Annual Sustainability

Report2014-2015

20+ Years of Achievement

Signs the international TailloiresDeclaration

1990 1998

Canada's first university to adopt a sustainabledevelopment policy

20092007

2010

Meets Kyoto Protocol GHG reduction targets

Integrates sustainability as core pillar in UBC’s strategic plan

Sets bold targets to reduce GHG emissions

2011

Receives Canada’s first Gold rating in STARS

Develops Sustainability Academic Strategy

2009Establishes sustainability office at UBC’s Okanagan campus

First Canadian university to open a Campus Sustainability Office

1996

2013CIRS awarded LEED Platinum

2014

Develops20-year Sustainability Strategy

Our Approach

AGENT OF CHANGEAGENT OF CHANGE

AGENT OF CHANGE

2014/2015 Fast FactsVancouver Campus

2014/2015 Fast FactsOkanagan Campus

Teaching, Learning and Research768 STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF ENGAGED IN APPLIED RESEARCH

636SUSTAINABILITYRELATED COURSES

448FACULTY ENGAGED IN SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH

GRANTS

LEARNING PATHWAYS

COURSE CONSULTATION

FELLOWSHIPS

FACULTY ENGAGEMENT

INTEGRATION

Teaching, Learning and Research30GRADUATE STUDENT INTERNSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS

5,000+ENGAGED THROUGH SPEAKER SERIES + EVENTS

UBC READS SUSTAINABILITY

SCHOLARS PROGRAM

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT20SUSTAINABILITY AMBASSADORS

SUSTAINABILITY AMBASSADORS

STUDENT DEVELOPMENT

“Working with the SEEDS Program was a great opportunity to engage students… It allowed us to bring to the table unique ways to approach sustainability [in the new Student Union building].”

Michael KingsmillAMS Design Office Project Manager

SEEDS Program: UBC as a Living Lab

“J. W. McConnell Family Foundation’s investment will have a tremendous ripple effect…I look forward to seeing the positive impact in our community and beyond...”

James TanseyAssociate ProfessorSauder School of Business

SOCIAL INNOVATION

Operations and Infrastructure

CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT

CLIMATE ACTION PROJECTS

GREEN FLEET

22% REDUCTION IN ABS. GHG EMISSIONS SINCE 2007

63% OVERALL WASTE DIVERSION RATE

34% REDUCTION IN GHG EMISSIONS PER STUDENT SINCE 2007

VANCOUVER CAMPUS

GREEN BUILDINGS

NEIGHBOURHOOD ENERGY

Climate Action Plan ProjectsAcademic District Energy System

Bio-energy Research and Demonstration Facility

Continuous Optimization Building Tune-Up

Expected 22% reduction in campus emissions.

Achieved 11% reduction in campus emissions.

Will recommission over 70 buildings when

complete.

Operations and Infrastructure

WHOLE SYSTEMS PLAN

CONTINUOUS OPTIMIZATION

OKANAGAN CAMPUS PLAN

20% REDUCTION IN GHG EMISSIONS PER STUDENT SINCE 2007

28% REDUCTION IN WATER USE PER STUDENT SINCE 2007

1,200ENGAGED IN SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES

OKANAGAN CAMPUS

TRANSIT EXCHANGE

CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT

Community

ORCHARD COMMONS

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

WELLBEING AT UBC

9,989STUDENT BEDS AT VANCOUVER CAMPUS

66%OF VANCOUVER TRIPS USE SUSTAINABLE MODES OF TRANSPORT

29COMMUNITYGRANTS

AGENT OF CHANGE

VANCOUVER CAMPUS