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Jennifer A. Senick, Executive Director Rutgers Center for Green Building

Cheap and Green: Environmentally Preferable Purchasing and other Sustainable Choices. Jennifer A. Senick, Executive Director Rutgers Center for Green Building. Overview of the University today. Academic campuses in Camden, Newark, New Brunswick, and Piscataway

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Jennifer A. Senick, Executive Director Rutgers Center for Green Building

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  1. Cheap and Green: Environmentally Preferable Purchasing and other Sustainable Choices Jennifer A. Senick, Executive Director Rutgers Center for Green Building

  2. Overview of the University today • Academic campuses in Camden, Newark, New Brunswick, and Piscataway • 29 colleges and professional schools • Over 50,000 students and 10,000 faculty and staff • 6,000 acres • 700 buildings • 16 million gross square feet • 1.7 million SF in assignable classroom and laboratory space • Over 3 million SF in assignable residential and student life space (15,000 beds)

  3. University Mission (excerpts) … • conducting the cutting-edge research that contributes to the medical,environmental,socialand cultural well-beingof the state, as well as, aiding the economy, the state’s businesses and industries; and • performingpublic servicein support of the needs of the citizens of the state and its local, county, and state governments.

  4. Planning Principles Ecological Responsibility Embody environmentally-friendly policies and practices in all facets of theuniversity’s operation in order to create a sustainable campus to serve future generations of students.

  5. 2003 Physical Master Plan Proposals: Improvements to College Avenue New buildings, street trees, site furnishings, and narrowing of road width. Remove inefficient small lots and add garage parking accessible from George Street. Shift the majority of commuter parking to other strategic locations Increase the physical beauty of the campus with better landscaping Site new buildings on infill sites Relocation of “non-campus specific” program to remote facilities Coordination of master plan with seminary plan Master Plan Capacity: 3 M GSF 4,200 Beds 2,000 Parking Spaces

  6. Center for Green Building

  7. Center for Green Building

  8. The World of Green PurchasingDr. Kevin Lyons and Magda Comeau Photo Credits: NRDC

  9. University and Campus Footprint December 2006 Incoming Air Shipments 700 Orders 400 Air

  10. Rutgers Purchasing Policy (excerpt) • To develop and maintain a consistent ‘cradle-to-cradle’ supply chain and purchasing process • Green Buildings (Design, Construction, Operation, Renovation) • BioBase, Biodegradable, etc. • Fleets and Transportation • Energy • Corporate Social & Environmental Reporting Rutgers Solar Farm

  11. Total Pounds Recycled: 41.3 million pounds! 10 Week U.S. Wide Recycling Competition 200 schools 8 categories • Rutgers #1: • Total Amount Recycled: 2,742,869 Pounds • Food Recycling: 71.2 Pounds/Person (ave. week) • Rutgers Other Success: • Recycling Rate: 57.47% (2nd) • Bottles/Cans Recycling per person: 19.4 lbs. (2nd) • Cardboard Recycling per person: 31.33 lbs. (3rd) • Recyclables per person: 72.58 lbs. (5th)

  12. RecycleMania Climate Impacts The total pounds recycled during RecycleMania 2007 prevented greenhouse gas emissions of 15,583 metric tons of carbon equivalent (MTCE) from entering the atmosphere. • This equates to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that is approximately equivalent to: • 12,367 passenger cars not driven for one year • 10,221 passenger cars and light trucks not driven for one year • 6,507,707 gallons of gasoline • 132,878 barrels of oil • 7,335 household electricity use for one year (number of households) • 468 acres of forest preserved from deforestation • 1,465,068 tree seedlings grown for 10 years

  13. Community Partnerships & Opportunities Local Procurement/Cooperative Purchasing 39

  14. Rutgers Cooperative Contracts-Results in Cost Reduction • Janitorial Supplies; 10 – 15% cost reduction • Recycled Paper; 10 % cost reduction • HVAC Systems; 25% cost reduction • Electrical Parts and Supplies (including lights); 25% cost reduction • Office Supplies; 25% cost reduction • Paint; 15% cost reduction • Construction Materials; 28% cost reduction • Landscaping Services/Supplies; 15% reduction

  15. Rutgers Cooperative Contracts-Results in Cost Reduction • Lab Chemicals and Equipment (VWR, Fisher, Sigma, etc.); 25% cost reduction • Furniture; 30% cost reduction • Computers; 10% cost reduction • Automobiles (Honda); 15% cost reduction; via NJ State Contract and Tax Incentive Programs • Automobile Fluids; 20% cost reduction • Liability Insurance Savings (should be negotiated by Risk Managers); potential savings 10%

  16. Camden Campus http://procure.rutgers.edu/green/klyons@rci.rutgers.edumcomeau@rci.rutgers.eduRutgers Center for Green Buildingjsenick@rci.rutgers.edu

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