sustainability and rit ’ s climate commitment

Sustainability and RIT’s Climate Commitment

Making Sustainable Tracks

“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

- Brundtland Commission, “Our Common Future”

Earth Image: NASA

Population chart: SUSPS

Source: http://www.vspop.org/htm/cartoons.htm

Source: Capacity Evolution Blog http://ikan.biz/blog/sustainability-framework/the-value-web/

Academics

• Degree programs and concentrations• Golisano Institute for Sustainability• Institute for Business Ethics and

Corporate Social Responsibility• Sustainable University IdeaLab• P3 Working Group• Journal of Environmental Sustainability

Outreach

• Clinton Global Initiative Commitment• NYSP2I• Community/University Partnership• Future Stewards Program• International Campuses• Rochester City Scholars Program• Clean Energy Incubator

Operations

• Climate Commitment• Waste Reduction• Local Foods• Active Transportation Initiatives• Green Cleaning• FSC Certified Print Shop• Metrics within Procurement• LEED Buildings

From: US Green Building Council, 2008

From: US Green Building Council, 2008

From: US Green Building Council, 2008

The Golisano Institute for Sustainability will be designed to maximize its energy performance and environmental goals to achieve a LEED-Platinum rating.

The building will serve as a teaching tool for the greater community, displaying its systems and processes and serving to attract worldwide talent to RIT.

Sustainability

Maximize Energy Efficiency / Minimize CO2 ▫

Daylighting ▫ Habitat Regeneration ▫

Promote Occupant Health ▫ Controllability of Systems ▫

Local Resources/Material ▫

Promote Alternative Transportation ▫ Indoor Air Quality

▫ Limit Light Pollution ▫ Performance M&V ▫ Thermal

Comfort ▫ Recharge Local Aquifer ▫ Rainwater

Management Teaching Opportunity ▫ Integrated with

Natural Environment ▫

Beyond LEED Platinum ▫ Renewable Resource Use ▫

Celebrate Integrated Recycling Process ▫

Source: SWBR Architects

Goals

LEED-NC 2009 Credit Goals

SS Sites 23/26

WE Water 10/10

EA Energy 30/35

MR Materials 7/14

EQ Indoors 10/15

ID Innovation 6/6

Re Regional 4/4

90/110

LEED Certification Levels

points 40 50 60 80

Golisano Institute for Sustainability

Rochester, NY

Gross Area: 83, 670 SF

Source: SWBR Architects

Campus Size (ft2)

Campus Utilities compared to Size

    2009 2010 2011 2012

  RIT GHG INVENTORY MT eCO2 MT eCO2 MT eCO2 MT eCO2

Scope 1 On-Campus Stationary 22337 18009 19159 16321

  Fleet 481 455 513 443

  Refrigerants and Chemicals 358 51 261 375

  Agriculture 688 538 613 0

Scope 2 Purchased Electricity 14589 14408 10257 10285

Scope 3 Faculty/Staff Commuting 7115 7115 7115 7115

  Student Commuting 5173 5306 5444 5536

  Air Travel 6370 6529 6579 6579

  Solid Waste 374 308 355 384

  T&D Losses (from Scope 2) 676 668 671 673

Offsets RECs -44 -1411 -1539 -1534

Totals Scope 1 23864 19053 20547 17139

  Scope 2 14589 14408 10257 10285

  Scope 3 19709 19926 20164 20286

  All Scopes 58162 53387 50968 47709

  Net Emissions 58118 51976 49430 46175

Emissions Trends

Source: http://hotrock-sustainabilityeducation.blogspot.com

“If you want to change government, change business…If you want to change business,

change the consumer.”

-Yvon Chouinard, Founder of Patagonia

" We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein

Enid L. Cardinal, LEED APSenior Sustainability Advisor to the President

Rochester Institute of Technology585-475-7942

Enid.Cardinal@rit.edu