1. @UTAustinGreen UT-Austin Sustainability

2. University of Texas at Austin Green Fee Program $5/semester fee per student Student-majority committee 136 grants funded 105 unique projects and 115 student employees Five year cycle 2011-2016 Renewed for 2017-2018

4. Project Timeline 2009 UT Art Department MFA Design thesis show of a solar charging station prototype 2011 Students propose solar station to UT Green Fee 2011 UT Green Fee supports a solar charging station campus rental from Sol Design Lab 2011-12 Students attempt to align solar design with existing courses in various departments 2012 Strategy shift to independent workshops 2012-13 Sol Design Lab designs stations; students attend solar design workshops 2013-14 Second station funded via student request to Green Fee, solar workshops 2013 UT Project Management reviews & approvals 2014 Fabrication and installation 2015 Solar data collected, solar workshops 2016 Third station Green Fee grant, new location and design, data logging development

6. Challenges One of 16 first-time Green Fee projects Course/faculty collaboration requires advance planning University project management Design requirements from different sources Contracts Selecting locations Timing

8. Current Status Two stations installed and online; data not yet public City of Austin installing a station downtown Longhorn Innovation Fund for Technology grant Third station projected for late 2016 with Moody College of Communication Two student research jobs created Project presented at SXSW EDU National press coverage Outreach to the Universities

9. Solar Station OpticsRE dashboard from the week of 4/19/15

10. Beth.Ferguson@soldesignlab.com SolDesignLab.com karen.blaney@austin.utexas.edu http://operations.utexas.edu/sustainability/