Matt Kuharic, Department of Earth & Space Sciences Kaia Peterson, M.B.A.

UW Climate Partnershipwww.climatepartnership.com Matt Kuharic, Department of Earth & Space Sciences Kaia Peterson, M.B.A. Amy Wheeless, Evans School Eli Levitt, Evans School Dr. Kevin Laverty, Professor, UW-Bothell Business School

Not Why but HOW

Community Partners The Seattle Climate Partnership and Steve Nicholas and Tracy Morgenstern of the City of Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment. Stephanie Harrington, Director of UW Earth Initiative and John Chapman, Director of UW Facilities.

SCP Founding Members

Keystone Project Goals Help the UW reduce its carbon footprint with recommendations of tangible actions • Use the UW as a case study to help other members of the SCP

Next Best Steps for UW • Conservation • Virtual Conferencing • Green Building at the Safeco Tower • Carbon Capture • Methane Capture at the Old Montlake Landfill • Power Plant Carbon Sequestration • Other Impacts • Climate Friendly Investing • GHG Offsets • Our Peers Independent Studies: 5 Groups, 11 Students, 5 Departments

Electricity sub-metering • Long-term goal: develop a framework. View all electricity, water, steam, and paper use (consumption) in real time. • Compare use among departments and buildings. • Start friendly competitions between dorms, departments, or buildings. • What gets measured, gets done.

Current infrastructure Independent Vendors Electricity Meters Existing Electricity Meter Electricity Meter Common Server System Common Data Warehouse Electricity Meter Netline System Online Servers Microsoft Access Database Electricity Meter Electricity Meter New Web Server SQL Database Web Application Client

Thanks!

Matt Kuharic, Department of Earth & Space Sciences Kaia Peterson, M.B.A.