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Smart and Sustainable Campuses

University of Maryland. Smart and Sustainable Campuses. C.D. Mote, Jr. President April 2, 2008. Why did UM sign PCC?. Consistent with campus commitment to sustainability Leadership on sustainability Reduce our community’s carbon footprint. I. Operations. lighting fixtures cleaning

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Smart and Sustainable Campuses

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  1. University of Maryland Smart and Sustainable Campuses C.D. Mote, Jr. President April 2, 2008

  2. Why did UM sign PCC? • Consistent with campus commitment to sustainability • Leadership on sustainability • Reduce our community’s carbon footprint

  3. I. Operations • lighting fixtures • cleaning • heating/cooling • transportation

  4. Impact of the PCC at Maryland Specific Changes? • Established Office of Sustainability • Adopted LEED Silver Standard • Conducting Greenhouse Gas Inventory • Established Campus Climate Work Group

  5. student activism student activism • Focus the Nation: Teach in • Recyclemania • Power Shift

  6. Office of Sustainability • Reports to VP of Administrative Affairs • Three full-time employees • Facilitates campus-wide sustainability efforts

  7. Climate Action Plan Work Group

  8. Climate Action Plan Work Group • Sub group action items due: May, 2008 • First draft of report: Aug. 2008 • Emission-reduction responsibilities and Methods: Dec. 2008 • Final draft of report circulated: Feb. 2009 • Town Hall meeting: March 2009 • Final report released: Sept. 2009

  9. II. Research Topics • Steve Hutcheson: ethanol from cellulosic waste • Ruth DeFries: consequences of land use • Rita Colwell: Cholera in Bangladesh • Raghu Murtugudde: climate and living things • Zhanging Lee: particles in the atmosphere • Larry Sita: recyclable, pure plastics w/o additives

  10. Research Groups • Center for Integrative Environmental Research • NOAA National Center for Weather and Climate Prediction • Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center • Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health • Joint Global Change Research Institute

  11. III. Teaching • new major in Environmental Science and Policy • new Dept. of Environmental Science & Technology • EcoHouse • Solar Decathlon • New Science Courses for non-scientists • Engineers Without Borders

  12. CORE Science Courses for Non-Science Majors • “Weather and Climate” • “ The Insects: Pollinators in Crisis” • “Engineering Issues in Medicine” • “The Materials of Civilization” • “Biogenesis: Making a Habitable Planet” • “Physics for Decision Makers: The Global Energy Crisis”

  13. UM’s Solar Decathlon House

  14. EWB Brazil: Wetlands waste water treatment

  15. EWB Thailand: Water purification

  16. University of Maryland Let’s make green a University color along with red, white, black and gold.

  17. IV. Beyond UM • Engineers Without Borders • GWBT Potomac Conference • Stop Global Warming Tour • Power Shift

  18. East Campus Development This one could use a banner too.

  19. EAST CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

  20. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center for Weather and Climate Prediction

  21. Technology research Energy policy and economics Educational programs

  22. University of Maryland I. operations II. teaching III. research IV. national/global leadership

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