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How University Transportation Work Can Contribute To California Greenhouse Gas Goals, Nicholas Lutsey Aug 2008

How University Transportation Work Can Contribute To California Greenhouse Gas Goals, Nicholas Lutsey

Sustainability Conference

Emerging state laws are shaping greenhouse gas regulation in California. This session discusses how the laws may affect California college and university transportation. The session will also highlight UC Irvine’s comprehensive program aimed at reducing vehicle emissions, vehicle trips, and vehicle miles traveled on campus, for which they won a 2008 Sustainable Transportation Award.

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Pesticide Hazard And Exposure Reduction (Phaer) Zones, Phil Boise, Ken Brown Aug 2008

Pesticide Hazard And Exposure Reduction (Phaer) Zones, Phil Boise, Ken Brown

Sustainability Conference

As California’s population continues to grow, high demand for fresh water and pesticide use will only accelerate the water shortage problem. UC Santa Barbara will be presenting their methodology of curbing pesticide use an approach which involves color-coded maps to evaluate sites, reduce risk, and plan for long-term sustainability. Their presentation will also include the benefits of native plant communities and the steps essential for creating these communities, such as: planning the site, removing invasive plants, restoring site soils, purchasing the native plant material, planting, irrigation, and mulches and amendments.

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Buildings, Energy & Co2, Bill Starr Aug 2008

Buildings, Energy & Co2, Bill Starr

Sustainability Conference

This session will summarize an analysis that explored various improvements in building energy efficiency and their potential to help the campus reach the Climate Action goals of the UC Policy on Sustainability. Emphases of the session will include: building energy use as a portion of total GHG emissions, comparison of energy use within building types, and options to reach policy goals.

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University Of California, Irvine: Campus-Wide Leed Pilot Program Status Report, Richard Demerjian Aug 2008

University Of California, Irvine: Campus-Wide Leed Pilot Program Status Report, Richard Demerjian

Sustainability Conference

The U.S. Green Building Council is transforming the LEED™ certification process to allow organizations with many buildings, like college/university campuses, to reduce the paperwork and cost of certification. UCSB, UCM, and CSULA are all involved in piloting these new approaches.

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Biodiesel: A Closer Look, Shirley Johnson Aug 2008

Biodiesel: A Closer Look, Shirley Johnson

Sustainability Conference

I will investigate the current debate regarding biofuels, such as the differences between ethanol and biodiesel. My presentation will be a robust investigation of biodiesel and the issues associated with biofuel. Currently, biofuels are getting a lot of attention in the media. To mention a few of the issues: debate of food verses fuel, appropriate land use for growing feedstock, and biodiesel quality. The question is: to what extent is biofuel driving up the price of soybean and corn? The direct competition for food versus fuel has never been seen before. The social justice aspects of biofuels are in question. …

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Bringing It Home: Making Sustainability A Reality For Students, Ann Savageau Aug 2008

Bringing It Home: Making Sustainability A Reality For Students, Ann Savageau

Sustainability Conference

Many students have questions about how to be more sustainable. Learn about three different programs that educate students about how to live sustainably and how to communicate with those around them about these practices. The Sustainable Works Program reviews how they engage students in critical thinking activities while exploring the connections between sustainability and their daily lives. UC Davis describes their two-week course on teaching students how they can make changes regarding consumption in their homes and campuses. Learn about how to incorporate these lessons into a business curriculum and explore the opportunities and challenges to educating business students about …

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Campus Center For Appropriate Technology, Jeffrey Steuben Aug 2008

Campus Center For Appropriate Technology, Jeffrey Steuben

Sustainability Conference

This session will include presentations from winners of the Energy Efficiency Partnership Best Practice Awards Competition for Best Student Sustainability Program. UC Berkeley will present on the Building Sustainability at Cal Program, which trains students to reduce the environmental footprint of campus buildings by educating building inhabitants and identifying structural and operational changes that can be made to the buildings. Humboldt State University will present on their Center for Appropriate Technology. There will also be a CCC Award Winner presenting.

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Sustainable Transportation In Campus Planning And Capital Projects, Charlotte Strem Aug 2008

Sustainable Transportation In Campus Planning And Capital Projects, Charlotte Strem

Sustainability Conference

This session will discuss advancing sustainable transportation efforts through the physical planning process, including integrating sustainable transportation into campus master plans, long range development plans, and project plans/budgets. The session will provide tips for helping sustainable transportation elements withstand value engineering, budget priority challenges, and campus competition for space.

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The Csueb Carbon Report, Karina Garbesi Aug 2008

The Csueb Carbon Report, Karina Garbesi

Sustainability Conference

The first step in reduction of GHG emission and mitigation of climate change is to understand the magnitude and source of present emissions. These three presentations are case studies describing student projects dedicated to the inventory of GHG sources, and two of them describe efforts on campuses to reduce emissions. Presenters will address the issues of how to create a class focused on campus sustainability that teaches students steps towards practical project implementation and how to create research and hands-on projects which impact the campus and community.

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Teaching Sustainability In Electrical Engineering Lab Courses, David Braun Aug 2008

Teaching Sustainability In Electrical Engineering Lab Courses, David Braun

Sustainability Conference

Swanton Pacific, a unique educational field facility, presents on using their land to study the effectiveness of sustainable resource management, while incorporating over 20 disciplines. Students developed a monitoring system to track impacts of a LEED Certified Housing Project and an electrical engineering course incorporated analysis of sustainability factors into each experiment. Lastly we will learn about the use of Green Chemistry in an undergraduate teaching lab and the broader implications of Green Chemistry for the campus.

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Ucsb Green Chemistry Initiative: Trial Efforts In Undergrad Lab Courses, Sonam Gill Aug 2008

Ucsb Green Chemistry Initiative: Trial Efforts In Undergrad Lab Courses, Sonam Gill

Sustainability Conference

One of a series of presentations focused on "Learn by Doing: Sustainability in Lab Courses." Describes the use of Green Chemistry in an undergraduate teaching lab and the broader implications of Green Chemistry for the campus.

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A Student-Implemented, Mixed-Method Assessment Of Stream Function, Adrienne Greve Aug 2008

A Student-Implemented, Mixed-Method Assessment Of Stream Function, Adrienne Greve

Sustainability Conference

Swanton Pacific, a unique educational field facility, presents on using their land to study the effectiveness of sustainable resource management, while incorporating over 20 disciplines. Students developed a monitoring system to track impacts of a LEED Certified Housing Project and an electrical engineering course incorporated analysis of sustainability factors into each experiment. Lastly we will learn about the use of Green Chemistry in an undergraduate teaching lab and the broader implications of Green Chemistry for the campus.

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Best Practices: Berkeley Green Campus Program, Desirae Early Aug 2008

Best Practices: Berkeley Green Campus Program, Desirae Early

Sustainability Conference

This session will include presentations from winners of the Energy Efficiency Partnership Best Practice Awards competition for projects that demonstrate best practices in Renewable Energy and Student Energy Efficiency Projects. Renewable Energy winners include CSU Fresno for their photovoltaic shaded parking canopies and LACCD for their Solar Photovoltaic Generation Project. LACCD will be giving out CDs with examples of RFPs, Contracts, and more related to their award-winning project. Student Energy Efficiency Winners include Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program teams from UC Berkeley, CSU Chico, and UC Santa Cruz. These teams were respectively recognized for overall energy saving and …

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Sustainable Printing Partnership Uc Davis - Hewlett Packard, Janice King Aug 2008

Sustainable Printing Partnership Uc Davis - Hewlett Packard, Janice King

Sustainability Conference

In 2007, Procurement was added to the UC’s Presidential Policy on Sustainable Practices, with guidelines on sustainable economy, energy and water use, recycled content and GreenSeal™ certified products, reduction of electronic hazardous waste, environmentally responsible packaging, effective recycling, supply chain environmental responsibility, and evaluating environmental claims. A panel of strategic sourcing and purchasing professionals will share how their campuses have interpreted and implemented the policy with successful results and how suppliers can play an important role.

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Best Practices: Solar Photovoltaic Shaded Parking Canopies, Lot V, Robert Boyd Aug 2008

Best Practices: Solar Photovoltaic Shaded Parking Canopies, Lot V, Robert Boyd

Sustainability Conference

This session will include presentations from winners of the Energy Efficiency Partnership Best Practice Awards competition for projects that demonstrate best practices in Renewable Energy and Student Energy Efficiency Projects. Renewable Energy winners include CSU Fresno for their photovoltaic shaded parking canopies and LACCD for their Solar Photovoltaic Generation Project. LACCD will be giving out CDs with examples of RFPs, Contracts, and more related to their award-winning project. Student Energy Efficiency Winners include Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program teams from UC Berkeley, CSU Chico, and UC Santa Cruz. These teams were respectively recognized for overall energy saving and …

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Uci Leed Eb Project, Paul Wingco Aug 2008

Uci Leed Eb Project, Paul Wingco

Sustainability Conference

Documenting sustainable operations for LEED™ EB Certification elicits the expertise and involvement of numerous campus departments, off-campus professionals, and building occupants. In this session, three universities will present how LEED™ EB Teams were formulated, discuss the relation of campus policies and procedures to the certification process, and provide current certification status updates. UC Irvine is certifying a lab building, UC Santa Cruz is certifying an engineering building, and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo is certifying an office building.

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Best Practices: Uc Santa Cruz - Green Campus Program, Rachel Shiozaki Aug 2008

Best Practices: Uc Santa Cruz - Green Campus Program, Rachel Shiozaki

Sustainability Conference

Best Practice Awards competition for projects that demonstrate best practices in Renewable Energy and Student Energy Efficiency Projects. Renewable Energy winners include CSU Fresno for their photovoltaic shaded parking canopies and LACCD for their Solar Photovoltaic Generation Project. LACCD will be giving out CDs with examples of RFPs, Contracts, and more related to their award-winning project. Student Energy Efficiency Winners include Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program teams from UC Berkeley, CSU Chico, and UC Santa Cruz. These teams were respectively recognized for overall energy saving and tracking; network based power management and their Sustainability House; and sustained CFL …

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Bim Augments Sustainability In Ucsf Laboratory Renovation: A Case Study In Sustainable Bim Use, Eric Peabody, Christie Coffin Aug 2008

Bim Augments Sustainability In Ucsf Laboratory Renovation: A Case Study In Sustainable Bim Use, Eric Peabody, Christie Coffin

Sustainability Conference

Each year, classrooms and laboratories across all college campuses are renovated. By setting priorities, taking advantage of cost-effective techniques that are also sustainable, and using students to research greening of renovations, the impact of these renovations has been reduced. Additionally, older resource intensive technologies or products are being replaced with more efficient products. Two case studies from UC Berkeley and UCSF will clearly illustrate the innovative design strategies in green renovation. UC Berkeley will focus on examples of classroom renovations and UCSF will highlight a laboratory renovation project which came in 37% under budget and four months ahead of schedule.

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Leed-Eb V. 2.0, Cheryl Mollan Aug 2008

Leed-Eb V. 2.0, Cheryl Mollan

Sustainability Conference

Documenting sustainable operations for LEED™ EB Certification elicits the expertise and involvement of numerous campus departments, off-campus professionals, and building occupants. In this session, three universities will present how LEED™ EB Teams were formulated, discuss the relation of campus policies and procedures to the certification process, and provide current certification status updates. UC Irvine is certifying a lab building, UC Santa Cruz is certifying an engineering building, and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo is certifying an office building.

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Best Practices: Restroom Water Efficiency Project, Fred Bockmiller Aug 2008

Best Practices: Restroom Water Efficiency Project, Fred Bockmiller

Sustainability Conference

Established in 2004, Best Practice Awards are designed to recognize campus groups who have demonstrated a “best practice” in achieving the goals set by the Governor’s Green Building Action Plan, the State Energy Action Plan, and the California Public Utilities Commission. For 2007, in the category of UC/CSU Water Efficiency and Site Water Quality Best Practice Award, San Francisco State University will present their Water Resources Master Plan and describe efforts for optimizing resource conservation. UC Irvine will also present on their award winning work.

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Best Practices: Sustainability As It Deals With Water, Dennis Mitchell, William Lekas Aug 2008

Best Practices: Sustainability As It Deals With Water, Dennis Mitchell, William Lekas

Sustainability Conference

Established in 2004, Best Practice Awards are designed to recognize campus groups who have demonstrated a “best practice” in achieving the goals set by the Governor’s Green Building Action Plan, the State Energy Action Plan, and the California Public Utilities Commission. For 2007, in the category of UC/CSU Water Efficiency and Site Water Quality Best Practice Award, San Francisco State University will present their Water Resources Master Plan and describe efforts for optimizing resource conservation. UC Irvine will also present on their award winning work.

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Best Practices: Engineering Iv Satellite Chiller Plant, Dennis Keith Elliot Aug 2008

Best Practices: Engineering Iv Satellite Chiller Plant, Dennis Keith Elliot

Sustainability Conference

This session includes presentations from winners of the Higher Education Energy Efficiency Partnership Program Best Practices Competition in the categories of New Construction HVAC Design and Lighting Design/Retrofit. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo will present on their satellite central plant. Jose Nunez will present on the CSM Science Building Planetarium, UC Berkeley will present on their wireless lighting controls retrofit, Contra Costa CCD will present on their district wide lighting retrofit, and CSU Channel Islands will present on their new standards for and retrofit of campus exterior lighting.

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Sustainability In Hospital Foodservice: Challenges And Tactics In Achieving Sustainable Practices, Jack Henderson Aug 2008

Sustainability In Hospital Foodservice: Challenges And Tactics In Achieving Sustainable Practices, Jack Henderson

Sustainability Conference

Medical centers pose unique challenges to sustainability. Hospitals have a large ecological footprint as well as strict regulations and compliance mandates. Learn how the UCSF Medical Center team is working towards a more sustainable hospital with green cleaners, purchasing, materials management, nursing and operations while continuing to provide superior patient care. Jack Henderson will join the panel to address how UCSF chooses sustainable produce and meats for its dining facility and will also discuss the challenges of composting in the kitchen.

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Best Practices: New Construction/Major Rehab - Lighting Design Retrofit, Ray Pyle Aug 2008

Best Practices: New Construction/Major Rehab - Lighting Design Retrofit, Ray Pyle

Sustainability Conference

This session includes presentations from winners of the Higher Education Energy Efficiency Partnership Program Best Practices Competition in the categories of New Construction HVAC Design and Lighting Design/Retrofit. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo will present on their satellite central plant. Jose Nunez will present on the CSM Science Building Planetarium, UC Berkeley will present on their wireless lighting controls retrofit, Contra Costa CCD will present on their district wide lighting retrofit, and CSU Channel Islands will present on their new standards for and retrofit of campus exterior lighting.

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Best Practices: Wireless Lighting Controls Retrofit, Raul Abesamis Aug 2008

Best Practices: Wireless Lighting Controls Retrofit, Raul Abesamis

Sustainability Conference

This session includes presentations from winners of the Higher Education Energy Efficiency Partnership Program Best Practices Competition in the categories of New Construction HVAC Design and Lighting Design/Retrofit. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo will present on their satellite central plant. Jose Nunez will present on the CSM Science Building Planetarium, UC Berkeley will present on their wireless lighting controls retrofit, Contra Costa CCD will present on their district wide lighting retrofit, and CSU Channel Islands will present on their new standards for and retrofit of campus exterior lighting.

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Csu & Climate Protection, Aaron Klemm Aug 2008

Csu & Climate Protection, Aaron Klemm

Sustainability Conference

Global climate change has evolved from a buzz word to an issue driving major political, institutional, and corporate policy and planning. This session discusses the mandates, goals, and metrics associated with greenhouse gas reduction, California Assembly Bill 32, the Campus President’s Climate Commitment, and the California Climate Action Registry. Learn how campuses are quantifying their baseline greenhouse gas emissions and developing reduction plans to improve their buildings, save on energy and utility costs, and achieve greenhouse gas regulatory compliance or even full carbon neutrality.

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Working For Sustainability Through A More Democratic Shared Governance Process, Genevieve Bertone, Luis Suarez, Lee Peterson, Amber Katherine Aug 2008

Working For Sustainability Through A More Democratic Shared Governance Process, Genevieve Bertone, Luis Suarez, Lee Peterson, Amber Katherine

Sustainability Conference

This session will discuss how partnerships between student and faculty shared governance structures can motivate environmental action on campus. Santa Monica College will present lessons learned while engaging students in college committees and task forces. They will describe how student energy and fresh perspectives influenced campus administration on an environmental audit and an organic garden project, helped add sustainability features to new facilities, led to the funding of an “Any Line, Any Time” transit system pass, and helped revise criteria for food vendors.

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Universities And Transit Agencies: Partnering For Improved Transit, Teresa Buika Aug 2008

Universities And Transit Agencies: Partnering For Improved Transit, Teresa Buika

Sustainability Conference

Universities and colleges are important users of regional transportation, and can work with regional transportation agencies to mutual benefit by increasing transit ridership and improving transit opportunities for the campus population. In this session, university and college staff will describe collaborative projects with regional transportation agencies and the resulting transportation successes. San Diego State University and UC Riverside will discuss the projects for which they won 2008 Sustainable Transportation Awards.

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Challenges & Solutions To The Built Environment In Healthcare: Perspectives From The Nursing Profession, Christina Foushee Aug 2008

Challenges & Solutions To The Built Environment In Healthcare: Perspectives From The Nursing Profession, Christina Foushee

Sustainability Conference

This session will discuss challenges and solutions in sustainability in health care from a nurse’s perspective. It will highlight current occupational and environmental health exposures in the hospital environment, recent developments in this field and the importance of institutional purchasing policies and capitol projects. The session will also explore the development of the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay. It will demonstrate the ways in which the center acknowledged the strong connections between human and environmental health and how it combined a variety of operational standards in the design process.

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Green Jobs For California's Communities: Laney College Environmental Control Technology Program, Nick Kyriakopedi Aug 2008

Green Jobs For California's Communities: Laney College Environmental Control Technology Program, Nick Kyriakopedi

Sustainability Conference

We will discuss how to create more jobs and move people from low income to middle class jobs through training in sustainability. CSU Chico will be presenting on employment and training opportunities for tradesmen and contractors in the solar installation sector. There will also be a presentation from Laney College on their Environmental Technology Program, which prepares building technicians with the necessary skills to succeed in this rapidly growing field. The Ella Baker Center will connect us back to the national movement.

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