Dennis Milechin Yan Wang Ha Hoang Advisors: Professor Frederick L. Hart Professor Guillermo F. Salazar Klaas Rodenburg Shawn Paulson
Feb 22, 2016
Dennis MilechinYan WangHa Hoang
Advisors:Professor Frederick L. Hart
Professor Guillermo F. SalazarKlaas RodenburgShawn Paulson
• Doing a project about “campus sustainability”
• Sustainability movement among campuses
• Stantec potential market
• Develop a sustainability master plan template
“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
•No accepted definition of campus sustainability.
•Global Reporting Initiative definition•Environment•Economics•Society
http://www.rso.cornell.edu/sustainabilityhub/Pictures/Sustainability%20venn%20diagram.jpg
www.umoncton.ca/symbiose/files/CSAF.pdf
Campus Sustainability Assessment Framework (CSAF)
Campuses create their own definition of 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.
Immediate Policies
Commitment to Sustainability
Sustainability Committee
Action PlanImplement Action Plan
Modify Action Plan
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4Step 5Step 6
“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.
Commitment to Sustainability
http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/about/documents/sustainabilityprincipleshandout.pdf
http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/
Task of a Committee
Structure and Membership of A Committee
Influence of The Committee
Immediate Policies
Sustainability Committee
Why this is not the 1st or 3rd :
Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee (ESAC)
http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/sustainability/our-sustainability-commitment.html#ESAC
Action Plan “Walks” Too Slow
What are Immediate Policies
What are immediate policies for
Immediate Policies
Why this step is behind Committee & before Action Plan:
• 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
Identify Possible Solutions
Identify Problem
Areas
Analyze Data
Take Inventory of
CampusStart
Create/ Modify Action
Plan
Set Targets and Goals
Action Plan
Action Plan
https://www.indiana.edu/~sustain/wp-content/uploads/Campus_Sustainability_Report.pdf
Indiana University of Bloomington - 2008 Report
Identify Problem
Areas
Energy Water Waste
Social
Action Plan
In 2006, a recycling truck in Harvard was retrofitted and started running on straight waste vegetable oil from Harvard’s Dinning Hall.
BiodieselExhaust smells good !!
• 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
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
A “prompt” is something to remind people actually carry out their sustainable actions.
“Prompt”
Using prompt strategy increased the amount of recycled paper by 54% in one department of Florida State University.
Florida State University
Immediate Policies
Commitment to Sustainability
Create Sustainability
Committee
Action PlanImplement Action Plan
Modify Action Plan
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4Step 5Step 6
•Repeat steps 5 and 6
•To demonstrate progress.•To identify new problem areas.•To implement new sustainability solutions.
• 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