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Earth Day (Past and Present). Guest Speaker: Rich Schultz Kankakee Community College. KCC Sustainability Week April 20-24, 2009. The Legat Architects “Solar Earth” exhibit. KCC Sustainability Expo April 22, 2009. Electric Boat. KCC Sustainability Expo April 22, 2009.
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Earth Day (Past and Present) Guest Speaker: Rich Schultz Kankakee Community College
KCC Sustainability Week April 20-24, 2009 The Legat Architects “Solar Earth” exhibit.
KCC Sustainability Expo April 22, 2009 Electric Boat
KCC Sustainability Expo April 22, 2009 Plug-In Electric Car
KCC Sustainability Expo April 22, 2009 Commuter Bicycle
KCC Sustainability Expo April 22, 2009 Wind Turbine
E-Waste Recycling Effort The electronic waste recycling effort resulted in collection of 3,639 pounds of unused, unwanted electronic equipment including 9 TVs, about 3 dozen monitors, and 10 computers. These materials were removed for recycling by Recycle for Illinois, Inc. at their Peoria area processing facility. Worn out batteries and cell phones were also collected as part of the recycling activities during the week. Approximately 240 lbs. of batteries were dropped off and five cell phones. The batteries were taken to a local recycler and the phones were donated to KC - CASA for conversion for use by their clients.
Solar PV Module KCC Sustainability Expo April 22, 2010 Solar Thermal Module These are full scale modules built by students in the Renewable Energy track courses offered as part of KCC’s Electrical Technology AAS degree program. They were on display at the EXPO.
KCC Sustainability Expo April 22, 2010
KCC Sustainability Expo April 22, 2010 KCCSI Weatherization Services
KCC Sustainability Expo April 22, 2010 Diesel Powered Motorcycle