Green Fee

WHAT IS GREEN FEE?

All full-time students pay a $10 Sustainable Campus Fee, commonly known as the Green Fee, each fall and spring semester. This fee was initiated by students and began in 2007. The purpose of the fee is to support projects and practices that make our campus more energy efficient, environmentally friendly and sustainable.

In the spring of each year, the Sustainable Campus (Green) Fee Committee, with representation from students, faculty and administration, invites proposals for use of the fee. The committee then makes recommendations for funding, which must be approved by the president. The committee also invites all students, faculty and staff to submit ideas on how the fee could be used to make our campus more sustainable. 

The University of Memphis Green Fee Committee is seeking proposals and ideas from students, faculty, staff, and academic or administrative departments for 2024-2025. Please visit the Green Fee Proposals and Ideas website to submit your proposals and/or ideas.

PROPOSALS: Proposals are requests for funding from the Green Fee Committee to implement a sustainability focused project.  The person(s) and/or department submitting a proposal must be capable of managing the funds in a university account and carrying out what is needed to fulfill an accepted proposal.  All projects should be completed within one academic year, in this case the Fall 2024 - Summer 2025 timeframe. Extensions are rarely provided so it is important to be able to complete the project during the year for which funding was approved.

Each proposal is scored based on the following categories:

1. Feasibility – ease in which project can be executed in the coming year 
2. Continuing Project – number of years in continuation/request of funds 
3. Campus Visibility – extent to which this project is visible and/or enhances UofM image
4. Student Impact – extent to which it impacts current University of Memphis students
5. Long-term impact – project life expectancy without additional Green Fee funding
6. Applicability – extent to which the project meets the Green Fee Objectives

** Anyone planning to submit a proposal that involves the installation or change of physical item(s)/structures, must contact Racheal Walker with Facilities Development for planning, estimations, and approval PRIOR to submitting a Green Fee Proposal. Please understand that this process can take weeks to complete, so initial contact with Facilities Development must be as soon as possible to give enough time for accurate planning and estimations. 

Racheal Walker
Planner and Estimator
Office of Facilities Development
Email: rswalker@memphis.edu 
Phone: 901.678.3247

IDEAS: You may submit your thoughts on how the Green Fee could be spent.  You do not need to be able to actually carry out a project envisioned in an idea.  It may be a suggestion about how the university could spend Green Fee funds to make the campus more sustainable.  The Green Fee Committee will review ideas and consider them in making recommendations to university departments on future use of the fee.  Should you submit an idea, we may follow up with you about future implementation, but there is no guarantee of this follow up.

PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GREEN FEE FOR 2023-2024

Memphis Campus Projects

• Art Museum of UofM
• Volunteer Services/Digital Sustainability
• UC Ballroom Lighting
• Outdoor Solar-Powered Smart Benches
• Patterson Planters
• Transportation of Campus School
• Memphis Law Guide Mobile App
• Elkay Refiller Project
• Portable Dyson Hand Dryers
• Anthology Milestone to Increase Student Competency
• UofM Sustainability Program
• An Online Reality Show + Online Voting
• Tiger Blue Goes Green
• Tiger Bike Share Program
• TIGUrS Urban Garden
• Tiger Bike Relocation
• New Turf for Memorial Field
• Coffee Beans – An Alternative Compost Source
• Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Grant Cost Share

Lambuth Campus Projects

• Recycling & Food Recovery
• TIGUrS II Garden
• Lambuth Learning Commons Hydration
   

PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GREEN FEE FOR 2022-2023

Memphis Campus Projects

• Ancient Egyptian Gallery LED Lighting Project
• Beehive Restoration & Expansion Project
• Bottle Water Fountain
• Cost Share Support for CMAQ Grant
• LED Field Lighting
• Lipman Early Learning – Paperless Recording Keeping
• Memphis Law Guide Mobile App
• Novel Self-Cleaning Glass Windows
• Outdoor classroom and instructional spaces
• Recycle Bins and Water Bottles
• Restroom Hand Dryers – University Center
• Solar-Powered Smart Bench
• Tiger Bike Share Program
• Tiger Blue Goes Green 2022
• TIGUrS-Tigers Initiative for Gardens in Urban Settings
• University High, Paperless Textbooks
• UofM Food Recovery Program
• UofM Sustainability Program
• Virtual Instructions about Green Fee Funding
• Volunteer Services Digital Sustainability
• Water Sustainability Development
• Zero Motorcycles

Lambuth Campus Projects

• Tigers Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings (TIGUrS II)
• University of Memphis Lambuth Arboretum
• UoM Lambuth Recycling Program
   

PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GREEN FEE FOR 2021-2022

• Art Museum Main Gallery LED Light Retrofit Project
• Bottle Filler Fountain Station at Art Building
• Cost Share Support for CMAQ Grant
• Center for Service Learning and Volunteerism Digital Sustainability
• Got Milk? Go Green
• Lambuth Library Water Filling Station
• Liberty Bowl Parking Lot Recycling Proposal - Help Blue Go Green
• McWherter Library Water Bottle Filler Retrofit
• Memphis Law Guide Mobile Application
• Portable Dyson Hand Dryers in the UC
• Reducing the Environmental Impact of Costume Design
• Sustainable Food Supply and Education Phase II
• Tiger Bike Share Program
• Tiger Blue Goes Green 2021
• TIGUrS Tigers Initiative for Gardens in Urban Settings
• TIGUrS Tigers Initiative for Gardens in Urban Settings (Lambuth)
• Toward a Water Smart Campus- Phase 2
• U of M Sustainability Program
• University of Memphis Food Recovery Program
• University Schools STEM Centers
• Upgrading the Orchestra Shells Lights and the Work Light System in Harris Concert Hall

PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GREEN FEE FOR 2020-2021

• CCFA Drinking Foundation/Water Bottle Filler
• College Campus Nutrition Education Program with an Emphasis on Hydroponic Gardening and Food Demonstrations
• Drinking Fountain Bottle Fillers in Fogelman
• Liberty Bowl Parking Lot Recycling Proposal - Help Blue Go Green
• Sustainable Food Supply and Education
• The University of Memphis Sustainability Program
• Tiger Bike Share Program
• Tiger Blue Goes Green Day 2020
• TIGUrS - Tigers Initiative for Gardens in Urban Settings
• Toward a water smart campus
• University Green Schools
• University of Memphis Food Recovery Program
• UofM Resources App
• Volunteer Services Digital Sustainability
• Water Fountain Filling Stations in the Music Building

PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GREEN FEE FOR 2019-2020

Memphis Campus Projects

• Catch the Buzz/Honey Bee Colony Removal at Newport Hall
• Food Recovery and Composting Program
• Liberty Bowl Parking Lot Recycling Proposal
• Memphis Law Add-On to Guidebook Project for Law Orientation Week
• Nanostructured based water purification system using natural sun light
• Project Green Schools
• Rose Theater LED House light Retrofit
• Sprayable Solar Cells for low-cost campus lighting (Phase 3)
• The Go Green Scan Initiative
• The Human Garden
• Tiger Bike Share Program
• Tiger Blue Goes Green 2019
• Tigers Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings (TIGUrS)
• U of M Sustainability Program
• UofM Resources App
• Water Fountain Bottle Filling Retrofit

Lambuth Campus Projects

• Tigers Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings (TIGUrS II)
• UoM Lambuth Recycling Program
• University of Memphis Lambuth Arboretum

PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GREEN FEE FOR 2018-2019

Memphis Campus Projects

• Theatre Stage management green fee project
• Tigers Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings (TIGUrS)
• Alternative Fuel Utility Vehicles
• U of M Sustainability Program
• Tiger Blue Goes Green 2018
• Tiger Bike Share Program
• Sprayable Solar Cells for low-cost campus lighting (Phase 2)
• Water Bottle Filling Stations at Downtown Memphis Law
• Food Recovery and Composting Program
• Environmental Social Work: The Study of Person-in-Environment and the Potential Benefits of Green Technology
• Theatre & Dance Recruitment Efficiency
• University of Memphis Guidebook App
• Water filling stations for Biologists!
• Water Fountain Bottle Retrofit for the Engineering Complex

Lambuth Campus Projects

• UoM Lambuth Recycling Program
• Tigers Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings (TIGUrS II)
• Solar powered USB plug-in umbrellas
• Hydration Station at UofM Lambuth

PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GREEN FEE FOR 2017-2018

• Water Filling Stations on Downtown Law Campus
• Art in the Best Light: LED Lighting for The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art
• Tigers Initiative for Gardens in Urban Settings (TIGUrS)
• Sprayable Solar Cells for Building Exteriors and Windows
• Student Leadership & Involvement Green Service Initiative
• Electric Vehicle Charging Stations on the University of Memphis Campus
• Blue Scrubs Go Green
• Green Interns for a Day; formerly Green Internships: Making the University of Memphis Campus & Our Community More Sustainable
• Tiger Bike Share Program
• Tiger Blue Goes Green Day 2017
• Tiger STUFF: Past, Present, and Future
• University of Memphis Food Recovery & Composting
• The University of Memphis Sustainability Initiative (includes Lambuth)
• Tigers Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings on the Lambuth campus (TIGUrS II)

PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GREEN FEE FOR 2016-2017

Memphis Campus Projects

• Campus Sustainability Initiative
• Food Recovery Program
• Green Internships
• Outdoor Recycling Bins for the UC
• Rose Theatre Bioswale Project (Phase One)
• Tiger Bikes Program
• Tiger Blue Goes Green 2016
• Tigers Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings (TIGUrS)

Lambuth Campus Projects

• Lambuth Recycling
• Tigers Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings (TIGUrS)

PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GREEN FEE FOR 2015-2016

Memphis Campus Project

• Campus Sustainability Initiative
• Carbon Footprint Reduction Through the Use of
• Propane as Alternative Fuel: Part III
• Ecological Enhancement of Park Ave Campus: Part III
• Food Recovery Network
• Green Internships
• iPads for Singers (Theatre Dept)
• LED Dressing Room and Stage Work (Theatre Dept)
• Park Green
• Revisiting the Recycling Zone Project
• Tiger Bikes Program
• Tiger Blue Goes Green 2015
• Tiger Honey
• Tigers Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings (TIGUrS)
• U of M Environmental Health and Justice Conference
• UCharge: Solar Powered Charging Stations
• Water Fountain Bottle Retrofit (University Center)

Lambuth Campus Project

• Green Internships
• Tigers Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings (TIGUrS)

PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GREEN FEE FOR 2014-2015

• Bike Rack Expansion
• Campus Sustainability Initiative
• Carbon Footprint Reduction Through the Use of Propane as Alternative Fuel (Part 2)
• Ecological Enhancement of Park Avenue Campus (Part 2
• Green Internships (Memphis and Lambuth campuses)
• LED Houselight Conversion (Theatre Department)
• Occupancy Lights for Library Stacks
• Paperless Stage Management (Theatre Department)
• Police Bikes
• Revisiting the Recycling Zone Project
• Tiger Bikes Program
• Tiger Blue Goes Green 2014
• Tigers Initiative for Gardening in Urban Settings (TIGUrS) (Memphis and Lambuth campuses)
• UofM Environmental Health and Justice Conference