Bridging Operations and Academics at Princeton

1. Bridging Operations and Academics at Princeton AASHE Fall Conference October 11, 2011

2. Moderator: Shana S. Weber, Office of Sustainability Panelists: Kathy Hackett, Princeton Environmental Institute Tom Nyquist, Facilities Engineering Leila Shahbender, Office of Information Technology Stu Orefice, Dining Services

3. Sustainability Education at Princeton • Interdisciplinary Course of Study, complements disciplinary major • Certificate Program, Tracked Majors • Integrated Course of Study • Coursework • Internships • Independent Work • Experiential, “Real World Model” • Training a generation of leaders

4. Campus/Community as Lab • Global sustainability themes studied at the local level in campus venues • - Water quality (Carnegie Lake) • - Storm water mitigation (Washington Rd.) • - Energy consumption (Green Roofs) • - Air quality (Dillon pool) • Continuous monitoring/measurement • Relevant and actionable feedback

5. Emerging Campus Sustainability Themes – Course/Program Titles • Towards an Ethical CO2 Emissions Trajectory for Princeton – responsible campus • energy consumption • Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Solutions – tracking the Campus Plan • Communicating Sustainability • What’s on our Plate? – • sustainable dining

6. Internships and Independent Research Project Titles • How Low is Your Flow? • A Delicious Revolution: The Greening Princeton Farmer’s Market Manual • ÀLa Carbon: Sustainable Dining at Princeton University • Mercury Cycling in Carnegie Lake • Renewable Energy at Princeton • Pull the Plug: The Influence of Social Norms and Prospect • Theory on Energy Conservation in Dormitories • Green Arch: Designs for a Green Roof on the School of • Architecture Building

7. Academic – Operations Collaborations • Determining a (responsible) course of action • - How much energy do we consume? What are the responsible options? • - What should we eat? Who should we buy it from? • Adoption/Demonstration of sustainable solutions • - Operations professionals as guest lecturers, panel presentations • - Co-gen plant as demonstration site • Installation of monitoring systems • Making observations using • performance metrics • Publishingreports, drawing • conclusions, and moving forward

9. Bridging Operations and Academics at Princeton Working Group Initiatives and Collaborations - Facilities Engineering Viewpoint - AASHE Fall Conference October 11, 2011

10. Faculty - Facilities Collaboration • Faculty Review of Facilities Energy Related Projects • 15 MW Cogeneration • Plant • - 5.2 MW Solar PV Project

11. Faculty - Facilities Collaboration • Use of Campus as a Laboratory • - Stream restoration • - Storm water nitrification study • - Green roof study • - Ground source heat pump • well field capacity study

12. Faculty - Facilities Collaboration • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan • - Campus Goals

13. Faculty - Facilities Collaboration • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan • - Strategies • Wedge reduction • concept

14. Student – Facilities Collaboration • Eco Reps • Internships and Fellowships • Student Research • Student Environmental Groups – SURGE • Senior Thesis Topics • Staff Lectures • Plant Tours

16. Collaborations Across Operational and Academic Departments – Resource Conservation on Campus

17. Collaborations Across Operational and Academic Departments – Resource Conservation on Campus • Campus Paper Usage Reduction Initiatives • Standardizing on 100% pcw paper • Print-less campaign (www.princeton.edu/printless) • Admissions paperless initiative • Grassroots “Please consider the environment before printing”

18. Collaborations Across Operational and Academic Departments – Resource Conservation on Campus • Other Sustainable Initiatives from the Office of Information Technology • Server Virtualization • Desktop Power Management

19. Collaborations Across Operational and Academic Departments – Resource Conservation on Campus • Research Project Ideas: • Where do the sustainable scales tip  electronic v paper? • What are the most sustainable options  tree-less paper manufactured abroad v traditional US-made paper? • Is there any difference in comprehension and retention between reading something on paper or something electronic? Does size count?

21. What is on our 100% Recycled Compostable Plate?

22. Student Internships • Sustainable Dining Projects: • Food Metric • Carbon Footprint • Vendor Visits • Web work • Reports

23. Student Internships • Sustainable Dining Projects: • Food Metric • Carbon Footprint • Vendor Visits • Web work • Reports

24. 2010-2011 Food MetricsOverview • Compilation of food purchases in past fiscal year (May 31, 2010 to June 1, 2011) using FoodPro database • Spreadsheet created to categorize purchases and expenditures • Sustainability Categories: local, organic, socially just, humane, fair trade, sustainable seafood, conventional • Information in Metric detailed in 2011 Dining Sustainability Report along with other sustainability initiatives

25. Real Food Challenge 2007-2011

26. Communicating Via the WebCarbon Footprint Emissions Coding

27. Sustainable Seafood

28. Thank you

29. Real Food Challenge FY 10-11