Dennis Milechin

Yan Wang
Ha Hoang
Advisors:
Professor Frederick L. Hart
Professor Guillermo F. Salazar
Klaas Rodenburg
Shawn 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.

www.umoncton.ca/symbiose/files/CSAF.pdf

Global Reporting Initiative

definition
Environment
Economics
Society

Campus Sustainability Assessment

Framework (CSAF)

http://www.rso.cornell.edu/sustainabilityhub/Pictures/Sustainabili
ty%20venn%20diagram.jpg

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.

Step 1
Commitment to
Sustainability

Step 2
Sustainability
Committee

Step 3
Immediate
Policies

Step 6
Modify Action
Plan

Step 5
Implement
Action Plan

Step 4
Action Plan

Commitment to
Sustainability

Public Declaration of Commitment to Environmental Protection and

Serves as Frame Work for Decision Making and Goals
-- Greening the Ivory Tower
Show institutions determination toward sustainability
Defines institutions own campus sustainability definition
Commitment greatly increases the likelihood that actual actions will be
taken.

http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/
http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/about/documents/sustainabilityprincipleshandout.p
df

Immedia
Sustainability
te
Committee
Policies

Why this is not the 1st or 3rd :

Task of a Committee
Structure and Membership of A Committee
Influence of The Committee

Environmental Sustainability Advisory

Committee (ESAC)

http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/sustainability/our-sustainability-commitment.html#ESAC

Immediate
Policies

Why this step is behind Committee &

before Action Plan:
Action Plan Walks Too Slow
What are Immediate Policies
What are immediate policies for

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

Action Plan

Start

Create/
Modify
Action
Plan

Take
Inventor
y of
Campus

Analyze
Data

Identify
Possible
Solutions

Identify
Problem
Areas

Set
Targets
and
Goals

Action Plan
Indiana University of Bloomington - 2008 Report

https://www.indiana.edu/~sustain/wp-content/uploads/Campus_Sustainability_Report.pdf

Action
Plan
Identify
Proble
m
Areas

Energ
y

Water

Social

Waste

Biodie
sel

Ex
ha
u
sm st
go ells
od
! !

In 2006, a recycling truck in Harvard was

retrofitted and started running on straight
waste vegetable oil from Harvards
Dinning Hall.

 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 frontline employees.
E-mails: Dont 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

Prompt
is something to
A prompt
remind people actually carry
out their sustainable actions.

Florida State
University
Using prompt strategy increased the
amount of recycled paper by 54% in one
department of Florida State University.

Step 1
Commitment to
Sustainability

Repeat steps 5 and 6

Step 2

To demonstrate
progress.
To identify new problem
areas.
To implement new
sustainability solutions.
Step 6
Modify
Action Plan

Step 5
Implement
Action Plan

Create
Sustainability
Committee

Step 3
Immediate
Policies

Step 4
Action Plan

 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