Energy is a major operating cost for local governments. City of National City has taken many steps to reduce energy usage in its facilities implementing energy efficiency and conservation. The City is now considering the implementation of a microgrid, which is a renewable resource generator that empowers a geographic area to use its own electricity […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Lemon Grove Climate Action Planning: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change in Lemon Grove, CA
Recent satellite and ground-based data have indicated that Earth’s climate is changing at an alarmingly fast rate as the mean global temperature continues to rise. This effect is visible around the world and is already beginning to threaten both society and the environment (Kitchen, 2014). Our failure to limit the emissions of heat-trapping green-house gases […]
Future growth of organic solar cells in the building integrated photovoltaic market
The World heavily relies on using coal, natural gases and oil for its energy; the global economy is strongly dependent on nonrenewable fossil fuelsas an energy source. These fuels are a finite source of energy that will eventually decrease, becometoo costly and largely play a damaging role to the environment.Looking for a better permanent solution, […]
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Marina Tidelands: Modernization & Re-innovation
This report represents a semester of work by nine students of San Diego State University. Objectives included: 1. Determining the potential for non-industrial uses for portions of National City’s Marina District. 2. Identifying the most likely areas for conversion from industrial use. 3. Projecting those parcels’ best use. 4. Creating a written report and making […]
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Recycling Marketing Plan For Foxdale Village
This project will expand on a past SCC project in spring 2015 that evaluated Foxdale’s recycling program. Students will identify ways to motivate residents to recycle and how to increase interest in sustainability as a community and as individuals Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact Info […]
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Georeferenced Easement Map for the Sustainable City of Seaside
The purpose of this project is to help the City of Seaside reduce the amount of paper files on easements, and to create a single map through ArcGIS for future ease of use. According to the EPA, about 69 million tons of paper are used in the U.S. each year. The Sustainable City of Seaside […]
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Easement Map Project
The purpose of this project is to help the City of Seaside reduce the amount of paper files on easements, and to create a single map through ArcGIS for future ease of use. According to the EPA, about 69 million tons of paper are used in the U.S. each year. The Sustainable City of Seaside […]
Oil Seed Processing
The Eco Farm uses a significant amount of cooking oil in its operation and would like to develop a 5 acre parcel for sunflower oil crops which would provide the feedstock to an oil pressing operation. Students are to determine the most viable oilseed crop for the farm, to develop a processing method for the […]
Biodigester For A Small Farm Operation
The Eco Farm is interested in expanding biodigester inputs to include vegetable and food waste in its current and expanded plans for three biodigesters. Students are to design the system and model input and output efficiencies. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact Info University Faculty Contact […]
Analysis of Logan City’s Recycling Progam
The City of Logan has provided curbside recycling to the residents of Cache Valley for over 10 years. In rural areas of the county, as well as in outlying towns, the efficiency of recycling collection is lower than in the rest of the service area. This is largely due to the fact that residences, and […]