| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.73 |
| Liaison | Lindsey Lyons |
| Submission Date | April 30, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Dickinson College
IN-3: Innovation 3
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Daniel
Webster Sustainability Projects Coordinator Center for Sustainability Education |
A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
The Biodiesel Shop is a student-led, student-managed project at Dickinson College, dedicated toward providing the college campus with a sustainable, alternative fuel source. Through the esterification process, waste vegetable oil (WVO), donated by Smarter Fuels, is converted into Biodiesel that can be used in a number of vehicles by campus operations and The Dickinson College Organic Farm.
Their particular achievement in the past year is their re-build of the entire shop. For the past four years, they were using equipment that was particularly amenable for a home-brew system. In 2011, The Biodiesel program was donated $20,000 worth of processing equipment. Over the past year, a group of students led by Sam Parker, the program’s student manager, designed and built a system capable of outputting nearly twice the amount of biodiesel we could accommodate previously. Additionally, this implementation will make the shop safer and more of an aesthetic attraction for a campus audience.
This achievement marks another sizeable, sustainable, and innovative product that Dickinson College students provide to this community.
Date Revised: June 6, 2012
A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise:
The website URL where information about the innovation is available:
Date Revised: Feb. 5, 2013
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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