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A Greener Future
For USFSP
The Green Movement and Sustainability at USFSP

June 20, 2014




Team Green Bulls:
Ashley Lipsey
Joseph Pickel
Lauren Strickland
Davey Vera

Dr. F. Tobienne
Professional Writing
ENC 3250
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Table Of Contents

Executive Summary3
Introduction3
Existing Problems in the Environment...4
USFSP Takes Initiative For Change.....5
Student Green Energy Fund.5
Cardio Loft .7
Solar Doks8
Hybrid Trucks8
Water Bottle Filling Stations.9
"Don't Be Trashy" Recycling/Trash Bins.10
LED Daylight and Motion Sensitive Lighting.11
Rainwater Harvesting.11
Student Environmental Awareness Society..12
LEED Certified Buildings.13
Green Computing...14
The Future of USFSP...15
Comparison With St. Petersburg College...16
Interview.17
Conclusion.22
Campus Map..23
Works Cited.24
Annotated Bibliography..26








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Executive Summary
In recent years, USFSP has noticed issues within the campus and the
surrounding environment and has decided to take action. Throughout this
report, Team Green Bulls will research what has been done to make the campus
more energy efficient and sustainable as well as what plans lie in the future for
the university. We will examine the various organizations that play a part in
making this campus more eco-friendly, as well as the projects that they are
implementing to make the needed changes. We will gather information from
online journals, articles, blogs, and interviews. This white paper will focus on
what the university has done and is planning to do, and what effects it has had.


Introduction
This white paper explains the need for, the execution of, and the results
of the green movement at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. It will
discuss what environmental problems currently exist in St. Petersburg and how
they have spread to the campus. It will detail what steps the university has
taken in order to negate these effects and attempt to help the environment
recover. It will also cover the effects that the efforts have had on the students,
the campus, and the environment as a whole.
The information provided will be unbiased and informative, allowing the
reader to form his/her own opinion on the necessity and effectiveness of the
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green initiative at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, henceforth
referred to as USFSP.
Through the use of interviews, facts, charts, diagrams, pictures, and
other visual aids, this report aims to provide the reader with as much
information as possible regarding this growing movement at USFSP.


Existing Problems in the Environment
In St. Petersburg and all over the world there are several pressing
environmental issues. Coastal and watershed management are a few that are
extremely relevant in regards to our community today. Another environmental
issue involves risking our waters for other everyday uses. Wetlands and streams
are severely unprotected due to the lack of EPA specifications within the Clean
Water Act. There are loopholes within the act that are putting animals and
humans unknowingly at risk every day. Our over-polluted waters have also led
to excess algae blooms and record manatee deaths as of late. On the bright
side, the Environmental Protection Agency is fighting to close the loopholes that
hinder the purity of the water (Rubiello).
On March 25th, 2014 the biggest step yet was made. The Environmental
Protection Agency proposed a rule to fight some of the shortcomings in the
Clean Water Act. This has not been put into effect yet, but this proposal is the
first major step in taking action against pollution in our waters. This act could
be in put in effect as soon as within a year (Rubiello).
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USFSP Takes Initiative For Change
Because of the dire condition of the environment, USF St. Petersburg has
been involved in the push toward sustainability for quite some time now. In the
last few years, USF St. Petersburg has joined hundreds of other universities in
signing the American College and University President's Climate Commitment
(Mission and History). This commitment, started by the Second Nature and
the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, is a
group of organizations that help universities plan and pledge to become more
sustainable and energy efficient (USFSP should sign). According to an article
on the act, as of 2012, 647 college and university presidents have signed it,
and 434 have submitted climate action plans detailing how the schools plan to
go, and stay, green. (USFSP should sign). This act is a commitment to
higher education sustainability throughout the country.
USF St. Petersburg has been involved in many projects with visions of
going green including the Student Green Energy Fund, the Student
Environmental Awareness Society, LEED certified buildings, green computing,
and future projects to promote awareness and sustainability.

Student Green Energy Fund
In Fall 2011, USFSP established a group of
students, faculty, professors and administrators, known
as the committee for the Student Green Energy Fund,
abbreviated as SGEF. Students can submit proposals to
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SGEF for any projects that would make the USFSP campus more energy efficient
and sustainable. It originally began through a $1 per credit hour fee added to
student tuition, known as the Student Green Energy Fee. Then, a committee of
students and faculty was assembled to decide what projects to fund with the
money. To be considered, projects must either reduce energy costs, promote
power generation, reduce waste and resource consumption, or lower gas
emissions (Weybrecht). Students with projects they wish to be funded must first
submit a proposal to the SGEF to ensure that it meets all requirements to be
considered for implementation. The proposal will then go through a committee
review, be presented to the committee and undergo an administrative review.
Refer to the figure below for a detailed illustration of this process.

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The Student Green Energy Fund has established a number of
environmentally-conscious projects on the USFSP campus through ideas from
students.


Green Cardio Loft
One such notable project is the Green Cardio Loft located in the USFSP
Fitness Center. Eco-friendly cardio equipment, including treadmills, bikes, and
ellipticals can be found here. Human power from ellipticals and bikes are used
to power several treadmills. In
addition, the excess power is added
back onto the grid to power other
aspects of the gym. Overall the
equipment generates about 26.2
kilowatts of power per hour to put
towards other gym equipment. In addition to this, the cardio loft includes
several net-zero treadmills called the curve. The design of these machines is
powered by the motion of the runner in order to operate; similar to the motion
of a hamster wheel. The Green Cardio Loft is expected to be completely plugless
by the end of Summer 2014 (Wakely).




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Solar Doks
Another project initiated through the Student Green Energy Fund are
Solar Doks. These are picnic benches around campus that are fully powered by
solar panels located on a base above the table.
These tables are designed with busy students in
mind, who might need a break to stop and charge
their mobile phones, laptops, tablets, or other
electronic devices. Students now have the choice to
charge their laptops and cell phones using solar
energy rather than electricity. As of February 2013,
two solar doks had been installed on campus. They
have been received well on campus and many
students are taking advantage of them. (Solar Power Stations...)

Energy Efficient Transportation
The Student Green Energy Fund has approved
the funding for a hybrid truck used for the
transportation for the USFSP
waterfront. The truck, which will
be used for transportation and
hauling of equipment for waterfront campus recreation, is
expected to save the University $1300 in addition to mitigating 6395 lbs of CO2
annually (Weybrecht).
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Water Bottle Filling Stations
Refillable water bottle stations that visibly show that amount of water
bottles saved are in place at the water fountains around the USFSP campus.
This allows students to refill their bottles conveniently by an automatic device
activated by a motion sensor. The convenience factor of the refillable stations
encourages students to refill their
bottles compared to buying new ones.
An article including interviews by
various SGEF officers estimates, the
disposal of about 1500 plastic bottles
will be mitigated annually through this
project (Weybrecht).

"Don't Be Trashy" Recycling/Trash Bins
After sufficient planning and research the Dont be Trashy-Recycle
project was implemented by Student Government to encourage recycling by
students. In a Survey taken by students in 2010, students stated that the
reason they did not recycle was because of the inconvenience (Simpson).
Previous efforts to encourage students to recycle were also failing because trash
was being thrown into recycling bins in the Resident Hall One dorms (RHO) and
entire bins would become contaminated (Simpson). Taking this into
consideration, Student Government, led by Sophia Constantine, proposed the
idea of having recycling bins side by side to a trash cans. This was done in the
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hopes that students could conveniently choose to recycle appropriate goods
without contaminating recycling bins.
According to the project proposal
submitted by Student Body President Mark
Lombardi-Nelson, 90% of the project was
funded by the Student Green Energy Fund
while the remaining 10% was allocated from
the Clean Energy and Resource Commision.
The proposal states that the Master Objective for the project is to encourage
and increase awareness of recycling and the bins currently in place around
campus.


LED Daylight and Motion Sensitive Lighting
On the first floor of the parking garage at USFSP, the lighting has been
replaced with energy efficient LED lighting. This new lighting is estimated to
reduce energy cost by up to 70% (Weybrecht). Since the implementation of this
project, new development and planning has
gone into its expansion. USF St. Petersburg
has recently been awarded a grant from
Duke Energy for $500,000 to go towards the
expansion of this project and research of
solar energy (Stockfish). For Sophia
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Wisniewska, the regional chancellor of USF, and for students of the University,
the goal is for the parking garage to become a net-zero facility (Stockfish). This
would mean that the building would operate completely from solar energy. In
order to accomplish this objective, the University will need to install solar panels
on the top floor of the parking garage, creating a car-port like setting to ensure
there is still sufficient space for student parking.

Rainwater Harvesting
This project has not be implemented just yet but has been approved and
is in the purchasing stage. The project includes placing a rain barrel catcher,
either by the USFSP Library or Davis Hall, which will in turn be used for
irrigation for the USFSP grounds (Follow the Proposals).


Student Environmental Awareness Society
A statement from the Student Environmental Awareness Society of USFSP:
SEAS is an organization open to anyone interested
in promoting awareness of environmental issues,
outdoor activities, and taking steps towards a
greener campus, community, and world. This
includes USF St. Petersburg students, faculty, staff,
affiliates, and members of the surrounding
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community. (SEAS Student Environmental Awareness Society at USF St.
Petersburg)
This statement briefly describes the organizations dedication to keeping
the USF St. Petersburg campus clean as well as the surrounding environment.
Students, faculty or community members who wish to get involved can meet for
a weekly volunteer cleanup of the harbor where all supplies involving the
cleanup are provided.
SEAS received a $3,500 Bay Mini-Grant from the Tampa Bay Estuary
Program for the installation of a watergoat (Baynard). The watergoat is a 75
foot contraption designed to reduce water pollution by catching debris and
pollutants from surrounding cities and bodies of water (Baynard). Students and
participants of SEAS have participated weekly, and sometimes bi-weekly, to
clean out the watergoat by taking kayaks to the netting of the machine and
cleaning out and disposing of the trash.
In 2011, the trash collected from the watergoat was estimated at 2,250
pounds and increasing (Baynard). Yet in an interview with Student Government
leader, Lauren Reilly, it was discovered that the watergoat has recently stopped
working, although plans are being put into place to get it working efficiently
again.

LEED Certified Buildings
In 2010, the Science and Technology
Building became the first LEED, or Leadership
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in Environmental and Energy Design, certified building at USFSP. Beyond LEED
certification, the planning and construction of the building earned enough
credits to be declared as Gold LEED certified and is the first Gold LEED certified
building in the USF system (Patel College of Sustainability).

The LEED certification program, managed by the U.S. Green Building
Council, is a national rating system determined by the design, construction, and
operation of a building in order to improve environmental and human health
performance (Patel College of Sustainability). Buildings seeking LEED
certification need to satisfy a certain checklist of items in order to be considered
environmentally sustainable. The STG building includes a plaque on the right
side of the wall on the first floor explaining its qualifications for LEED
certification. Determined from observations recorded by Team Green Bulls, the
Science and Technology Building has done this by using a detailed process of
disposing of trash and recyclable materials during the construction and
throughout the life of the building. Specifiacally, using more than 40% natural
and local materials for the construction of the building as well as 30% recyclable
materials, along with an environmentally-friendly and energy effecient
innovation and design of the building.
The support of this building was funded by the Progress Energy
Foundation, and there are many more projects like this in the works with many
more to come, including the new University Student Center which is also
seeking LEED certification (Patel College of Sustainability).

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Green Computing
The University of South Florida St. Petersburg has also involved green
computing initiatives including classroom computers that automatically power
off, using recycled paper in labs, purchasing RoHS compliant low-power
computer hardware and peripherals, and providing recycling and disposal for
computer parts and batteries. There is also a computer disposal service in
conjunction with Central Receiving to properly dispose of old computers,
monitors, printers, etc. Once hard drives are removed, a request form is filled
out and sent to Central Receiving, and they will schedule a time to pick up the
used equipment (Green Initiatives).


The Future of USFSP
The students at USFSP have seemed to notice the changes around
campus and most are appreciating them. Its nice to see changes being made,
says sophomore Xavier Orie, I grew up recycling so it was hard to throw things
away when I knew they should be recycled (Radeka). The sustainability
movement at USFSP is making great strides for both the campus and the
environment. But where is USFSP headed in the future?
USFSP and the students and faculty involved in the green movement have
an ultimate goal of becoming completely sustainable and carbon neutral. After
meeting with Lauren Reilly, a member of student government at USFSP for the
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past three years who is highly involved in the green
movement, this seems like a possibility for the
university, in time however.
Projects that USFSP is working on now include a
monitoring system for the buildings within USFSP, a
full-time Office of Sustainability, LED lights throughout the entire parking
garage, and converting all buildings to be LEED certified.
During an in-person interview, Lauren states, New monitoring systems
would be incredibly beneficial to the students and the University. Students
would be able to see the amount of electricity they are using which could lead to
students making more informed decisions about electricity use at school and in
their homes. She also goes on to explain that in the long run, the university
would save money by being able to control their usage.
Currently there is an office that students can go to in order to find out
about sustainability which is located in the Terrace right next to Davis and
Coquina Hall. However, this office has limited hours and is not well-known.
Members of Student Government and the Student Green Energy Fund are
putting plans forth in order to have an Office of Sustainability that is open at all
times that students can go to in order to learn more about using energy
efficiently and sustainability. This will also be an office where students can
receive guidance about how to tweak and submit their proposals to the SGEF.


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Comparison With St. Petersburg College
Several other universities and colleges have recognized the need for
change involving the Green Movement. A notable local community college that
has been show recognition for this is St. Petersburg College (SPC). The campus
has been noticed by the U.S Green Building Council and had also been involved
in recycling initiatives and raising student awareness on environmental issues.
In October, 2011, the SPC Clearwater campus was awarded the 2011
Outstanding Project of the Year: LEED-NC Higher Education by the U.S. Green
Building Council for its exceeding standards for the schools Natural Science,
Mathematics and College of Education (NM) building (SPC building named).
This building is also an LEED Gold certified building, comparable to that of
USFSPs Science and Technology building.
SPC has also taken on projects to raise awareness of environmental
issues to students and community members. One project, produced by the
students in the Media Arts department is a 30-minute documentary named
Away: A Story of Trash which is designed to educate viewers on the effects of
trash and pollution (SPC Students Talk Trash). SPC is a great example of a
college from the same region as USFSP with the same environmental goals in
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Interview
The following is an interview conducted with Daniel McGarigal, who has had a
huge impact on SGEF.
1. What is your involvement with the Student Green Energy Fund?
I am one of the founding students of the SGEF on our campus. Although I
was not involved in lobbying the state government to acquire the Green
Fund, I was one of the first students appointed to it and I helped write the
bylaws and operating documentation for the committee. I also created and
have run the website [for SGEF] for the past 2 years.
2. What are your thoughts about the changes USFSP is making in order
to become more energy efficient?
The campus is making great strides to improve energy efficiency across
campus. Most of these efforts are student-led initiatives. Although the
campus has previously de-lamped parts of the parking garage and has made
many minor LED retrofits, the majority of the larger efforts are student led.
The larger projects underway are the LED retrofit of the entire parking
garage and the start of the LED retrofit for RHO [Residence Hall One], with
funding already approved for the first floor. We are also making great strides
to lead the way for a more efficient future. With the SunSense Solar Grant
being awarded to us from Duke recently, the parking garage is likely to be a
NetZero building (1 of only 2 in St. Pete that I know of) and the only one in
the USF system. The students are also pushing (with some monetary backing
from the university) to implement a monitoring system. This system would
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monitor things like energy, water, and gas usage in all (or at least the
major) buildings on campus and display data showing inefficiencies and
incongruences in usage. This would allow our facilities managers to see the
problems and resolve them immediately rather than allowing them to waste
time and energy while operating at less than perfection.
3. Do you feel as if SGEF has helped students voice their ideas and
concerns about this initiative?
I am positive the SGEF has helped students have their ideas heard. We have
heard lots of great projects and have been able to implement most of them.
Unfortunately not all projects are fundable. But, those that arent usually
come back and try again after more research and information is gathered.
This process is a life skill that the students learn through working with the
committee members. They also learn how to network with the proper people
to create a professional presentation and proposal, in addition to professional
presentation skills. Presenting in front of the committee is both nerve
wracking and scary. It takes some skills to get up, be confident, know your
information, and present it properly. The committee allows for two
presentations (of sorts) for these things to be ironed out.
4. What project has led to significant change around campus as a result
of SGEF?
The largest impact that a SGEF project has had thus far is more than likely
the refillable water bottle stations that are across campus. Between these
and the recycled plastic recycle bins, SGEF has saved tens (if not hundreds)
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of thousands of plastic bottles from being used on our campus. The lifestyle
of owning and using a refillable bottle has grown and changed drastically
since we implemented this project. Another good one is the Solar Doks picnic
tables that are down by the water. They were used very rarely when first
installed, but have since become more popular, more well know about, and
much more utilized. The most exciting change I have seen though is the
culture. We have seen sustainability grow to be a part of Student
Government, part of the normal operation of many student clubs, and
become a part of nearly every student. Recycling is almost common place
now and refilling a bottle rather than buying one is much more prevalent.
Students are producing electricity with their cardio workouts now too rather
than using it.
5. How does working with the faculty, administrators, and students
under one cause affect the Student Green Energy Fund?
The faculty, staff, and administrators that are a part of SGEF are critical to
the operation. More often than not they provide valuable insight into the
plausibility of certain technologies, and the practicality of utilizing some of
the projects we have seen. We usually have a business minded professor
that makes sure we are evaluating the Return on Investment figures
properly, an environmental professor that ensures we are seeing the entire
impact of each project rather than the simplistic one, and we have staff that
ensure we understand the total costs of these projects (many of them leave
out installation and long term maintenance plans). Without these thoughts,
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the students could be spending money less efficiently than they could be.
With the input of these people, we ensure we are spending wisely.
6. How has fund management changed since your time with the SGEF?
When I first started we struggled to obtain proposals. Then in the end of the
first year and the second year, we had more proposals than we could fund,
and the third year we had projects so large that we could only afford to
choose one. The numbers are primarily looked after by the President of the
committee, which is designated to always be a student. The spending is done
much more wisely now that things have evolved and grown stronger.
7. What is in store for the future of USFSP and the SGEF?
The future is bright. There are two young, energetic and passionate young
ladies that are poised to become leaders of the environmental movement at
USFSP (Alyssa Winsto, Student Government Department of Sustainable
Initiatives, and Monica Gonzalez, Vice President of SGEF). With these young
ladies leading and recruiting others, I have no doubt that the student energy
fund will continue strong and grow in the future, The university is also
working on establishing an Office of Sustainability to further its efforts in the
same vision. This will allow the university to grow its efforts as well. The
future is bright for this small school and I believe it will be carbon neutral by
2025.
8. What is your advice to students that wish to get involved in the
green movement?
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My best advice to students that want to get involved is to either join the
Department of Sustainable Initiatives in student government or to propose a
project to SGEF. For SG, go to the Student Government page on Orgsync
and fill out the application. For SGEF, spend some time on the SGEF page
(usfsp.edu/sgef) to learn some of the guiding principles, previous projects,
and how the process works. I am more than happy to guide or field any
students interested in getting involved as I am sure Alyssa Winston is as
well.




Conclusion
The progress USFSP has made thus far in the green movement is
incredible. Through the various student organizations, such as SGEF, SEAS, and
many others, the university is well on its way to becoming more sustainable and
eco-friendly. Thanks to dedicated and passionate students, faculty, and
administrators, many green ideas have become reality and are now operating
on campus and in the surrounding area. Projects such as the Green Loft, the
LED parking garage lighting, LEED certified buildings, and water bottle refilling
stations have led USFSP to become a leading example of an eco-friendly college
campus.
Students, faculty, and administrators of the USFSP campus are aware of
the long and tedious road to sustainability and becoming completely carbon
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neutral. For now, members that have been involved in the movement, such as
Lauren Reilly and Daniel McGarigal, believe that significant initial steps have
been taken to get there and are looking forward to the future of what is to come
for the University.





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Annotated Bibliography
Green Initiatives. Undergraduate Admissions. University of South Florida St.
Petersburg, 2013. Web. 11 June 2014.
This webpage is directly from the USFSP website of Undergraduate
Admissions. It teaches those interested in attending the university
information about the green initiative. It thoroughly explains all of the
universitys efforts and the various programs they have started. It is a
credible source because it comes directly from the USFSP website and
offers most of the general information necessary.
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Follow the proposals. USFSP Green Energy Fund. University of South Florida
St. Petersburg, 2013-2014. Web. 11 June 2014
This is an extremely useful link within the USFSP Green Energy Fund
website. On this page, one can search all of the proposals involved with
this group over the last few years. There are links within the proposal
chart for one to get a better idea of each individual proposal. One can
also view whether or not the proposal was rejected and the current status
of pending proposals.

Patel School of Global Sustainability. University of South Florida St. Petersburg,
2014. Web. 16 June 2014.
The Patel School of Global Sustainability provides information about both
the Office of Sustainability on campus, as well as the other programs they
offer. The entire website gives comprehensive information surrounding all
things about the sustainability movement.

Radeka, Haley. Office of Sustainability: USF is Going Green. The Digital
Bullpen. 9 December 2011. Web. 17 June 2014.
This source gives information about the various green projects planned
for the campus, as well as provides some direct quotes from the Office of
Sustainability and students on campus.
Stockfish, Jerome. "Grant to help USFSP produce, study solar power." . The
Tampa Tribune, 15 June 2014. Web. 12 June 2014.
This article explains that the University of South Florida St. Petersburg
was received a $500,000 grant for solar panels. USFSP aspires to put the
solar panels on the roof of the parking garage in order to produce a net-
zero energy facility. The article includes key components about how this
project came into effect.

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Simpson, Jerrod. "Sustain-a-Bull: Is USFSP Trashy?." The Crow's Nest 19 Oct.
2010, sec. Arts & Life: n. pag. Print.
This article from is from the USF St. Petersburg Newspaper. The article
describes current and past issues involving recycling at the USFSP
campus. The article also talks about plans for future recycling.

USFSP. Student Green Energy Fund. University of South Florida St.
Petersburg, 2014. Web. 14 June 2014.
This page is a collection of images, links, and other visuals that help
portray what USFSP has done with the Student Green Energy Fund thus
far. There is an image that states days since SGEF proposal deadline,
which is used to keep readers informed on the time table of the project.
Along the left side of the page, one can see links to information such as
the SGEF bylaws, projects, proposals, and much more.

Wakely, Abby. Fitness Equipment at USF St. Petersburg Requires Only
Calories. USFSP Connect. 8 October 2013. Web. 17 June 2014.
This source provides plenty of information about the USFSP Green Loft
and the equipment that can be found there. It includes details about the
amount of energy produced and how it is being used.

Weybrecht, Giselle. An Innovative Way to Making Your Campus More
Sustainable: The Student Green Energy Fund. Primetime. 17 December
2012. Web. 16 June 2014.
This source is in the format of an interview and therefore covers some
information from the then-president of the Student Green Energy Fund.
Its nice to have a source that gives an insight directly from an inside
member.