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Category: Case Study

Case Study: Energy Audit at Hanover

MG on June 7, 2023

đź“‘ 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

MG on May 18, 2023

📑 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

MG on May 10, 2023

đź“‘ 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)

Case Study: Updating Plastic Recycling Practices at Kendal at Oberlin

MG on May 10, 2023

đź“‘ Available for download: Updating Plastic Recycling at Kendal at Oberlin [PDF]

Kendal at Oberlin’s Recycling Group adjusted their plastic collection policies to be in sync with the reality of the current recycling industry’s practices.

Case Study: Kendal at Hanover LED Bulb Initiative

MG on May 10, 2023

đź“‘ Available for download: Kendal at Hanover LED Bulb Initiative [PDF]

Kendal at Hanover SSAFE members set out to support climate change compliance targets by encouraging fellow residents to switch to LED light bulbs. Learn how they did it!

Case Study: Low-Mow Grass

MG on May 8, 2023

đź“‘ Available for download: Low-Mow Grass Case Study [PDF]

Read about the successful trial of replacing a small area of lawn with Low-Mow grass at Kendal at Oberlin, in Oberlin, Ohio.

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