Case Study: Sustainable Food Program at Wake Robin
Eating sustainably helps fight climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with food production, transportation, and waste. Read about Wake Robin’s unique approach.
Case Study: Plastic Free July
Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single-use plastics?
Case Study: Countersett Court Landscape Renovation
The Countersett project attempts to change the 50-year-old landscape of one of the neighborhood courtyards at Kendal at Longwood into a model for our larger community in its second 50 years. 📑 Download the case study in PDF format by clicking here.
Case Study: Collington Peak Energy Use Pilot
🏔️ “Peak shaving” is an odd term! You may start to hear this term more often in your community. It is a handy and catchy term to describe saving energy on high-demand days. Learn why we use this term and more importantly, how Collington organized resident volunteers to conduct a peak shaving pilot program.
📑 Available for download: Collington Peak Energy Use Pilot Case Study [PDF]
Case Study: Collington Campus Carbon Footprint Calculations
👣 Learn how one senior living community calculated their carbon footprint. Why is this so important? Have you heard the term: “net-zero”? Your community’s carbon footprint represents its current emissions, a number such as “2000”, using a standardized set of guidelines. Once you know your number, you can then aim for “0”!
📑 Available for download: Collington Carbon Footprint Case Study [PDF]
Case Study: Monthly Climate/Sustainability Film Series
🎞️Learn how to hold a successful film series! Joel Brody, a SSAFE member from Collington, a Kendal Affiliate in Bowie, MD, shares his methodology and lessons learned from his overwhelmingly successful monthly film series at Collington.
📑 Available for download: Monthly Climate/Sustainability Film Series . [PDF]
Lawn Care Equipment Case Study
Residents wanted noisy and polluting gasoline-powered lawn care equipment replaced by battery-powered models.
📑 Available for download: Lawn Care Equipment Case Study [PDF]
Case Study: Energy Audit at Hanover
📑 Available for download: Energy Audit at Hanover Case Study [PDF]
Kendal at Hanover is wrapping up their first deep energy retrofit audit. Learn how residents and SSAFE members lobbied fellow residents and administration to conduct this important step in achieving net neutrality.
Case Study: Recycling Plastic Film for TREX® Benches
📑 Available for download: Recycling Plastic Film for TREX® Benches [PDF]
Learn how to recycle plastic film that would otherwise end up in the landfill. TREX® corporation offers a 48” “Yacht Club” bench in exchange for the recycling of targeted plastic film within a six-month period.
Pilot Project Case Study: Determine the Feasibility of Installing a Solar Panel Field at Kendal
📑 Available for download: Determine the Feasibility of Installing a Solar Panel Field at Kendal [PDF]
SSAFE members explore the feasibility of Kendal at Oberlin building a large solar field in the vacant field to help supply the energy needs first of our low-income neighbors and then of our Kendal campus. (Oberlin, Ohio)
