Generator
From Sustainability

The MIT Generator exists to unite and catalyze student groups working on local energy, environment, and sustainability projects with a campus focus
If you have questions about the Generator, contact Adam Siegel <asiegs at mit dot edu> or Chris Kempes <ckempes at mit dot edu>
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MIT Generator Updates
- The Fall 2008 MIT Generator will be held in Stata 32-123 on Tuesday, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:30pm. Get involved!
- The Green Room will be held every Tuesday night at 6pm in Stata Forbes Cafe. This will be a great opportunity for your projects to meet and to also interact with the other groups. Be sure to come!
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Working Group home pages
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From Spring Generator 2008
- Bazaar o' Ideas
- Electric Vehicle
- Energy Map
- Energy Retrofits
- Dorm Competition
- Thermo-Electric Generation
- Food Initiative
- Biodiesel@MIT
- MIT Behavioral Modeling Sandbox
- EcoExpo
- MIT Food Initiative
- Energy Use Identification energy map and building audits
- Closing the Loop awareness and personal sustainability
- MIT Earth Day
- Department Printing - reducing environmental impact of printing
- Interaction with Harvard!
- Department Audit Toolkit - creating a toolkit to facilitate environmental footprint audits of MIT departments
- whatmycampusisdoing dot org - an information resource for campus sustainability initiatives
- Postcard For Faculty Green Commitment - a postcard to everyone on MIT's payroll, for display on office doors
- Human powered electronics
- Coordinate with other universities
- Bike powered laptop
- Student input into Energy Education
- E62 Roof PV Arrays and Campus Energy Kiosks
- Transportation
- Green Fund
- Graduation Pledge
- Eat that CO2
- MIT GHG emissions reductions commitment passed by student government
- Green Roof UROP
- Testing
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From Fall Generator 2006
- LSC Big Picture on Sustainability
- Focus on Climate Change
- Smart Campus
- Branding
- Endowment and socially responsible investing
- Green Building
- Food and Waste
- Energy Controls fostering local installation of energy-saving technology for lighting, HVAC, etc.
- Curriculum reform
- CEE Energy Design Course
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Links for Generator Attendees
- Resources for Working Groups
- Campus Energy Success Stories
- Generator Stories - add yours!
- Generator feedback
- Help on Editing this Wiki
- Steve Lanou and Peter Cooper's slides from the Generator
i generate Newsletter Archive
Wednesday, Feb 27
- So you want funding?! Proposals due by Mar 7 (extended from Feb 29)!
- Get your i generate t-shirt now
- Thanks for a great Re-Generator!
- Group progress update: Food initiative and Department sustainability audits
- Get your FUNDING!
- Last chance for your i generate t-shirt!
- Group progress update: Food initiative, EcoExpo
- Green Room update
- Pick up your i generate t-shirt at the Green Room next week!
- Group progress update: Closing the Loop, Energy Week
- MIT Generator in the news!
- Green Room update
- Join the hands-on retrofitting next Monday, the 7th! Free dinner!!
- Generator featured on NPR!
- AASHE 2008: Working Together for Sustainability - Join the conference!
- Visit the Green Room: Tuesday's at 6pm in Stata's Forbes Cafe
- Project spotlight: Closing the Loop and UROP opportunity
- The US Secretary of Energy to visit Wednesday
- AASHE 2008: Working Together for Sustainability - Join the conference!
- Visit the Green Room: Tuesday's at 6pm in Stata's Forbes Cafe
- MIT Energy Conference's Friday Night Showcase: This Friday
i generate news - Monday, April 14
- The MIT Museum wants us!
- Closing the Loop on Printing, Help conserve paper: TOMORROW! April 15
- Visit the Green Room: Tuesday's at 6pm in Stata's Forbes Cafe
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Archives
- Original Generator Announcement
- Original Generator Concept
- Press Release about the MIT Generator
- Transcript of Jason's 2006 Generator Opening Remarks
- Photos of the Generator on Flickr
- Generator Bulletin 2006-12-12
- Article in Tech Talk #51 about the Generator
- Tech Talk Article about the Re-Generator
- Photos of the ReGenerator on Flickr
- Re-Generator Link Archive
- New Ideas from the Re-Generator
- Challenges from the Re-Generator
- Generator Bulletin 2006-03-19
- Reflection guide for spring 2007 Generator dinner
- Generator planning meeting 2007-09-12
- Generator Dinner 2007-05-14

