What We're Doing
Energy
Students for Renewable Energy
Students for Renewable Energy is a non-partisan club that exists to affect our local, national, and global community to move towards sustainability, through the use of renewable energy, by setting an example at Western Washington University.
Website: http://www.westernsre.org | Group Email: sre@cc.wwu.edu
Coordinator Contact: Rose Woofenden | Email: rose@westernsre.org
100% Green Power
As a result of the student-led Green Power initiative, Western Washington University is powered 100% by alternative energy sources. Puget Sound Energy's Green Power program annually provides WWU with 33 million kilowatt hours of domestically-produced, alternative energy via Renewable Energy Credits. Through this program, WWU is the nation's fourth-largest buyer of green energy among academic institutions.
Website: http://www.westernsre.org | Group Email: sre@cc.wwu.edu
Building Dashboard (beta)
Office of Sustainability's Resource Conservation Specialist has created a building dashboard designed to allow students, faculty and staff to check up on their energy usage, water consumption and carbon footprint in a given building. The dashboard features per-person and building usage, as well as month-to-month and month-to-average percent changes. Check out the building dashboard here.
Program News
Western Today: Western working to increase energy efficiency... {1/13/12}The Western Front: Library bathrooms gain bins to lose waste {1/6/12}
Western Today: Project to compost paper towels in Haggard Hall starts {1/3/12}
The Daily Iowan: UISG proposes voluntary 'green' fee {12/8/11}
Office of Sustainability: Sequoia Tree Lighting {11/30/11}
The Western Front: Green fee funds bottle refilling stations {9/30/11}
Western Today: WWU Ranked 14th on Sierra Club's 'Coolest Schools' {8/17/11}
Western Today: $15K from PSE boosts WWU's Clean Energy Program {8/15/11}
Western Today: WWU Lands on Three National Green-College Rankings {8/1/11}
The AS Review: When Green is Gold {5/31/11}
Western Today: LED lights in parking lots, solar panels among projects... {5/11/11}
The Western Front: Gas plant may slash Western's heat bill {5/6/11}
The Bellingham Herald: PSE power plant could heat WWU, waterfront {5/4/11}
The Western Front: Students compete for $300,000 in Green Fee money {5/3/11}
The Western Front: Western recognized for green energy use... {4/29/11}
University Communcations: WWU on 3 National Green-College Rankings {4/28/11}
The Western Front: Whatcom County recognized for green energy use {2/11/11}
Western Today: Your eco-friendly idea could be funded by... {2/1/11}
The AS Review: Time to put the Green Fee money to use {1/31/11}
The Western Front: Green Energy Fee Committee seeks sustainable... {1/21/11}
Western Today: WWU 12th on EPA green energy list of Top 20... {11/3/10}
The Western Front: Energy fee to increase less than expected {5/17/10}
University Communcations: WWU Students Re-Approve 'Green Fee'... {5/10/10}
The Western Front: Western ranks high in EPA challenge {4/26/10}
Western Today: Bellingham waterfront wind gear is first step to wind power {1/8/10}