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Steps to Campus Sustainability

Dennis Milechin Yan Wang Ha Hoang Advisors: Professor Frederick L. Hart Professor Guillermo F. Salazar Klaas Rodenburg Shawn Paulson. Steps to Campus Sustainability. Why are we here?. Doing a project about “campus sustainability” Sustainability movement among campuses

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Steps to Campus Sustainability

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  1. Dennis MilechinYan WangHa HoangAdvisors:Professor Frederick L. HartProfessor Guillermo F. SalazarKlaas RodenburgShawn Paulson Steps to Campus Sustainability

  2. Why are we here? • Doing a project about “campus sustainability” • Sustainability movement among campuses • Stantec potential market • Develop a sustainability master plan template

  3. How did we go about this project?

  4. What is Campus Sustainability? • “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” - Brundtland Commission Report

  5. What is Campus Sustainability? • No accepted definition of campus sustainability. • Global Reporting Initiative definition • Environment • Economics • Society www.umoncton.ca/symbiose/files/CSAF.pdf Campus Sustainability Assessment Framework (CSAF) Campuses create their own definition of sustainability. http://www.rso.cornell.edu/sustainabilityhub/Pictures/Sustainability%20venn%20diagram.jpg

  6. Six Steps that Lead to Campus Sustainability Why there is no definite answer of how to green campus Presently, campuses are still in the early phase of sustainability movement Characteristics of each campus are different, such as the campus’ location and size etc.

  7. Step 1 Commitment to Sustainability Six Steps that Lead to Campus Sustainability Step 2 Sustainability Committee Step 3 Immediate Policies Step 6 Step 5 Step 4 Action Plan Modify Action Plan Implement Action Plan

  8. Step 1 Commitment to Sustainability “Public Declaration of Commitment to Environmental Protection and Serves as Frame Work for Decision Making and Goals” -- Greening the Ivory Tower Show institution’s determination toward sustainability Defines institution’s own campus sustainability definition Commitment greatly increases the likelihood that actual actions will be taken. This is the 1st step because:

  9. http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/ http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/about/documents/sustainabilityprincipleshandout.pdf

  10. Step 2 Immediate Policies Sustainability Committee Task of a Committee Structure and Membership of A Committee Influence of The Committee Why this is not the 1st or 3rd :

  11. Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee (ESAC) http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/sustainability/our-sustainability-commitment.html#ESAC

  12. Step 3 Immediate Policies Action Plan “Walks” Too Slow What are Immediate Policies What are immediate policies for Why this step is behind Committee & before Action Plan:

  13. Anti-Idling “All vehicles should be turned off when not in use or when the driver leaves the unit for any length of time." --University of Waterloo • Document “Whenever possible, forms should be filled out and processed electronically.” --UCSD • Facility Operation Policy: “The following equipment and components will be switched off at the end of each work day when feasible: Office Lights Office Computers, Printers and Monitors Office Copy Machines” --University of South Carolina

  14. Step 4 Action Plan Take Inventory of Campus Analyze Data Identify Problem Areas Start Create/ Modify Action Plan Identify Possible Solutions Set Targets and Goals

  15. Step 4 Action Plan Indiana University of Bloomington - 2008 Report https://www.indiana.edu/~sustain/wp-content/uploads/Campus_Sustainability_Report.pdf

  16. Action Plan Step 4 Identify Problem Areas Energy Water Waste Social

  17. Energy Solution In 2006, a recycling truck in Harvard was retrofitted and started running on straight waste vegetable oil from Harvard’s Dinning Hall. Exhaust smells good !! Biodiesel

  18. Water Solution • 46 Blackstone Street, Cambridge campus, Harvard University • LEED Platinum • Reduced 43% indoor water usage • Dual flush toilets • Waterless U • Low flow sinks • Eliminated all potable water consumption for irrigation • Plant the native, drought-tolerant species that require no irrigation

  19. Waste Solution • Seven steps to a paperless office • Commit: Promote a paperless workplace. • Be creative: Solicit ideas from front-line employees. • E-mails: Don’t print e-mails. If you have trouble reading, increase monitor settings. • Photocopies: Instead of making copies, use the photocopier to make PDFs and email digital file to yourself. • Trust: Back-up computer files regularly. • Innovate: Laminate forms and use dry erase pens. • Invest: Allocate resources to paperless systems. http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2008/08feb07/paperless.html

  20. Social Solution A “prompt” is something to remind people actuallycarry out their sustainable actions. “Prompt”

  21. Example of “Prompt” Using prompt strategy increased the amount of recycled paper by 54% in one department of Florida State University. Florida State University

  22. Step 5 and Step 6 Step 1 Commitment to Sustainability • Repeat steps 5 and 6 • To demonstrate progress. • To identify new problem areas. • To implement new sustainability solutions. Step 2 Create Sustainability Committee Step 3 Immediate Policies Step 6 Step 5 Step 4 Action Plan Modify Action Plan Implement Action Plan

  23. What’s next? • Confident recommending six steps above to institutions as a starting point • Limitation: • Time constraint • Only focus on the environmental aspect of the campus sustainability • Metric to identify the problem areas • Work in progress

  24. Questions?

  25. Thank you!

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