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 Possible Solutions

Identify Problem

Areas

Identify Problem

Areas

Analyze Data

Analyze Data

Take Inventory of

Campus

Take Inventory of

CampusStartStart

Create/ Modify Action

Plan

Create/ Modify Action

Plan

Set Targets and Goals

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

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.

Biodiesel

Exhaust smells good !!

Exhaust 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