Guidelines for Team
Green Project
The final product will be less than 10
pages of text. There can be supplemental
materials in an appendix. This paper
will propose a set of suggestions that will make the City of Ames/ISU be more
sustainable.
Introduction—keep it short, one page or
less. Mostly highlight, what you intend
to do. Set limits to the paper. You can go many ways with the paper. Highlight the focus of the project. Maybe it’s a specific type of end user. Maybe it focuses on one service.
Research.
I expect you to do a survey, a series of interviews or focus groups in
addition to some basic internet research.
To get a better grade on this dimension—try to focus on why something is
happening/not happening. For example,
indicating that 75% respondents had no idea that rebates were available is ok
but limited. Trying to find out how 25%
learned about the rebates is very useful.
This will inform your suggestions.
As a suggestion, try to put a research summary into a table/graph/chart. Sometimes the end user finds the research
very useful. This is very positive. Typically, the more you can
explain—why/how—the more useful it is.
40% of the grade is best on research quality.
Recommendations—There is no single format
for the recommendations to be useful. A
grading rubric—one size fits all—is next to impossible. The recommendations need to be specific,
plausible (consider costs in terms of financial and people resources), and are
likely to make a significant difference.
This entails good problem solving and having a good understanding of the
problem. The end user needs to find your
information useful. Merry Rankin will
have important input into this evaluation.
40% of the grade will be based on the quality of the recommendations.
Finally 20% of the grade is the overall
impression. This includes writing style,
making links between research and recommendations, and presentation of
information.
Submit the paper electronically on OR
before Nov 10. 11:59 PM.
