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Bulls Go Green
USF: Green Movement
How is the University of SouthFlorida becoming a more
environmentally friendly school?
Created By:Bulls Go Green
Jacey Miller
Katie Esposita
Dayna Rockford
Bethany Johnson
Ryan Vansickle
Professor Tobienne
ENC 3250.794
April 6, 2012
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Executive Summary.......3
What is the Green Movement? ........4
Organizations
SEAS..........5
Office of Sustainability .....5
Interview.........6
Recognition
LEED.........7
Princeton .......8
Changes on Campus
Smoke Free........9
Green Energy Fund.......9
Comparisons
Campus to Campus .......10
Report Card Rating and Analysis..11
Conclusion12
Works Cited.....14
Annotated Bibliography..15
Table of Contents
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Executive SummaryIn the United States today,
environmental awareness and
movements have been becomingincreasingly popular and influential.
Many companies, business, schools,
and universities have been working
hard to endorse and maintain a
healthy living environment for
everyone. The University of
South Florida is a university
with motivation to do its part to
ensure a clean campus,community, and overall
environment. Many efforts are
being conducted to make sure all
earth friendly goals are met.
USF not only provides
an education for students, but
also provides a student life
surrounded by many
organizations that focus onsustainability. The Office of
Sustainability and SEAS are just
two of the extremely important
organizations at USFSP
dedicated to promoting a
healthy setting. The earth
friendly efforts of the university
have been nationally recognized.
The Princeton Review hasacknowledged the school for its
ratings of being a green school.
LEED certification, or
Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design, has been
awarded to few buildings and
USF is working to get more
buildings accredited. USF isalso a tobacco and smoke free
campus, allowing students,
faculty, staff, and visitors to
walk the campus breathing in
clean, healthy, smoke free air.
This notion encouraged USF
Tampa to then designate 25
smoking zones so that non-
smoking students there could aswell enjoy these same luxuries.
The Student Green Energy
Fund allows revenue to come
in for further eco-friendly
projects to be accomplished.
Each different campus
of USF has their own specific
way of participating in this
green movement. From theBull Runner transit system in
Tampa, to the recycling
programs at the Lakeland
campus drastic changes have
been made over the past few
years as the green movement
has motivated the world tobecome a cleaner, better place.
From the efforts of each USF
campus, the university has
earned a B plus on their College
Sustainability Report Card,
tying and outdoing two other
major Florida universities. This
grade is an improvement from
the past two years, which proves
that the sustainability efforts the
university has taken have made
a difference in the environment.
As we can see endorsing Go
Green campaigns is making
significant, positive changes in
lives. Going Green is definitely
a challenge, but it is a challenge
that USF is beginning to tackle.
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The Going Greenmovement has beenbecoming very popularwithin the younggeneration these days.From recyclingnewspapers, plastic bags,and with the use of theUSF cloth bags that
students can find at thebookstore, it has gainedacceptance from studentsalike. As a result,University of SouthFlorida St. Petersburghas looked into goinggreen to help outaround the community.
Before the greenmovement hit itspopularity, USF St. Petecampus was far behindother colleges on thegoing green efforts.The only environmentalfriendly project that theyhad on campus was
recycling plastic bottles.However, with recentactions such as buildingthe first LEED Scientificand Technology building,and now becoming asmoke-free environment,University of SouthFlorida St. Petersburg
campus is getting in theloop of finally becominggreen.
Recently, USFs
efforts to go green have
been recognized through
inclusion in The Princeton
Reviews Guide to 286
Green Colleges, which is aguidebooksolely focused
on colleges and
universities that have
demonstrated an above
average commitment to
sustainability in terms of
campus infrastructure,
activities and initiatives.
With this announcement,
USF is also ranked
second in Florida and 5th
nationally in the 2011
RecycleMania waste
minimization contest
based on the amount ofmunicipal solid waste
generated per person on
campus. Awards like
these have made all this
effort of becoming green
finally worth it.
What is the GreenMovement?
All across the world the greenmovement has started. The jeopardy
of a healthy environment sparkedinitiative in people, especially collegestudents, to take control of making a
difference in the environment byrecycling and conserving energy
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The Office of Sustainability
SEAS: Student Environmental Awareness Society
front in order to keep our
campus green (Student).
The main role of this
organization is to partake
in an active role ofpreserving the ecosystem.
SEAS welcomes anyone
for participation in
keeping the university
green; students, faculty,
The SEAS organization
at USFSP is the Student
Environmental
Awareness Society. It
stands for promotingenvironmental awareness
around the campus and
community. On the first
Friday of every month
they clean up the harbor
staff, affiliates, and even
members of the
community may join.
Organizations
The Office of Sustainability is a lower branch of the Patel School of GlobalSustainability. Since 1995, this organization is committed to creating a green university.This is the largest environmentally friendly organization that USF has. They have madethe university more earth friendly by planting trees, creating walking and bicycle lanes tostray away from car emissions, implementing the Bull Runner shuttle system, and manyother green efforts (USF Office). Like the SEAS program, anyone can be apart of thismodern environmentally friendly organization. The Office of Sustainability has 4 strategic
plans that are from the mission statement website. Below is a summary of each plan.
1. Strengthening and supporting research across the institution.2. Making the university a sustainable environment.3. Constructing an up-to-date clearinghouse about activities and supporting students,
faculty, and staff to enforce a cleaner campus.4. Creating a sustainable environment that supports an expanded teaching
environment and a more engages community and campus.*All goals are from http://usfweb2.usf.edu/Sustainability/about_mission.aspx
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Interview
Question #1: Was
there a particularevent that ignited the
University of SouthFlorida to become anEnvironmentally-Conscious
Institution? If so, what wasit?
Sharon Hanna-West and herstudents in the College ofBusiness organized a goinggreen jobs EXPO in the
spring of 2008, at which theypersuaded President Genshaftto sign the American Collegeand University PresidentsClimate Commitment(http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/). Thecommitment obligates theuniversity to inventory andassess our greenhouse gasemissions annually
(http://rs.acupcc.org/ghg/2105/), and to develop andimplement a Climate ActionPlan(http://rs.acupcc.org/cap/607/) designed to reduce (andeventually eliminate) ourGHG emissions. Havingsigned the commitment, thePresident asked the Provostto create an Office of
Sustainability(http://psgs.usf.edu/usf-office-of-sustainability/) tooversee the commitment (in2009). Learn more about ourstory online:http://planetforward.org/idea/innovating-generation-s-usf/
Question #2: What doyou think USF's biggestachievement in the area
of sustainability is todate?
Our biggest achievementsare probably the creationof the worlds fist Schoolof Global Sustainability(http://psgs.usf.edu/),and the nations largesttuition-based StudentGreen Energy Fund(http://psgs.usf.edu/usf-office-of-sustainability/green-energy-fund/).
Question #3: What new
plans and projects does
the University of SouthFlorida have plannedmoving forward?
We are working on a
campus metabolism
mapping project, designed
to model the inputs (water,
energy, resources) and
outputs (waste) of the
university campus. This
effort will help to optimize
the efficiencies of the
universitys processes,
with the greater goal ofsaving resources.
An interview was conducted viaemail with Christian Wells,
Ph.D. He is the director of theOffice of Sustainability.
Christian Wells is alsothe Deputy Director of
the Patel School ofGlobal Sustainability
and the Associate
Professor in theDepartment ofAnthropology.
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January 25, 2010 was the
grand opening of USF St.
Petersburgs new Science and
Technology building which
earned enough credits to
receive Leadership in
Environmental and Energy
Design (LEED) certification.
This is the first building in the
USF system to earn this
honor and it has done
so due to its
construction and
operation for
improved
environmental and
human performance.
The 35,000 square
feet building is twostories, cost $12
million, and houses
Above is the new Science and
Technology building at USF St.
Petersburg.
RecognitionLEED: Leadership in Environmental and Energy
Design
classrooms ranging from
holding 60 students to 20
(Marquez). The project was
funded by PECO, which is a
state program that finances
education construction
through taxes on utility
services. The expanded
classroom space supports a
cross-section of university
programs while the teaching
and research labs enhance the
undergraduate and graduate
Environmental Science and
Policy programs and the Pre-
Medical and Pre-Health
Sciences tracks, (Marquez).
The Science and Technology
building may be the first to
become LEED
certified, but certainly
not the last, as USF is
continually striving to
become a green
school by working to
get multiple buildings
LEED certified.
More About LEED
Getting a building to become LEED certified isnot an easy task. LEED has several requirements
based on a rating system that must be met. The U.S.Green Building Council (USGBC) developed LEEDin 2000. The LEED committee develops the ratingsystems. The needs that need to be meet for a
building to be qualified as eco-friendly are they mustlower costs and increase value; this done by savingenergy costs. Reducing waste and conserving waterare also two requirements. The building must behealthier and safer for occupants as well as reducegreenhouse gas emissions. Our STG building, andsoon many other buildings are working towards agreener, eco-friendly environment.
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The University of South Florida
has gained recognition in being one ofthe top green schools in the nation.
Our university was recognized in the
Princeton Reviews Guide to 286
Green Colleges. The Princeton Review
joined together with the U.S. Green
Building Council to determine the
rating system. USF was within the top
80th percentile; therefore the university
received recognition. Many activitiesof sustainability
have helped USF be
awarded such a
modern and
prestigious
acknowledgement.
USF hosts the
annual Campus and Community
Sustainability Conference. This
conference includes many participants
that share innovations and ideas for
Floridas sustainable future. USF was
also the host for the Going Green
Tampa Bay Expo. A student Green
Jobs Fair is also held for students
seeking work to support the
environment. As for academics, the
University of South Florida includes
sustainability issues in many general
education classes and there are several
student organizations that support the
green movement such as Emerging
Green Builders, Engineers for a
Sustainable World, the Student
Sustainability Initiative, and the
Student Environmental Awareness
Princeton Review
Society. Specifically, the Tampa
campus uses about 35% less waterthan traditional methods because
of the physical plant that lowers
water usage by installing low-
volume units and restricting
watering certain areas of the
campus. The Princeton Review
also noted that USF ranks second
in Florida in the Recycle Mania
contest. This contest is based onthe amount of
waste that is
minimized per
person on campus.
The
dedication and
support of the
students, faculty, and community
have been substantial components
of influence on the cleaner, greener
environment and workplace at
USF. The award by the Princeton
Review shows that the
student body is
environmentally
responsible and
conscious of the effects
recycling, conserving
water and energy, and
overall creating a more
sustainable
environment for the
community.
Recognition ContinuedBeing includedin the PrincetonReviews Guide
to 286 GreenColleges is a
testament to thehard work andsteely dedication
of numerousstudents, staff,
faculty,administrators,
and alumni overthe past few
years to makeUSF a cleaner,greener place tolive and work.
-Christian Wells
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Changes on CampusSmoke Free
Tuesday, March 20, was the first day that the University ofSouth Floridas new smoking regulations officially went into effect.
Now 25 areas are specifically designated for smokers to use andwhile USF is just trying to make the environment for everyonecleaner, students have mixed emotions. While the purpose of thisnew policy is to supply a healthy working, learning and living
environment for the campus community and reduce the risk ofsecondhand smoke exposure to students, the smokers on campus arefeeling they are being pushed into little groups and out-casted. Whilesmokers on the USF Tampa campus may feel segregated,only allowedto now smoke in certain areas, USF St. Pete has taken initiative tohave a completely tobacco free campus. They have a very strict policythat inhibits any form of tobacco to be used, distributed, or sold while
on campus grounds. They are providing atobacco and smoke freeenvironment for students, faculty, visitors, staff and vendors. Theenforcement of this policy depends on those of the campus, toimpose the regulations and to politely remind any violators of therules. However, any repeated offenses by a student will becharged with violating the student Code of Conduct and mayreceive disciplinary action.
Green Energy Fund
The Student Green Energy Fund, or SGEF, is a way of
raising money in order to support green efforts within theUniversity of South Florida. For each credit hour, one dollar goetoward the fund (Student Green). Although additional expensescan be a burden for the average college student, this is a positivefunding program that can make a difference in the environment.
This year it is expected that USFSP alone will accrue $116,000 and aftethe fall semester in 2011 the revenue added up to $53,400(StudentGreen).
This fund is meant to reduce energy waste, encourage renewableenergy on campus, and overall reduce the universitys carbon footprint.As of January 2012 it is unclear where the money will go directly, but th
committee has many ideas to make the St. Pete campus anenvironmentally friendly one. These ideas include doing energy auditson the buildings, looking into efficient lighting, as well as solar panels.Proposals may be submitted to the Office of Sustainability but there aremany requirements that must be met in order for the suggestion to beaccepted. These requirements can be found atusfweb2.usf.edu/sustainability/sgef-overview.aspx. USF St. Pete is oneof the first schools in the southeast to receive SGEF. Since this fund hasonly begun last year, there is definitely a bright future ahead for using thmoney to create a greener school.
USF St. Peteimplemented the
smoke free programin January of 2012,the Tampa campus
followed shortlyafter.
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The Sarasota-Manateecampus of USF is also workingtowards a greener environmentin new ways. Like the St.Petersburg campus, in 2011they were working towardsgetting a LEED certification onseveral buildings. Also in 2011the campus central energychiller plant went from an air-cooled system to a water-cooled
system that stores ice at night(USF Sarasota). This transitionhas allowed the cost to decreaseas well as the energy usage.Because this campus is workingto get everything LEEDcertified, they are also changingthe energy consumption habits.Actions being done are usinghigh efficiency fluorescent andLED lighting, occupant sensors
for the lighting and airconditioning in classrooms, andreducing the use of high-energyusage machines at night.
The Tampa campus is muchlarger than the others, so it hasmany more green efforts. TheBull Runner, for example, is atransit bus system that runs on
biodiesel fuel(Sustainability). There isalso now a new car chargingstation at the Tampacampus (Sustainability).This promotes and incentivefor the use of electric carsfor a greener, pollutant freeenvironment in thecommunity and on campus.
The Lakeland
Polytechnic campus beganto show their participationin the green movement in2008. This is when they
began to recycle paperproducts, aluminum cans,and plastic bottles. In 2010,USF Polytechnic recycledenough pounds of paperand cardboard equal to theweight of six cars. Each
campus may be apart of thesame USF system, but eachone has different ways ofcontributing to USFs goalsof becoming a cleaner,pollutant free world.
The University of SouthFlorida has participated inmany activities that havemade the campuses moreenvironmentally friendly, butwhat about each campusindividually? There are fourmain campuses of USF; theyare located in St. Petersburg,Sarasota-Manatee, Tampa,
and Lakeland.
The St. Petersburg campusis located on the water, sothere are many efforts that gointo keeping the waterhealthy, clean, and pollutantfree. The organization SEAS,explained previously, has itshome base here at the St.Petersburg campus. Also atUSFSP is the fairly newscience and technology
building with the LEEDcertification. In addition tothis building is also a newmultipurpose center, which isin progress of beingconstructed and will haveLEED certification.
USF is often viewed as oneestablishment, but because it is made of
four separate campuses there are variousactions that each campus has done to
become earth friendly
Comparisons:Campus to Campus
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Grades
The grades above are from
the College Sustainability
Report Card. Overall, the
University of South Florida
received a B plus, which was
higher than last year. This is
considered to be a fairly good
grade compared to other
highly notorious schools of
Florida. The University of
Florida also received a B
plus, but Florida State earned
a C. The results are based on
ten categories that were
gathered from multiple
surveys that were taken from
students and faculty from
April to September
Report Card Analysis
Comparisons: Report Card
Key: 5=A,4=B, 3= C,2=D, 1=F
(University). Results were
also generated from public
resources about the
schools. Because of this
report card and the efforts
of being earth friendly,
USF received recognition
of being a Campus
Sustainability Leader,along with 120 other
institutions. The most
important category of the
report card is the student
involvement. The green
report card committee
noted that the Green
Living Learning
Community gives 25
students the chance to
encourage and enhance a
more eco-friendly
campus environment.
The reason the university
received an A in this
section is because of all
the groups an academicprograms geared toward
being green. Overall, the
results of USF and other
university green report
card grades show that
USF is right on track
with becoming a greener
university.
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Conclusion
In recent years, the Green Movement has taken the world bystorm. Corporations, government agencies, institutions,
small businesses, and individuals have taken it uponthemselves to clean up the environment and make moreearth-friendly decisions when conducting business andgoing about their daily routine. As an institutiondeveloping in a world where environment-friendlydecisions are changing the way people live every day, theUniversity of South Florida has had to accept andovercome many challenges to maintain its image as asocially and environmentally responsible university.
Before the craze of environmental awarenessbegan, the University of South Florida had little or no
programs that promoted sustainability beyond the scope of gettingstudents involved in the recycling of plastic materials on campus. Thissoon changed, however, after a Grad student doing a project on campussustainability provided the facts and figures necessary for an effectiveGreen Plan to be put into place. Administrators and officials bought inwith no apprehension, and have never looked back.
The University of South Florida today is nationally recognized asbeing one of the top Green colleges in the country, and such merits arecertainly deserved as incredible amounts of hard work, resources, anddedication have been poured into the efforts to make USF a respectable,clean campus for its students and faculty. The Princeton Reviewrecognizes USF as being in the 80th percentile among 286environmentally-conscious colleges- a rating that is based on a multitudeof criteria including the presence of established and active organizationspromoting sustainability efforts, having environmentally-friendlytechnology in our facilities that lower costs, wastes, and inefficiencies,and increase value. Perhaps our biggest stride in the effortsthe make the campus a greener community is theUniversity of South Floridas Science and Technology
building, which was awarded the Leadership inEnvironmental and Energy Design (LEED) certification in2010. The grand opening for the new Student Services
building in August of 2012 is highly anticipated, and thisbuilding is LEED certified as well.
The University of South Floridas variousorganizations that promote a healthier setting on campushave also helped, along with the efforts of topadministration, put into place many policies that promotecleaner, help raise funds for projects, and much more. TheStudent Environmental Awareness Society and the Officeof Sustainability are two of the top organizations in the GreenMovement, and coordinate many of the activities and processes
Above is thearchitecturalimage beforeconstruction ofthe futuremultipurposecenter at USF St.Pete. Below is themultipurposecenter 75 %completed as ofMarch 29, 2012.
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Conclusion Continued
associated with its advancement including the Smoke-Free Campuspolicy which became effective as of January 1st, 2012, as well as theGreen energy fund which raises funds for sustainability promotion
throughout the university by charging a Green Energy fee in the formof a minute flat rate per credit hour.
Moving forward, the University of South Florida plans to maintainits status as a leader in the Green community, and truly believes thatthe sky is the limit when it comes to moving the entire institution in acleaner direction. The movement is not just a local, state wide, or evennational agenda- its a global cause. With each graduating class, anotherenters into their first year at USF, and the efforts of students, faculty,alumni, and the surrounding community will prove to be an integral partof its development as they all have been for several years now. Withdeveloping technologies and new information regarding sustainability
and energy efficiency becoming available each year, the University ofSouth Florida has the unlimited potential to become the true leader inthe Earth-friendly community. German Cosmonaut Sigmund Jahn,truly captured the essence of this movement going forward when he said"Only when I saw the Earth from space, in all its ineffable beauty andfragility, did I realize that humankind's most urgent task is to cherishand preserve it for future generations." The University of South Floridahas shown it plans to do just that.
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Works Cited"About USF St. Petersburg." University of South Florida St. Petersburg. 31 Aug. 2011. Web. 7 Mar.
2012. .
Cash, J. (2010, May 5). USF One of the Nation's Top Green Colleges. Retrieved from USF News:http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=2295
Mansell, William. "USF St. Petersburg Breaks Ground on $20 Million." Old Northeast Patch. N.p.,11 Apr 2011. Web. Mar 2012. .
Marquez, Melanie. "Science & Technology Building Earns LEED Certification." News - USF St.Petersburg. N.p., 22 Jan 2010. Web. Mar 2012.
"Organization Search." Usfsp.edu. University of South Florida. Web. 7 Mar. 2012..
"Student Environmental Awareness Society." University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Web. Mar.2012. .
"Student Green Energy Fund Has Money, Needs Purpose | The Crow's Nest A StudentNewspaper at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg." Student Green Energy FundHas Money, Needs Purpose. Web. Mar. 2012..
"Sustainability Programs and Initiatives at USF and around the World." Patel School of GlobalSustainability. Web. Mar. 2012. .
"University of South Florida College Sustainability Report Card 2011." University of South Florida.
Web. Mar. 2012. .
"USF Office of Sustainability." University of South Florida. Web. Mar. 2012..
USF Sarasota-Manatee Goes Icy Green. 83 Degrees. Web. Mar. 2012.
"USFSP Smoke Free." University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Web. Mar. 2012..
"What is the Student Green Energy Fund." Student Environmental Action Society.N.p.,n.d.Web.Mar 2012. .
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Annotated Bibliography
"About USF St. Petersburg." University of South Florida St. Petersburg. 31 Aug. 2011. Web. 7 Mar.
2012. .This website provided us with general information about USF St.Pete. From this article weknow that the science and technology building is LEED certified. Now we can look further into
this information to provide us with material about USF's green efforts.
Cash, J. (2010, May 5). USF One of the Nation's Top Green Colleges. Retrieved from USF News:
This article talks about the high ranking that USF has earned and how they have achieved theprogress of becoming a green school. University of South Floridas staff and students haveworked extremely hard to help the campus be environmentally safe such as converting organicmaterials into jet fuels. This source explains how USF is deeply committed to this on goingproject of becoming green.
Mansell, William. "USF St. Petersburg Breaks Ground on $20 Million ." Old Northeast Patch. N.p.,
11 Apr 2011. Web. Mar 2012..This article provides information on the new Student Center building that is supposed to befinished in Fall 2012. This building is also going to be LEED certified as it is being built. It is alittle bit more pricier as the construction happens, but over time it reduces the amount of
energy and water supply that is needed for the student center.
Marquez, Melanie. "Science & Technology Building Earns LEED Certification."News - USF St.Petersburg. N.p., 22 Jan 2010. Web. Mar 2012.
This article provides us information about the Science and Technology building as it related tosaving energy for USF St. Petersburg. It also provides us information on how the building
received its LEED certification.
"Organization Search." Usfsp.edu. University of South Florida. Web. 7 Mar. 2012.
.The campus organization search allowed us to see how USFSP is creating opportunities to helpthe green movement. The Student Chapter of Environmental Professionals and The Student
Environmental Awareness Society are both organizations where students can contribute to thecampus environment.
"Student Environmental Awareness Society." University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Web. Mar.2012. .
This source provides specific information about the Student Environmental Awarenesssociety of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. It provides the leaders of theorganization, the mission and goals, and information about the clean ups they participate inat the harbor. This is a credible source from the university website.
"Student Green Energy Fund Has Money, Needs Purpose | The Crow's Nest A StudentNewspaper at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg." Student Green Energy Fund
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Has Money, Needs Purpose. Web. Mar. 2012.
.This article contains information about the green energy fund. It recalls the one dollar per credit
hour that is collected from students and what it is used for. This site gives an overview of whatthe committee has collected so far and what this money will be used for.
"Sustainability Programs and Initiatives at USF and around the World." Patel School of GlobalSustainability. Web. Mar. 2012. .This website explains programs that suggest sustainability at the University of South Florida,specifically Tampa. It informs about the Bull Runner system in Tampa, along with the new carcharging stations that promote being environmentally friendly. This is a credible source
because it is an article directly from the Patel School of Global Sustainability.
"University of South Florida College Sustainability Report Card 2011." University of South Florida.
Web. Mar. 2012. .This source is an extremely credible source. It provides the green report card of the Universityof South Florida. The graph in the report card section was created from the information on thissite. The source divides the grade into different categories, explaining why the category
received the grade that it did.
"USF Office of Sustainability." University of South Florida. Web. Mar. 2012..The Office of Sustainability website provides all the necessary information needed to knowabout this organization. It is the home page to virtually each activity and program that relates
to becoming a sustainable university.
USF Sarasota-Manatee Goes Icy Green. 83 Degrees. Web. Mar. 2012.This source is an article that gives information specifically about the Sarasota campus of USF.It explains the transition of the large cooling system from air conditioning to an ice coolingsystem. It also explains various ways that the Sarasota campus has taken part in the greenmovement.
"USFSP Smoke Free." University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Web. Mar. 2012..This source provides all the information about how USFSP has gone smoke free. It includes thepolicy overview, resources for the program such as help with quitting, as well as tobacco useinformation. It shows the actual policy document that includes the purpose of this newregulation and areas on a map where smoking is permitted.
"What is the Student Green Energy Fund." Student Environmental Action Society. N.p.,n.d. Web.Mar 2012. .The Student Green Energy Fund grants a Florida University to be able to charge students anapplicable fee per credit hour. USF St. Petersburg has adopted this grant and therefore in Fall2011, managed to collect one dollar per credit hour. The money allocated then goes toward theuniversity to help maintain a cleaner environment for students.