CAMPUS MASTER PLAN UPDATE · CAMPUS MASTER PLAN UPDATE Sustainability and Wellness 01 September 2016 DISCLAIMER: The following presentation represents in-progress work generated to

CAMPUS MASTER PLAN UPDATESus t ainabi l i t y and Wel lnes s

01 September 2016

DISCLAIMER:

The following presentation represents in-progress work generated to test various elements of the ongoing campus planning effort along with stimulating discussion

and feedback amongst the Focus Group participants. The graphics do not represent proposed or approved projects and are intended only to illustrate, for discussion

purposes, how elements of the campus master plan could potentially be implemented.

Integrated Sustainability

Themes:- Energy Use and Conservation

- Campus Mobility

- Ecology and Landscape

- Built Environment and Site Design

- Social Sustainability and Wellness

Overview of Remaining Themes

AGENDA

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INTEGRATED SUSTAINABILITY

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Integrated Sustainabilityapproach:

Sustainability is the

simultaneous pursuit of human

health and happiness,

environmental quality, and

economic well-being for current

and future generations.

Payback

Planet People

DISCLAIMER: The graphic is for illustrative and discussion purposes only and does not represent a proposed or approved design. The intent of the graphic is solely to test potential

implementation of elements of the campus master planning effort.


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Integrated Approach to Sustainabilityintegrated:

PEOPLE

Social variables dealing

with community,

education, equity, social

resources, health, well-

being, and quality of life

PAYBACK

Economic variables

dealing with the bottom

line and cash flow

PLANET

Environment variables

relating to natural

resources, water, air quality,

energy conversation, and

land use

The Best Practice

for Sustainability

is Balanced.

Payback

Planet People




Included in the Campus Master Plan Update as

supported by multiple focus areas

Supported by the Campus

Master Plan Update

Reinforced by the Campus Master

Plan

Energy Use/

Conservation

Campus

Mobility

Built Environment/

Site Design

Waste

Management

Dining

Services

Operational Matters

Social

Sustainability

Education,

Outreach and

Engagement

Administrative

Support

Pedagogy,

Research and

Innovation

Non-Operational Matters

Ecology and

Landscape




Every member of the Aggie family works together to champion environmental stewardship, encourage healthy living, and improve social and economic opportunities and outcomes locally, nationally, and globally.




Included in the Campus Master Plan Update as

supported by multiple focus areas

Supported by the Campus

Master Plan Update

Reinforced by the Campus Master

Plan

Energy Use/

Conservation

Campus

Mobility

Built Environment/

Site Design

Waste

Management

Dining

Services

Operational Matters

Social

Sustainability

Education,

Outreach and

Engagement

Administrative

Support

Pedagogy,

Research and

Innovation

Non-Operational Matters

Ecology and

Landscape



NEXT STEPS

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Sustainability in the Final Documentnext:

SUSTAINABILITY CHAPTER

A Focus Element with its own chapter

including all themes.

• Energy Use and Conservation

• Campus Mobility

• Ecology and Landscape

• Built Environment and Site Design

• Waste Management

• Dining Services

• Social Sustainability

• Education, Outreach, and Engagement

• Administrative Support

• Pedagogy, Research, and Innovation

OTHER FOCUS AREAS

An element of each Focus Element chapter.

• Campus Development

• Sustainability

• Mobility and Safety

• Sustainability

• Preservation and Adaptive Reuse

• Sustainability

• Wayfinding and Signage

• Sustainability

• Campus Guidelines

• Sustainability



ENERGY USE AND CONSERVATION

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Energy Use & GHG Reductionenergy:

1. Continuous Conservation

Through Commissioning

2. Design for Low Entropy

3. Study Opportunities for

Renewable Energy



Energy Use & GHG Reductionenergy:



1. Continuous Conservation Through Cxenergy:

• Control Systems Upgrades

• Energy Use Targets for Each

Building

• Integrate Operational Analytics

LIGHTING

TENANT

PLUG LOADS

HVAC

MAIN ENERGY

METER



2. Design for Low Entropyenergy:

• Maximize the utilization of CHP

Investments

• Minimize Distribution Losses

• Broadly Utilize Heat Recovery

• Use Room Temperature Heating

and Cooling Systems.

CENTRAL PLANT

ENERGY

BUILDING SCALE

HVAC



2. Design for Low Entropyenergy:

• Maximize the utilization of CHP

Investments

• Minimize Distribution Losses

• Broadly Utilize Heat Recovery

• Use Room Temperature Heating

and Cooling Systems.

CENTRAL PLANT

ENERGY

BUILDING SCALE

HVACHEAT RECOVERY



3. Study Opportunities for Renewable Energyenergy:

Sources of renewable natural gas for CHP• Local Waste-to-Energy opportunities

• Agricultural waste (digester) opportunities

• Municipal Solid Waste (Landfill Gas) opportunities

• Purchase/off-take agreements for remote projects

(i.e. PPA-style sourcing)

Site / building-specific generation• Identify candidate buildings, or campus

regions, for renewable technologies

• Assess each site for capacity availability and

integration potential

• Consider impacts, as appropriate, to central

system efficiencies

Consider Financial Approaches & Constraints• Assess contractual relationship possibilities and

constraints

• Own / Operate

• Power Purchase Agreement

• Capital lease

Understand Scale of Potential & Relative

Need• Assess realistic capacity available from

available technologies

• Solar PV (small scale & utility scale off site)

• Solar Thermal

• Wind (small scale & utility scale off site)

• Renewable Gas

• Communicate findings to campus community



3. Study Opportunities for Renewable Energyenergy:

http://www.aashe.org/resources/campus-solar-photovoltaic-installations/all/

http://biosphere2.org/



CAMPUS MOBILITY

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Campus Mobilitymobility:

1. Expand and enhance Pedestrian

Zone

2. Implement Bicycle Master Plan

3. Support Campus Transit

4. Investigate Alternative Modes of

Transport



1. Enhance the Pedestrian Zonemobility:



1. Enhance the Pedestrian Zonemobility:



2. Implement Bicycle Master Planmobility:

Bike Lease

• Sold out for Fall 2016

semester (100 bicycles)

• 9 semesters of rental until a

lease bike achieves a positive

ROI

Borrow a Bike

• How well used is this program?

The Hub

• How well used is this facility?










Bike Racks & Screening Options

Low brick wall with stone cap brick wall with sections of metal screen

a landscape hedge




Covered Bicycle Storage



3. Support Campus Transitmobility:



LEGEND:

Transit Stop

5-min Walk

Radius

4. Alternative Modes of Transportmobility:

• Ride-sharing services (CARPOOL, Uber, Lyft)

• Enhance/Promote car share program (ZipCar)

• Enhance/Promote Car Pooling (Zimride)

• TTI studies



ECOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE

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Ecology and Landscapeecology:

1. Manage Stormwater at multiple

scales.

• Campus/Regional Scale

• Character Zone Scale

• Building Project Scale

2. Conserve Healthy Soils

3. Use Appropriate Vegetation and

Plants

4. Reduce Urban Heat Island Effects



1. Manage Stormwater at Multiple Scalesecology:

Less of this and more of this.




SYSTEM MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

1. Align TAMU Campus with College Station’s

existing regulations

• Set stormwater and roadway system

minimum requirements

• Campus to retain final word on designs, but

require a global-view of each project

ABOVE GRADE REQUIREMENTS

1. Absolute minimum street slopes to be

established

• Discourage ponding in roadways

2. Mandate that water volume be contained

within roadways

• Reduce chance of floodwaters reaching

buildings

3. Roadside ditches to be sized for certain storm

events

• Carry a minimum volume of water, but

never too much

4. Geometric alignment restrictions on open

channels

• Discourage erosion and blockages




BELOW GRADE REQUIREMENTS

1. Require storm drain access points at regular intervals

for maintenance

2. Set a minimum pipe diameter

• Many pipes on campus are undersized for the

system they feed and unnecessarily restrict flow

during normal events

3. Include factors of safety within systems to account for

blockages

• More realistic based on empirical evidence of how

systems function

4. Mandate that design teams show their proof of system

capacities

• Easier review of proper functionality of a system

on paper

5. Stricter design requirements to account for

construction tolerances

• Surveys showing settled or improperly

designed/installed systems

• Additional vertical requirements for new systems

can mitigate these problems




PUBLIC EDUCATION

1. Inlet Stickers/Stamps

• Simple, cheap reminder that storm drains flow

directly into waterways and are not treated like

sanitary sewers

2. Etchings or Pedestal Markers

• Popular with water quality BMPs like tree wells,

bioswales, raingardens, cisterns, etc.

• Provide real numbers about diverted rainwater

• Accentuate how a BMP can be visual centerpieces

of a sites



New & Ongoing Projects: Stormwater BMPsecology:

SELECTIVE LIST OF ACTIVE PROJECTS

1. Zachry Engineering Building

• Green Roof

• Rainwater Harvesting

• Correctly Sizing Storm Lines

• Removing Cross-Connections

2. Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

/ Biocontainment Research Facility

• Wet Pond

• Condensate Reclamation

• Correctly Sizing Storm Lines

3. New White Creek Aparements/West Campus

Support Building

• Bioswales in Street


• Correctly Sizing Storm Lines Zachry Before ConstructionDISCLAIMER: The graphic is for illustrative and discussion purposes only and does not represent a proposed or approved design. The intent of the graphic is solely to test potential


Stormwater Solutions: Regional Scaleecology:

CAMPUS/REGIONAL SCALE

Infrastructure-level solutions, work hand-in-

hand with project and character-zone level

solutions

• Wet Pond

• Correctly Size Storm Mains

• For today and ultimate buildout

• Remove Unnecessary Cross-Connections

• Need to retain a campus view at

project levels

• Fix problems created previously




CHARACTER ZONE SCALE

• Bioswales in Medians

• Dry Detention

• Permeable Paving

• Correctly Sizing Storm Mains

• Wet ponds

• Tree Trenches





PROJECT SCALE


• Green Roof

• Smaller Bioswales


• Tree Trenches

• Inlet BasketsZachary Engineering Green Roof (Proposed)




PROJECT SCALE


• Green Roof

• Smaller Bioswales


• Tree Trenches

• Inlet Baskets



Best Management PracticeWest Campus

Housing/Academic

Northside

Housing/Academic

Bioswales in Medians

Dry Detention

Permeable Paving

Correctly Sizing Storm

Mains

Wet Pond

Tree Trenches/Wells

Rainwater Harvesting


EXAMPLE CHARACTER ZONE COMPARISON




WEST CAMPUS ZONE




NORTHSIDE HOUSING/ACADEMIC ZONE



2. Conserve Healthy Soilsecology:

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Surface Soil: In undisturbed areas, typically the top 4”

– 6” soil, but in disturbed areas such as urban

environments, the surface soil can be subsoil.

Balance cut and fill on site

Limit the length of time topsoil is stock piled for reused

for planting

To avoid stock piling for an extended length of time

coordinate reuse of soil on other projects around

campus

Specify soil planting depths and mix to support plant

durability



3. Use Appropriate Vegetation and Plantsecology:



4. Reduce Heat Island Effectsecology:

Develop performance criteria to require high

minimum Solar Reflectance Index (SRI)

compliance on roofs and hardscapes

Explore green roofs, permeable paving, and tree

canopy in addition to or in lieu of meeting the SRI

requirements for roofing and hardscape materials.



BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND SITE DESIGN

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Built Environment and Site Designbuildings:

1. Adopt appropriate facility

performance criteria.

2. Support systems thinking in

energy, water, and materials.

3. Select appropriate buildings sites.

4. Provide a healthy indoor

environment.DISCLAIMER: The graphic is for illustrative and discussion purposes only and does not represent a proposed or approved design. The intent of the graphic is solely to test potential


1. Adopt Appropriate Performance Criteriabuildings:

LEED 2009 sunsets October 31, 2016.

Does TAMU want to stay LEED 2009 Silver equivalent or

advance to LEEDv4 Silver equivalent?

vs.




• Specify water-efficient commercial fixtures and

include performance requirements

• Include performance-based specifications for

irrigations systems that require 50% reductions

in potable water use via efficient systems and

weather sensors

• Specify a minimum glazing performance that

exceeds ASHRAE90.1-2007** requirements

• Articulate VOC requirements in Division 01 for

paints, coatings, adhesives, sealants, flooring

systems, agrifiber products, and composite

woods




• Specify BUG ratings for exterior light fixtures.

• Include water and energy sub-meters.

• Specify products with transparent manufacturing

processes.

• Environmental Product Declarations

• Health Product Declarations

• Corporate Sustainability Reports

• Include thermal comfort and interior lighting

controls.




LEED 2009 sunsets October 31, 2016.

Does TAMU want to stay LEED 2009 Silver equivalent or

advance to LEEDv4 Silver equivalent?

vs.






2. Support Systems Thinkingbuildings:

OPTIMIZE ENERGY PERFORMANCE

• Request A/E teams develop energy performance

metrics during SDs as an additional criteria for

TAMU to use in decision-making.

• Coordinate daylight and electric lighting to

realize energy savings.

• Preference LED lighting.

• Use occupancy sensors to minimize wasted

energy during times of non-use.




ACHIEVE POTABLE WATER USE REDUCTIONS

IN IRRIGATION, INDOOR WATER USE, AND

COOLING TOWERS.

• Preference native and adapted species to

minimize irrigation needs.

• Explore opportunities for greywater reuse in

irrigation.

• Develop operational guidelines for cooling

tower function that minimize chemical use.

• Explore opportunities to source cooling tower

make-up from non-potable sources.




PREFERENCE REUSE, LOCAL MATERIALS,

AND RECYCLED CONTENT

• Maintain legacy buildings

• Leverage spending power to support the local

economy

• Minimize new material extraction



Performance Standards

PREFERENCE LOCAL MATERIALS WITH

RECYCLED CONTENT

• REUSE EXISTING BUILDINGS

• LOCAL MATERIALS (500 MILES RADIUS)

• RECYCLED CONTENT

buildings:



Select Appropriate Building Sites

CONDUCT A PRE-DESIGN SITE

ASSESSMENT

• Aligned with the Sustainable SITES Program

• Survey all potential sites for a building

project

• Document significant features:

• Site Context

• Water

• Soils

• Vegetation

• Materials

• Human Health and Wellbeing

• Climate

• Energy

• Address long-term potential

buildings:



Select Appropriate Building Sites

BUILD WHERE TRANSIT ACCESS AND

INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY EXIST OR ARE

PLANNED

• Develop access strategies concurrent with buildings.

• Provide for pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure

when developing campus projects.

• Build within the capacity of stormwater and

wastewater infrastructure.

buildings:



3. Select Appropriate Building Sites buildings:

MAINTAIN AND CREATE OPEN SPACE ON CAMPUS• Select sites based on Open Space Network

• Maintain existing green space:

• White Creek, Centennial Park, Spence Park,

East Quad, JK Williams Lawn, etc.

• Create new open space on campus

• Expand environmental, social, and recreational

engagement

PRESERVE HERITAGE SITES AND ENVIRONMENTALLY

CRITCAL LANDSCAPES• Conserve landscapes which highest and best uses do not

include buildings.

• Preserve heritage sites.

• Locate new buildings within existing developed areas to

meet FAR goals



4. Provide a Healthy Indoor Environmentbuildings:

PROVIDE HIGH INDOOR AIR QUALITY

PROVIDE CONTROLLABLE LIGHTING AND

THERMAL COMFORT SYSTEMS.

PROVIDE REGULARLY OCCUPIED SPACES

WITH ACCESS TO DAYLIGHT AND VIEWS.

PROVIDE AN ACOUSTICALLY APPROPRIATE

ENVIRONMENT.



4. Provide a Healthy Indoor Environmentbuildings:

A. HIGH INDOOR AIR QUALITY

B. CONTROLLABLE LIGHTING SYSTEMS.

C. CONTROLLABLE THERMAL COMFORT SYSTEMS.

D. REGULARLY OCCUPIED SPACES WITH ACCESS TO DAYLIGHT AND VIEWS.

E. AN ACOUSTICALLY APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENT.

WHICH INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA

IS MOST LACKING ACROSS CAMPUS?



SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND WELLNESS

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Social Sustainability and Wellnesssocial:

1. Support Diversity, Inclusion, and

Equity

2. Wellness: Support Physical and

Mental Health



1. Support Diversity, Inclusion, and Equitysocial:

ENGAGE A BROAD BASE OF STAKEHOLDERS

CONTINUE TO REGULARLY ASSESS CLIMATE

• Assess the attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors

of campus users

INCREASE CULTURAL COMPETENCE

• Multiculturalism-related education

SUPPORT EQUITABLE PRACTICES

• Develop and enforce policy changes that support

an equitable institution

IMPLEMENT UNIVERSAL DESIGN STANDARDS

• Promote universal design and continue progress

towards disability awareness and accessibility for

all buildings, campus transit systems, etc



2. Campus Wellnesssocial:

DESIGN FOR INCREASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND

MENTAL HEALTH ON CAMPUS

• Support walkability to diverse uses within each character

zone:

• Residence Halls

• Administrative Offices

• Academic

• Classrooms

• Retail

• Food/Beverage

• Recreation

• Public Spaces

• Ensure green space, walking/biking paths, transit stops, and

recreation opportunities exists within each Character Zone

• Provide information about walking routes/distance markers

on preferred routesDISCLAIMER: The graphic is for illustrative and discussion purposes only and does not represent a proposed or approved design. The intent of the graphic is solely to test potential



DESIGN FOR INCREASED ACTIVITY AND MENTAL

HEALTH WITHIN CAMPUS BUILDINGS

• Locate an appealing, visible stair on the principal paths

of travel from the building’s main entrance.

• Design visually appealing corridors with daylighting.

• Consider providing small-scale exercise facilities within

campus buildings.

• Provide shower and locker room facilities within

campus buildings.




NUTRITION

• Provide access to healthy food

options.

• Eliminate food deserts on

campus.

• Preference local and organic

produce and local and

humanely treated meat and

dairy products.

• Provide food options to meet

dietary restrictions and

choices



REMAINING THEMES

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Sustainability Themesthemes:

Waste Management1. Target Net-Zero Waste

2. Develop a Universal Recycling Program

3. Address Campus Events

Administrative Support1. Invest responsibly in sustainable initiatives

2. Purchase environmentally responsible

goods and services

3. Engage a broad group of stakeholders in

decision-making

Education, Outreach and Engagement1. Clarify a unified vision for sustainability at

TAMU

2. Develop a communications plan that

includes public reporting

3. Educate Campus Users about Sustainable

Techniques and Solutions

4. Develop student and faculty programs

Pedagogy, Research and Innovation1. Highlight and provide resources for

Sustainable Research and Academics

2. Use the Campus as a Living Laboratory for

Sustainable Research

3. Document Academic Courses and majors

offered that deal with Sustainability



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Schedule

Upcoming Milestones:

07 Oct: 1st Draft of Master Plan Update

13 Oct: Campus Open Houses

14 Oct: Joint Focus Group Session

31 Oct: 2nd Draft of Master Plan Update

02 Nov: Council of Deans

08 Nov: Council on the Built Environment

10 Nov: Executive Committee

15 Dec: Final Draft of Master Plan Update

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