Building Level Sustainability Program A Platform for Schools and Departments

1. Building Level Sustainability Program A Platform for Schools and Departments To Implement and Practice Sustainability Fahmida Ahmed, Office of Sustainability

2. Stanford University, 1891 • Population: • 18,498 students; 2,551 faculty; 9,519 staff • Carbon Reduction Goals: • 20% below 1990 levels by 2020 • 50% below 1990 levels by 2050 • Carbon Footprint Baseline: • 179,914 tons (2007) • Building Profile: • 187 over 20,000 sq-ft • Density: • 1987 sq-ft/acre ** • ** 60% of Stanford’s 8,180 acres remains undeveloped oak woodland • Intensity: • 15.6 kWh/sq-ft Stanford University PAN3424: Climate Action Implementation

4. Goal - A Balanced Approach The Stanford Ecosystem • Resources Usd • Environmental Impacts Behavior & Education Infrastructure & Systems • MATERIALS • ENERGY • WASTEWATER • LAND • TRAFFIC • WATER • SOLID WASTE • AIR EMISSIONS

5. New Buildings and Major Renovations Standards But Does Sustainability Stop at Construction? Jasper Ridge Field Station - 2005 Recipient of the AIA/COTE Top Green Projects Award Y2E2 -166,500 SF of high performance and educational opportunity Carnegie Global Ecology Research Center- 2007 Recipient of the AIA/COTE Top Green Projects Award • Stanford’s building standards require that new buildings be designed to use at least • 30% less energy and • 25% less water than standard buildings of the same type. • These standards are LEED Gold Equivalent

6. Sustainability Components in Existing Buildings Transportation (under ‘sites’) Building Level Sustainability - Occupant Behavior Water Conservation Desktop Computing Energy Conservation Food Systems (if has a Kitchen) Waste & Composting Programs Purchasing Decisions Individual Team Participation • Will qualify in – • LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance • (LEED - EBOM) Green Custodial Services Materials and Resources Transportation (under ‘sites’) Water Infrastructure & Efficiency Energy Infrastructure

7. Program Components • Programs goals and design • Building level pilots to gain insight • Diagnostic survey • Education and training • Candidate buildings evaluation • Final green action menu • Business case and funding scheme • Program evaluation & recognition • Campus outreach campaign • Annual survey and reporting

8. Building Selection Criteria – 30 candidates • Multiple Criteria Selection • Building type • Institutional readiness (management structure) • IT support 8

9. Training Student Sustainability Coordinators – CEE/ES 109 Greening Building and Behavior • Trained in this service learning class. • Work with Office of Sustainability as staff to assist and coordinate with building managers with $500/quarter stipend • Upcoming rollouts: • School of Earth Sciences (now) • SLAC (Fall ) • Land, Buildings and Real Estate (Winter) • This is a career step/try out for students 9

10. Why are pilots important? Building 170 Arrillaga Alumni Center IT Services 1st Distributed Department Goals of these key pilots Refine process, further inform business case Expand the Green Action Menu – e.g water Test the program in different building/department types Reward and recognize leaders for early action Reduce costs

11. Pilots – Successes and Lessons Learned Building 170 – 20% reduction in energy bill Arrillaga Alumni Center – 8% reduction energy bill + water reduction IT Services – substantial reduction in energy intensity + identified new projects 11

12. Green 170 – Payback 12

13. Alumni Center Pilot – Diversity of Menu Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center (Fran) At A Glance Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center is a high profile building on campus. It houses a unique blend of staff from the Stanford Alumni Association as well as the Office of Development. It also offers generous public and event space that attracts members of both the alumni and academic community. Building Stats: 105 k Ft2 with 31K Ft2 of event space 300+ staff 400+ computers 60 Network printers 60 desktop printers 11 copiers 15 fax machines

14. Green Fran – Waste Reduction Paper usage: Compostable cup usage: Average 10,500 sheets/staff member/year! Average 150 compostable cups/staff member/year!

15. IT Services: Departmental Approach IT Services 1st Distributed Department ~350 People 10 buildings: 14-130 SPRUCE HALL 14-140 REDWOOD HALL 14-160 POLYA HALL 14-170 PINE HALL 14-200 FORSYTHE (GEORGE) HALL 14-550 PUICHON BUILDING 14-940T OAK 14-950 LAUREL 14-960T ACACIA ENCINA Goals of the pilot (IT Services) Further align IT Services actions with University goals Expand staff awareness & buy-in Train CRC so they can deploy to clients Create materials that can be used with clients Reduce operating costs

16. IT Services Results: Energy % Reduction 16

17. Next Steps • Programs goals and design • Building level pilots to gain insight • Diagnostic survey • Education and training • Candidate buildings evaluation • Final green action menu • Business case and funding scheme • Program evaluation & recognition • Campus outreach campaign • Annual survey and reporting

18. Visit us at sustainable.stanford.edu