Grants to go to Western students for 'green' projects

Starting in November, Western Washington University will award $340,000 in grants for student projects that aim to lessen the school’s carbon footprint, an effort that has involved many students and has already saved the school thousands of kilowatt hours of electricity.

The grants, funded by the student-initiated Green Energy Fee, have been used in the past for projects such as the solar array installed on the Environmental Studies building. The array has saved more than 8,300-kilowatt hours over the last 14 months, said Regan Clover, program coordinator for the Green Energy Fee Grant.