Sub-Institutional Planning for Sustainability: Developing Community-scale Concepts and Actions

1. Sub-Institutional Planning for Sustainability: Developing Community-scale Concepts and Actions Melissa Goodall & Allison Potteiger YALE Office of Sustainability

3. 25% 43% (by 2020) 40% 4% 25% 25% 25%

4. Earth systems Finalize a set of University-wide Sustainable Procurement Standards Assess the impacts of internal deliveries to campus Establish a Transportation Master Plan Develop a chemical inventory system Reduce reliance on single-occupancy vehicles Measure and benchmark Yale’s transportation-related carbon footprint Reduce the number of truck deliveries through consolidation and bulk purchasing Establish an Ecosystem Services Plan people Develop a Water Management Plan technologies Eliminate use of certain harmful chemicals such as phosphates materials

5. Accountability… Who owns these goals?

6. Planning & Construction All projects will support the criteria set forth in the Sustainability Strategic Plan. By 2013,, the University Planner will publish Guidelines for Campus Planning & the Built Environment. All new building construction will be designed to LEED standards of at least Gold rating or above All Yale Project Managers and Planners will be required to be certified as a LEED Green Associate by 2013. 

7. Energy Reduce GHG emissions to 10% below 1990 levels by 2020. By 2020, increase by 25% the supply of energy from renewable sources. Reduce energy consumption 4% below 2010 levels by 2013. Reduce workstation electricity consumption by 40% by June 2013.

8. Waste & recycling Increase Yale’s recycling tonnage by 25% by June 30, 2013. By 2013, increase by 20% the amount of bulky waste diverted from the waste stream for reuse. Decrease Yale’s municipal solid waste by 25% by June 30, 2013.

9. Step 1: inspiring authentic change

10. Sub-institutional pilot

12. Step 2: Implementation and learning

13. Concepts and culture

15. Step 3 Priority areas and empowerment

19. Overarching Structure Energy Advisory Committee Waste Advisory Committee Waste Advisory Committee Providing the structure and vision Developing goals and initiatives Communicating and implementing * These are just suggestions of possible groups. They are also not intended to be hierarchical. They’re here mainly to indicate support for communications and implementation.

20. Medical Campus Sub-committees Energy Procurement Waste Metrics Administration Labs Animal Resources Clinical Operations Communications

21. Sub-committee Partners Energy Procurement Waste Metrics Administration YSPH Labs YSPH Animal Resources YSPH Clinical Hospital Operations YSPH Communications

22. DRAFT Framework • An Overview of Sustainability • Sustainability at Yale • Sustainability on the Yale Medical Campus • The broad context for sustainability at the Medical School • Baseline metrics for the Medical School (charts and graphs included) • Priority areas for the coming year • Yale School of Medicine: Subcommittee Sections • Administration • Operations • Laboratories and Animal Resources • Clinical • Communications and Community Engagement • Community Engagement • Messaging from the top • Communications Strategy • Communicating success • Appendices

23. Step 3 (again) Priority areas and empowerment

27. YALE Roadmap to Sustainability: A manual for incorporating sustainability into your unit

28. Elements of the Roadmap • Sustainability Committee • Weekly timeline • Building / energy audit • Community Survey • Green workplace checklist • Draft Table of Contents • Resources for collecting metrics • Automated equivalency tool • Draft memos and announcements

29. Embracing sustainability into culture Sustainability, like art, is an ever evolving concept which builds on past achievements, challenges, and breakthroughs. Art Oftentimes in art, materials are manipulated in a particular way and this process has the potential to be done sustainably or otherwise. The creativity and outside-the-box thinking that artists possess is crucial to developing solutions for our sustainability challenges. Through art, we sustain our values, cultural heritage, and traditions.   Sustainability

30. Set Priorities

31. Example: Energy Cost Impact • High consumption translates to high cost • Monetary incentive missing • Campus-wide savings Environmental Impacts • Cogeneration power plants • Fossil fuel impacts • Energy Suggested Projects • Allow ITS to enable power management settings Resources • Yale Facilities Energy Explorer Key Contacts • Facilities Superintendent Examples • Motion sensing lights • Divinity retrofit

32. Focus on community to keep it fun and tangible

33. Sub-Institutional Planning for Sustainability: Developing Community-scale Concepts and Actions Melissa Goodall & Allison Potteiger YALE Office of Sustainability

34. Travel and Transportation Suggested Projects • Establish a carpool • Departmental Zipcar membership • Y-Bike Cost Impact • Fleet • Commuting • Air travel Examples • Security Department Fleet Environmental Impact • Air quality • Fossil fuel consumption • Carbon offsets Resources • Transportation Options Key Contacts • Director of Sustainable Transportation Systems • Director of Travel Services

35. Water Cost Impact • Incentives lacking • Energy costs Suggested Projects • Strategies for labs Examples • Water filtration system Resources • Yale Facilities Energy Explorer Environmental Impact • Increased demand • Access for future generations • Energy reductions Key Contacts • Facilities Superintendent

36. Procurement Suggested Projects • Shared items area • Streamline ordering processes Cost Impact • Market expansion • Reduced replacement and disposal costs • Purchasing guidelines Key Contacts • Buyers in Purchasing Services Examples • Office supplies through SciQuest Environmental Impact • Life cycle perspective • Connected with waste management • Bulk orders Resources • Yale Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

37. Food Cost Impact • Premium for sustainable food • Support for local economy Suggested Projects • Yale Catering for events Examples • Past green events Resources • Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Guide Key Contacts • Yale Catering Environmental Impact • Conventional agricultural methods • Ecosystem health • Human health

38. Waste Management Cost Impact • Tipping fees for recycling and trash disposal • Composting Suggested Projects • Visual waste inspection • Simplify recycling • Formal waste audit Examples • Desk side recycling Environmental Impact • Incineration • Air quality • Landfills Resources • Terracycle • Traffic, Receiving, & Stores Key Contacts • Yale Recycling

39. Systems Cost Impact • Streamlining reduces costs • System wide savings Environmental Impact • Resource conservation • Resilient to change Examples • Finance & Business Operations • Student Employment Office Key Contacts • Buyers in Purchasing Services Suggested Projects • Secure Print • Electronic file distribution Resources • Paper calculator • Sustainability leaders

40. Next Steps • Establish priorities and set goals • Metrics: measure and manage your sustainability progress • Community engagement