COMMITTEE MEETING JANUARY 29, 2018
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY Housed under Facilities Services Full-time Sustainability Coordinator 1 General Sustainability Intern: volunteer Open recruitment now for Spring Semester (apps due to SLICE today - deadline extended to Feb 19). 3 Landscape Interns: paid (grant-funded) Visit the “Green Cave” at NSM F-127! Left to right: Landscape Interns-Hugo, Alicia, Hawk, and Sustainability Intern Brandon
AGENDA Report on projects & progress Sustainability initiatives AASHE STARS Reporting Findings Working Group Updates: Earth Day Planning, Academic Infusion, Sustainable Landscape Upcoming Events Open Discussion Feedback and opportunities for collaboration New ideas
ENERGY- 1 MW BATTERY STORAGE Fully installed and operational as of January 2018 • Has already won two awards: • 2 nd place at Toro Tank Competition • 2018 Smart Energy Decisions Innovation • Award (Onsite Renewable Energy Category) Provides significant peak demand savings & grid • reliability.
WATER- UTILITY ASSESSMENTS Met with Cal Water before the winter break Scheduling meeting for Cal Water and West Basin (reclaimed)- potential irrigation assessment, rebates, and retrofit programs.
RECYCLING UPDATE- EXTERIOR RECYCLING Sustainability Assessment Findings (Waste Sort component): NSM (with recycling dumpster): even without active publicity & education, surprisingly good diversion and low contamination rate SBS (without recycling dumpster, on the way): almost 75% of the trash is recyclable. Optimistic about results once recycling dumpster is delivered! Exterior Recycling: Mostly labeled/three-bin system- landfill, mixed recycling, cans & bottles Dumpsters almost all in place: NSM, Theater, LCH, Extended Ed, CDC/ITC; SBS on the way. GEO 420 assistance (recycling evaluation as part of service-learning requirement)
RECYCLING UPDATE- INTERIOR RECYCLING More bins are clearly needed Coca Cola and CALL grant for this were declined. PepsiCo still TBD Looking into CalRecycle resources and evaluating final counts Rubbermaid assessment (just last week) Working on streamlining centralized locations on each floor and picking out a common design that functions well and looks good. Data is power: sustainability assessments, Rubbermaid rep (quotes/cost), Recycling Coordinator maps/floorplans.
RECYCLING UPDATE- EDUCATION & OUTREACH New Sustainability campus-wide e-mail address in the works Recycling guidance will be the first order of business (locations, accepted materials, etc.) March Race to Reduce: week 1 (March 5 and 8, recycling sort activity, railing in front of LSU) Some guidance in New Employee Orientation (Green Guides) Working on trying to get training into New Student Enrollment Applying for division grant to go to each department PepsiCo Grant would also provide paid student interns to go door to door.
CAMPUS FARM UPDATE WRPI Internship- paid intern provided, CALL Grant awarded Cabinet Meeting Review for final approval (Monday)
ACADEMICS Currently Scheduled: CHEM 108 – Energy Efficiency 101 lecture and tour of Central Plant GEO 420- Recycling presentation and GIS project to map recycling bins Pending: Central Plant Tour for Sports Management Class Others? Garden Syllabus Workshop & Academic Working Group Lunch – February 9, 11am-1pm @ Faculty Dev Center Attend one or the other or both, RSVP here: https://csudhsustainabilitycurriculum.eventbrite.com Also plan to reach out to the Academic Senate to get on agenda for upcoming meeting.
AASHE STARS REPORTING UPDATE Majority of questions left involve institutional stats, academic structure/research questions, OH&S, and Dining (March 2 nd deadline for consideration for STARS, Princeton Review, and Sierra Cool Schools rankings). Looking at end of semester submittal, or postponing if information gaps are too great to get a ranking. Challenges include: institutionalizing best practices into policy documents, aligning information gathering with current reporting and data, and completing projects that are in progress (i.e. sustainability report, Tree Campus USA, etc.) Academic Inventory (draft) complete: ~5% of undergraduate courses and 1% of graduate courses integrate sustainability and/or are sustainability courses. Discuss further with Academic Working Group at meeting on February 9 and engage Academic Senate in February. Will post draft of inventory on website.
WORKING GROUP UPDATES Identified Topics: Sustainable Landscape Working Group- meeting on Thursday, feedback already being integrated in new Housing project. Academic Infusion/Faculty Working Group February 9 meeting to discuss AASHE STARS academic inventory findings. Follows February 9 meeting to discuss garden curriculum Both events at Faculty Development Center (11-noon, noon-1pm): RSVP here (https://csudhsustainabilitycurriculum.eventbrite.com) Earth Day Working Group Committee meets 1 st Wednesdays, 1pm at SLICE Conference Room- Next meeting is Wednesday, February 7 @ 1pm. Space (East and West Walkways) already booked for Thursday, April 19, 2018. Sign up with and/or reach out to Ellie Perry at eperry@csudh.edu or call x2303
UPCOMING EVENTS (1/2) Green Career Panel: Tuesday, January 30 th 4-5:30pm (LSU) Volunteer Days: Friday, Feb 2 nd 1-4pm, and Sat, Feb 3 rd 9am-1pm Garden (campus gardens) Sign up at: https://csudhgardenday.eventbrite.com
UPCOMING EVENTS (2/2) Faculty Syllabus Workshop for Gardens/Working Group Lunch: February 9 (11am-1pm) Earth Science Club Speaker Event (Govt. Science): Wednesday, February 21 st 2:30-3:45pm (SBS D225) March Race to Reduce Month : Mondays/Thursdays in March LSU Tablings (11:30am-1:30pm)- 5 & 8 Recycling sorting station (Week 1), 12 & 15 Photobooth Pledges (Week 2) Central Plant (9am-11am)- 19 & 22 BIY Bike Blender Smoothies (Week 3) Energy competition for Housing Phase I residents throughout March. Green Hero Award Nominations for staff and faculty (raffle for solar cart retrofit)- awarded at Earth Day Earth Day: Thursday, April 19 th 2018
OTHER UPCOMING PROJECTS AASHE STARS Reporting May receive additional requests for information (spread across multiple departments) Working Group Projects: Sustainable Landscape Plan, Earth Day Greater support for and involvement with auxiliaries: Dining & Housing Recycling, composting (Dining), and education programs Address special waste streams Collaborative education campaigns and initiatives Spring semester programming: March Race to Reduce & Earth Day
OPEN DISCUSSION Q&A Feedback New Ideas
NOTES Master Plan Town Hall Meeting coming up on Monday, February 12 th 2pm-4pm at LSU. Please provide feedback via the link before the meeting: https://www.csudh.edu/fpcm/campus-master-plan-update/ Volunteer Sustainability Intern Positions- recruitment extended to February 19 th (descriptions available at: https://www.csudh.edu/sustainability/take-action/) Volunteer Days: Friday, February 2 nd 1-4pm and Saturday, February 3 rd 9am-1pm Campus Gardens Sign up here: https://csudhgardenday.Eventbrite.com Faculty Syllabus Workshop for Gardens/Working Group Lunch: February 9 th (11am-1pm) Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gardens-as-a-living-laboratory-syllabus-workshop-academic-infusion- lunch-tickets-42238363081 Earth Science Club Speaker Event (Govt. Science): Wednesday, February 21 st 2:30-3:45pm (SBS D225)
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