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New Sustainability Faculty Fellow
- Dr. Edie Gaythwaite
Fall 2019 Carrie Black Director, Energy Conservation & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Fall 2019 Carrie Black Director, Energy Conservation & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Sustainability Forum Fall 2019 Carrie Black Director, Energy Conservation & Sustainability cblack32@valenciacollege.edu New Sustainability Faculty Fellow Dr. Edie Gaythwaite Sustainable Operations Update Energy Update Spring Break
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Sustainable Operations Update
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Energy Update
- Spring Break Shutdown Competition
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Energy Update: Continued
- City of Orlando Building Energy & Water
Efficiency Strategy (BEWES)
- OSC CIT Building
– Green Building Initiative- Green Globes – Tracking: 2 Green Globes
- Energy Efficiency Projects
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Energy Update: Current and Upcoming
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGe)
Inventory: Fall 2019
– Update Climate Action Plan
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Waste & Recycling: Graduation Gowns
Valencia’s Graduation Gowns Traditional Graduation Gowns
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Waste & Recycling Continued
- Hand Dryers Project
- Food Scrap Program
– Partnership with City of Orlando – West Campus: Cafeteria Kitchen & Culinary Program – New Initiative: Front of House in West Campus Cafeteria
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Transportation
- Ridesharing
– ReThink Your Commute
- Matching, plan and ride your route, built-in incentives
- Emergency Rides Home
- Student Launch: Spring 2020
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Transportation
- Downtown Campus
– Advertising alternative ways to get to campus
- Social Media
- Kudos: SunRail Passes
- Electric Vehicle (EV)
Charging Stations
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Grounds
- Tree Campus USA (TCUSA)
– Tree planting & native plant labeling event
- Upcoming: November at East
– Need students for committee
- Osceola Landscape Master Plan
– Progress meeting in July with faculty and staff representatives – Finalizing over next few weeks
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Students
- Campus Earth Day Events
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Students
- Valencia Earth Studies Association (VESA)
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Community
- Central Florida Higher Education
Partnership for Sustainable Development – Interested faculty involvement opportunity
- Downtown Orlando Partnership- Lunch &
Learn Panelist
- City of Orlando & Orange County
Sustainability Departments
- US Green Building Council Florida Chapter
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Sustainability Assistant
- Welcome Laura Betts!
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Sustainable Operations Vision, Metrics, & Objectives
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Sustainability Mission & Vision
- Mission: Promote and execute operational practices
in the service of environmental, economic, and social responsibility, while effectively communicating and educating about the significance of these practices for people and the planet.
- Vision: Serve as a role model in our community by
accomplishing sustainability goals.
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Where Do We Stand?
Measurements College-Wide
2017/18 2018/19 Change % Direction
ELECTRIC
Electricity Usage KWH 32,511,989 32,763,902 251,913 0.77% Higher Electric Usage kWh/SF actual 14.46 14.48 0.02 0.14% Higher Normalized Electrical Usage kWh/SF 14.23 13.84
- 0.39
- 2.82%
Lower
WATER
Water Usage- Potable (1,000) gallons 48,916 49,731 815 1.67% Higher Water Usage- Non-Potable (1,000) gallons 13,481 12,558
- 923
- 6.85%
Lower
WASTE & RECYCLING
Total Waste in tons (landfill and recycle) 792 618
- 174
- 21.97%
Lower Total Recycle waste in tons 125 138 13 10.40% Higher Waste and Recycling $/SF 0.12 $ 0.11 $
- 0.01
- 8.33%
Lower Total Waste (Trash & Recycle) in lbs per FTE
(Spring EOT counts via Institutional Research)
37.9 27.6
- 10.28
- 27.12%
Lower Total Recycle waste in lbs per FTE 6.0 6.2 0.19 3.12% Higher FTE Spring 2018: 41,774 Spring 2019: 44,724
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Sustainability Objectives
- Objective 1: Obtain Carbon Neutrality
- Objective 2: Reduce the waste the College Generates
- Objective 3: Improve Water Quality & Conservation
Source: MWRA
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Objective 1: Obtain Carbon Neutrality
- Lower Energy Usage
- Pursue Renewable Energy Options and
Carbon Offsets
- Reduce Transportation Emissions
Measurement: Reduce consumption 20% from baseline year by 2025.
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Objective 2: Reduce Waste
- Establish day-to-day practices and guidelines that
reduce and eliminate landfill waste streams and/or improve recycling rates.
- Identify opportunities that would change current landfill
waste items to recyclable or reusable items.
- Measurement: Reduce the waste the
College produces by 25% from baseline year by 2025.
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- Identify operational processes and capital projects to
improve water use efficiency and/or reduce usage.
- Stormwater Management- Design and construct
parking and landscaping to implement stormwater runoff best management practices.
Measurement: Reduce potable water usage by 5% from baseline year by 2025.
Objective 3: Improve Water Quality & Conservation
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Questions & Open Discussion
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