Sustainability at IUPUI

Sustainability

at IUPUIColleen J. McCormick, MPH

Director, Office of Sustainability

VisionIUPUI will serve as a sustainability

leader among higher education institutions and as a national model for urban sustainability in both academic offerings and campus operations. The IUPUI campus will be a place where

faculty, students, and staff are engaged in research, teaching, and

learning to advance knowledge about urban sustainability and its practice.

EnergyGoals

• Conduct a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory and update annually

• Develop a GHG action plan – set a reduction goal

• Quantify energy usage on campus • Improve energy efficiency of buildings,

vehicles, equipment• Evaluate alternative and renewable energy

sources• Hold a campus energy challenge

Built EnvironmentGoals

• Pursue Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver certification

• Conserve, maintain, and increase green space on campus

• Develop bicycle pathsProgress

• Participating in Tree Campus USA program• Partnering with Indiana Wildlife Federation –

Campus Sustainable Landscape program

Reduce, Reuse, RecycleGoals• Enhance campus recycling program• Campus Center and Housing• Construction materials• Styrofoam

• Promote environmentally friendly purchasing practices

• Tox Away Day and RecycleMania

TransportationGoals

• Establish bicycle program• Increase bicycle parking, showers• Bicycle exchange

• Incorporate alternative fuels into campus vehicle fleet

• Increase car pooling and public transportation use

• Develop shuttle system between IUPUI and Bloomington

Public HealthGoals

• Evaluate use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

• Evaluate use of green cleaning products

• Establish an IUPUI farmers market

Progress• Identified new location for IUPUI urban garden• Satellite urban garden

Academics ET Sustainable Technologies Certificate SPEA Sustainability Policy and Mgmt Sustainability Certificate Sustainability House

Engage Office of Sustainability Website

www.sustainability.iupui.edu Office of Sustainability Internships Sustainability Committees Green Teams Greening IUPUI Grant Sustainability Town Hall Meetings

Best Practices Association for the Advancement of

Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) www.AASHE.org

Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS)

Conclusions Office of Sustainability

Opportunity to be an urban sustainability leader

Opportunity for impact

Questions?Thank you for your time!

Colleen J. McCormick, MPHDirector, Office of Sustainability

[email protected]

www.sustainability.iupui.edu