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Rebecca fraley-corrado Assistant vice-president Finance and Administration nomi kleinman associate professor Textile and Surface Design Department. FACULTY STUDENTS STAFF. Sustainability Council. ADMINISTRATION. PROFESSORS STUDENTS GRASSROOTS. FIT Goes. GREEN. PERSONAL
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Rebecca fraley-corradoAssistant vice-presidentFinance and Administration nomikleinmanassociate professorTextile and Surface Design Department
FACULTYSTUDENTSSTAFF Sustainability Council
ADMINISTRATION PROFESSORS STUDENTS GRASSROOTS
FITGoes GREEN
PERSONAL • contemplativespiritualmind/body/healthINTERPERSONALrelationshipsorganizations • COLLECTIVEcommunitysocietysystematicpolitical From Ethan Nichtern’s presentation on Transformational Activism
Curriculum on Campus: • Masters Program in Sustainable Built Environments • Certificate Program in Sustainable package Design • Many courses across Departments
JEWELRY DESIGN GREEN STUDIO Intiativeby Laura Pineda, Brian Weissman, Sarah Abramson
Ban the Bottle and Take Back the Tap by Michael Cokkinos Installed 4 Elkay Water Refill systems and the first year counts indicated that we saved over 100,713 plastic bottles.
The College also installed a digital Book Reader in the Library in June 2012. To date there have been over 2 million scans. • Approximately $13,000 in paper has been saved • Scans use a 10th of the electricity that a copier uses
Recycling Green Roofs Minor Sustainable Renovations Mayor’s Challenge
How Did We Get There? Energy Efficient Measures Chiller Retrofit 5,001 tons of CO2 Coed Dorm Low E Windows 85 tons of CO2 Academic Building Lighting Retrofit 1,059 tons of CO2 Replace Dorm Refrigerators 50 tons of CO2 Nagler Dorm High Efficiency Windows 10 tons of CO2 Green Roof for “A” Building 20 tons of CO2
Energy Efficient New Construction Kaufman Hall Addition (350,000 GSF) 15.47 lbm/sf Energy Efficient Renovation “A” Labs Renovation (50,000 GSF) 551 tons How Did We Get There?
DAVID DUBINSKY BUILDING ROOF BEFORE THE RECONSTRUCTION
ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE -43.0% as of 2012 In 2007, in just four years, FIT reduced its emissions by more than 40 percent. TO MEET THE 30 PERCENT GOAL, FIT: • Replaced an outdated chiller plant and cooling tower • Installed lighting retrofits and occupancy sensors • Replaced windows with low thermal emissivity glass • Installed high-efficiency refrigerators, washers, and dryers • 50,000 square feet of lab space • Painted over 10,000 square feet of roofs with reflective paint • Installed a green roof on the Shirley Goodman Resource Center TOTAL SAVINGS: AT LEAST $1 MILLION PER YEAR