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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP CHALLENGE

An Introduction for Students to the…. ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP CHALLENGE. Made possible with the generous support of:. What is USGBC.

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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP CHALLENGE

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  1. An Introduction for Students to the… ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP CHALLENGE

  2. Made possible with the generous support of:

  3. What is USGBC • The U.S. Green Building Council is a non-profit organization committed to a prosperous and sustainable future for our nation through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings.

  4. What is the Environmental Stewardship Challenge (ESC)? • The ESC is a competition for all secondary schools in North Carolina. • Students are challenged to think of and implement projects to make their schools healthier, more sustainable environments. • Students should engage the entire school population to increase the impact of their projects.

  5. Why Now? • Taking simple steps can help preserve the environment for years to come. • In a struggling economy Saving money through conservation helps create new jobs.

  6. Five Categories • Water • Waste • Site • Energy • Indoor Air Quality

  7. Basic Principles • Select a Project • Establish a Baseline • Set Goals • Work Toward Goals • Measure Progress • Document Your Results • Celebrate Your Achievements

  8. Energy Savers • Students and Teachers can control approximately 35% of the schools energy use. • Yes, tell your teachers to get rid of the coffee maker, refrigerator, and electric pencil sharpeners. Example: Personal Computer and Monitor cost/year (120 + 150 Watts x 7 hours/day x 365 days/year) / 1000 = 394 Kilowatt Hours x 8.5 cents / Kilowatt Hour = $58.64 per year.

  9. Energy Savers What Can You Do? Ideas Resources Portfolio Manager: www.energystar.gov/buildings/facility-owners-and-managers/existing-buildings/use-portfolio-manager National Energy Education Development Project: www.need.org‎ U.S. Energy Information Administration, energy KIDS: www.eia.gov/kids/index.cfm America’s Home Energy Education Challenge (sign up by Nov. 15th): www.homeenergychallenge.org You can ask your mentor for help finding more resources. • Benchmark your school’s energy use in Portfolio Manager. • Create a Turn off the … program. (Lights / Computers / TVs, etc.) • Calculate how much energy different equipment in your school uses and target the worst offenders. • Propose solutions to your school board showing life cycle cost and pay back of new equipment. • Open the blinds and use natural daylight. • Research or install solar power.

  10. Student Water Audit Team (SWAT) • A leaky toilet can waste 400 gallons of water a month. • Report problems and get those leaks fixed

  11. SWAT (WATER) What Can You Do? Ideas Resources Water, Use it Wisely Kids: wateruseitwisely.com/kids/ Water Sense Kids www.epa.gov/WaterSense/kids/ The Water Page www.thewaterpage.com/water-conservation-kids.htm Eco Kids Water Conservation www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/water/water/ DC Water for Kids www.dcwater.com/kids/ • Check for leaky fixtures around your school and report them to the office. • Measure or look up how much each fixture uses. Compare this with your home fixtures. • Calculate how much water you use each day. HOW MUCH DOES THE SCHOOL USE? • Think of/implement ways to reduce water usage in your school. • Think about outdoor water usage too. Does the school irrigate? Could you use rain barrels?

  12. Feed the Bin • Recycling 2000 pounds of paper saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 2 barrels of oil, 7,000 gallons of water and 4,100 kilowatt hours of electricity - enough energy to power the average American home for 5 months.

  13. Feed the Bin What Can You Do? Ideas Resources America Recycles Day, November 15th, 2013 americarecyclesday.org/ Earth 911: More ideas, less waste. earth911.com/ Marker Recycling www.crayola.com/colorcycle.aspx or www.dixonrecycle.com/ Crayon Recycling www.crazycrayons.com/index.htmlor you can melt them down into crazy crayons! EPA Resources for Students: www.epa.gov/students/ • Remember the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. • Start or promote a school recycling program. • Have a no waste lunch day. Use reusable containers, napkins, silverware. • Find a product that would be thrown out and find a way to make it new and usable. (Upcycling) • Take your own bags to the grocery store.

  14. Indoor Air Quality • Nearly 55 million people, spend their days in our elementary and secondary schools. In the mid-1990s, studies show that 1 in 5 of our nation's 110,000 schools reported unsatisfactory indoor air quality. Students are at greater risk because of the hours spent in school facilities and because children are especially susceptible to pollutants. 

  15. Indoor Air Quality What Can You Do? Ideas Resources EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools Action Kit (Can order free kit or use online version) Kithttp://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/actionkit.html NEA Health Information Network Interactive Lesson Plans for IAQ. http://www.neahin.org/educator-resources/understanding-the-indoor.html American Lung Ass. Healthy Air Classroom Checklist and Healthy Air Classroom Checklist www.lung.org IPM for Teachers Curriculum http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/schools/educators/curriculum • Do an IAQ walkthrough inspection of each classroom (can be added to Energy Audit checklist.) • Meet with facilities maintenance staff and learn about how the schools ventilation system. Map air flow in the building. • Test for pests (look for evidence or set traps); study pests found; develop IPM strategy based on pests likes/habitats etc.

  16. Sustainable Sites • Strategically planting vegetation outdoors reduces the energy consumption needed to cool the indoors by up to 25 percent. • Nationally,13 percent of municipal waste is from yard and landscape trimmings. Such waste clogs our landfills and costs cities money. • Landscape irrigation accounts for more than 7 billion gallons of potable water daily nationwide, at least half of which may be wasted.

  17. Sustainable Sites What Can You Do? Ideas Resources The Sustainable Sites Initiative www.sustainablesites.org N.C. Environmental Education www.eenorthcarolina.org/index.asp Keep America Beautiful Clean Sweep U.S.A. www.cleansweepusa.org/educators.aspx 86 it, Respect the Can (Wake County) www.86it.com/ Inhabit Green Building 101 inhabitat.com/green-building-101-sustainable-sites/ Reading, Riding, Retrofit www.ncgreenschools.org/ • Start a No Idling campaign for the pickup carpool lane. • Plant trees to shading parking, paved streets, or playgrounds. • Replace unused lawn areas with a groundcover that does not require mowing, fertilizing or watering. • Hold a site clean up day to pick up trash. • Establish a composting program for yard trimmings, then use it for plant beds. • Install bike racks and create a bike riding campaign. • Plant an edible garden to educate students about growing their own food.

  18. wEcANdOiT Start small and work your way up!

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