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GRIN

Overview:

The Green It Now project (GRIN) at ESW-NU aims to audit small buildings on the Northwestern campus, provide recommendations for improvements, and help to get the recommendations implemented.

Currently, GRIN is conducting an energy audit of the GREEN House, Northwestern’s environmentally-themed dorm.

Project Definition:

GRIN aims to:

1. Help increase sustainability of Northwestern buildings.

•Conduct energy audits on Northwestern buildings.

•Provide recommendations for improvements.

•Help get recommendations implemented.

2. Educate team members and the Northwestern community about the importance of sustainability of buildings.

•Conduct projects on student dorms to increase awareness among students.

•Give presentations highlighting our projects and the importance of sustainability of buildings

Background:

Northwestern is conducting energy audits on several university buildings on campus. Audits of bigger buildings usually result in bigger paybacks. For instance, a 20% energy savings on a bigger building that uses a lot of energy will be higher than a 20% energy savings on a smaller building that uses less energy. This strategy makes sense. But because of this, a significant portion of campus buildings is not being audited.

Timeline: 3/30/2009 – 7/01/2010

Contact:

Phil Dziedzic

e-mail: phillipdziedzic2007@u.northwestern.edu

Cell phone: 847.345.8686

Ren Chung (RC) Yu

e-mail: rc@u.northwestern.edu

Cell phone: 847.757.4925

Meeting times:

5:30pm Tuesdays in the Ford Building lobby.