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Creating A Sustainable Campus:: Challenges and Opportunities To Integrate Sustainability at The University of Maryland
Creating A Sustainable Campus:: Challenges and Opportunities To Integrate Sustainability at The University of Maryland
Campus:
Purpose of ACUPCC
Operations
Curriculum
Research
9 MD Schools, 12 VA Schools
ACUPCC: Initial
Requirements
Within Two Months:
Create Institutional Structures to
Develop and Implement a Plan
Within One Year:
Complete Comprehensive Inventory
of all Greenhouse Gas Emissions;
Update Inventory Every Other Year
Thereafter
UM - ACUPCC Initiatives
Establishing a Climate
Action Plan Workgroup
Evolution of Sustainability
at UM
Evolution of Sustainability at
UM (contd)
New Office of
Sustainability
Campus-wide
Sustainability Website
(www.sustainability.umd.e
du)
Released Sustainability
Report on UM Initiatives
Sustainability Initiatives
at UM
Comprehensive Stormwater
Study to Identify
Improvement Projects
Comprehensive Tree
Inventory and Assessment
Sustainability Initiatives at
UM (contd)
Flexcar Program
Introduced
Major Lighting
Improvement Program
Underway
Sustainability Initiatives at
UM (contd)
Competed
inRecyclemania
Composting Program
in Dining Halls (10
tons per month)
Sustainability-Related
Research
Sustainability Educational
Opportunities
More than 100 Courses
about Environmental
Issues are Offered Each
Year
Environmental
Science and
Technology
Master of
Engineering and Public
Policy
Maryland Institute of
Research Team
Center for Integrative Environmental
Research (CIER)
David Tilley, Associate Professor, Environmental
Science & Technology, CIER Affiliate
Matthias Ruth, Director, CIER
Kim Ross, Executive Director, CIER
Ramy Serour, Graduate Research Assistant,
Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences
Graduate Program
Lucia Ness, Student Research Assistant,
Environmental Science & Policy Program
Working in Close Collaboration with Facilities
Management and the GHG Inventory Taskforce
Inventory Approach
Scope
Temporal Scope: 2002-2007 requested
Scope 1 Direct GHG Emissions from
Facilities Owned/Controlled by UMCP
(e.g., power plant, vehicles, fugitive
emissions)
Scope 2 - Purchased Electricity
Scope 3 - Indirect Emissions (e.g.,
commuters, air travel, waste disposal,
purchased products)
Challenges Met
Transportation, Commuters
Design of Algorithm to Calculate Missing Data for
Student Commuting
Data Consistency
Reported by Fiscal Year (July 1 - June 30) vs. Calendar
Year
Reported for Years 2002 to 2007
Future Updates
Required every Two Years
Recommendations for Data Collection and Reporting
Process Improvements
Integrating Sustainability on
Campus:
Lessons LearnedMake Sustainability a
Establish a Steering
Committee and Program
Lead
Integrating Sustainability on
Campus:
Lessons Learned
(contd)
Implement
Projects and Seek
Continuous
Improvement
Integrating Sustainability on
Campus:
Lessons Learned
(contd)
Use Campus/System
Resources
Build Collaboration Many Are Motivated by
Sustainability
Provide
Educational
Opportunities
(Internships, Graduate
Assistantships, etc.)
Measure
Progress
(Milestones and Metrics)
QUESTIONS?
RESOURCES:
Office of Sustainability at UM www.sustainability.umd.edu
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in
Higher Education (AASHE) - www.aashe.org
American College and University Presidents Climate
Commitment (ACUPCC)
-www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org
US Green Building Council (USGBC) - www.usgbc.org
MD Energy Administration - www.energy.state.md.us