featured two keynote speakers. The first was Peter Kube from the EWB Cincinnati professional chapter. When he attended the EWB fall conference, he noticed a unique relationship between student EWB chapters and professional chapters, as the two seemed to both grow and thrive of each other. He wants to see a better relationship between our chapter here at UC and the Cincy professional chapter, and he also says that the professional chapter is making it a priority to help us out by sharing ideas of what works, what doesn't, and ideas about resources, fundraising, and connections. Following Peter Kube was Joe Harrell, Executive Director of Utilities at UC.
Joe Harrell discussed the Lights out Friday effort EWB is starting to undergo. He handed out a form to help EWB tally where we are turning off the lights, how many lights are per switch, and other pertinent information. As previously discussed, EWB wants the money saved from turning off these lights to go towards the installation of light sensors around the campus so that lights will only be on when the room is being occupied.
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*28 January 2009: Shine the Shoe. Immediately after our bball guys take on Georgetown, at approximately 9:30p, EWB will "shine the shoe," which pretty much means clean up things. This is a great and easy way to make a good sum of money, and adequate participation from EWB members is a must.
*Lights out Friday: each Friday at 4:30pm, beginning by the ice cream machine in Zimmer Auditorium.
*next meeting: 22 January 2009
Now onto the actual meeting. The first meeting of the winter quarter featured two keynote speakers. The first was Peter Kube from the EWB Cincinnati professional chapter. When he attended the EWB fall conference, he noticed a unique relationship between student EWB chapters and professional chapters, as the two seemed to both grow and thrive of each other. He wants to see a better relationship between our chapter here at UC and the Cincy professional chapter, and he also says that the professional chapter is making it a priority to help us out by sharing ideas of what works, what doesn't, and ideas about resources, fundraising, and connections. Following Peter Kube was Joe Harrell, Executive Director of Utilities at UC.
Joe Harrell discussed the Lights out Friday effort EWB is starting to undergo. He handed out a form to help EWB tally where we are turning off the lights, how many lights are per switch, and other pertinent information. As previously discussed, EWB wants the money saved from turning off these lights to go towards the installation of light sensors around the campus so that lights will only be on when the room is being occupied.
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Monday, January 5, 2009
Enter: 2009
Well, it's certainly be quite some time since I've posted last. New Years Resolution: weekly/biweekly (= Wahoo!
Alright.. so a LOT of good things happened in EWB in *08, and *09 is already looking to beat *08. So here we go...
Things are going well in Nyambogo so far. Tom is doing a great job double dipping with both EWB and SBC. Last heard, Tom was meeting with Mike Morarity, a senior design student. He (Mike) had planned on going to (I think) Nyambogo for a quarter, but it will most likely just be spring break week. This would be a huge help to Tom and the whole Nyambogo crew here at UC.
Now onto the Burrere project in Tanzania. Before break, Phil was going to check and make sure important paper work was submitted during Christmas break. In terms of the issues we must deal with in Burrere, the walls of the school are in bad condition, the roof is also not sufficient, as it is too hot and it also leaks, and due to erosion, the foundation is not adequate.
In addition, Ely is also in charge of the *Lights out* effort on campus. Here's the 4-1-1 on that: every Friday, a group of EWBers goes around campus in the late afternoon-ishh and turns off lights. It may seem pretty..basic... but think about it: how many lights are left on in empty classrooms for the weekend or even longer? A LOT. And there's zippo point in having the lights on.. no one will even be in those spaces, and most importantly, it just wastes energy. So, before break, Ely talked to the PACE people on campus and then the facilities people, and she had to really push the sustainability issue, but the right people were interested. When lights out takes place, the EWBers are supposed to record the amount of lights in each room in an excel sheet, and the people who we submit this to (I'm not exactly sure who that is...) will know how much wattage it is. Then, they will calculate the cost of what they saved. EWB wants a portion of that savings to go to light sensors in each room so that lights are only on when the room is occupied.
2009 is off to a great start for EWB so far. More soon (=
Alright.. so a LOT of good things happened in EWB in *08, and *09 is already looking to beat *08. So here we go...
Things are going well in Nyambogo so far. Tom is doing a great job double dipping with both EWB and SBC. Last heard, Tom was meeting with Mike Morarity, a senior design student. He (Mike) had planned on going to (I think) Nyambogo for a quarter, but it will most likely just be spring break week. This would be a huge help to Tom and the whole Nyambogo crew here at UC.
Now onto the Burrere project in Tanzania. Before break, Phil was going to check and make sure important paper work was submitted during Christmas break. In terms of the issues we must deal with in Burrere, the walls of the school are in bad condition, the roof is also not sufficient, as it is too hot and it also leaks, and due to erosion, the foundation is not adequate.
In addition, Ely is also in charge of the *Lights out* effort on campus. Here's the 4-1-1 on that: every Friday, a group of EWBers goes around campus in the late afternoon-ishh and turns off lights. It may seem pretty..basic... but think about it: how many lights are left on in empty classrooms for the weekend or even longer? A LOT. And there's zippo point in having the lights on.. no one will even be in those spaces, and most importantly, it just wastes energy. So, before break, Ely talked to the PACE people on campus and then the facilities people, and she had to really push the sustainability issue, but the right people were interested. When lights out takes place, the EWBers are supposed to record the amount of lights in each room in an excel sheet, and the people who we submit this to (I'm not exactly sure who that is...) will know how much wattage it is. Then, they will calculate the cost of what they saved. EWB wants a portion of that savings to go to light sensors in each room so that lights are only on when the room is occupied.
2009 is off to a great start for EWB so far. More soon (=
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