Bridging Operations and Academics at Princeton

AASHE Fall ConferenceOctober 11, 2011

Moderator: Shana S. Weber, Office of Sustainability

Panelists:Kathy Hackett, Princeton Environmental Institute

Tom Nyquist, Facilities EngineeringLeila Shahbender, Office of Information Technology

Stu Orefice, Dining Services

• Interdisciplinary Course of Study, complements disciplinary major

• Certificate Program, Tracked Majors

• Integrated Course of Study- Coursework - Internships - Independent Work

• Experiential, “Real World Model”

• Training a generation of leaders

Sustainability Education at Princeton

Campus/Community as Lab

• Global sustainability themes studied at the local level in campus venues - Water quality (Carnegie Lake) - Storm water mitigation (Washington Rd.) - Energy consumption (Green Roofs) - Air quality (Dillon pool)

• Continuous monitoring/measurement

• Relevant and actionable feedback

Emerging Campus Sustainability Themes – Course/Program Titles

• Towards an Ethical CO2 Emissions Trajectory for Princeton – responsible campus energy consumption

• Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Solutions – tracking the Campus Plan

• Communicating Sustainability

• What’s on our Plate? – sustainable dining

Internships and Independent Research Project Titles

• How Low is Your Flow?

• A Delicious Revolution: The Greening Princeton Farmer’s Market Manual

• À La Carbon: Sustainable Dining at Princeton University

• Mercury Cycling in Carnegie Lake

• Renewable Energy at Princeton

• Pull the Plug: The Influence of Social Norms and Prospect

Theory on Energy Conservation in Dormitories

• Green Arch: Designs for a Green Roof on the School of

Architecture Building

Academic – Operations Collaborations

• Determining a (responsible) course of action

- How much energy do we consume? What are the responsible options?

- What should we eat? Who should we buy it from?

• Adoption/Demonstration of sustainable solutions

- Operations professionals as guest lecturers, panel presentations

- Co-gen plant as demonstration site

• Installation of monitoring systems

• Making observations using

performance metrics

• Publishing reports, drawing

conclusions, and moving forward

Bridging Operations and Academics at Princeton Working Group Initiatives and Collaborations

- Facilities Engineering Viewpoint -

AASHE Fall ConferenceOctober 11, 2011

• Faculty Review of Facilities Energy Related Projects

- 15 MW Cogeneration Plant

- 5.2 MW Solar PV Project

Faculty - Facilities Collaboration

Faculty - Facilities Collaboration

• Use of Campus as a Laboratory

- Stream restoration

- Storm water nitrification study

- Green roof study

- Ground source heat pump well field capacity study

Faculty - Facilities Collaboration

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan

- Campus Goals

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 -

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120,000

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160,000

180,000

Fiscal Year

Amount of CO2 Reduc-tions Required of the Existing Campus

Faculty - Facilities Collaboration

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan

- Strategies Wedge reduction concept

Student – Facilities Collaboration

• Eco Reps

• Internships and Fellowships

• Student Research

• Student Environmental Groups – SURGE

• Senior Thesis Topics

• Staff Lectures

• Plant Tours

2008 2009 2010* 2011*0

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50,000,000

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Annual Paper Usage Comparisons

Student public printing

Total Paper Purchased

Fiscal Year(* Quota in place)

NumberSheets

Collaborations Across Operational and Academic Departments – Resource Conservation on Campus

Collaborations Across Operational and Academic Departments – Resource Conservation on Campus

• Campus Paper Usage Reduction Initiatives

• Standardizing on 100% pcw paper

• Print-less campaign (www.princeton.edu/printless)

• Admissions paperless initiative

• Grassroots “Please consider the environment before printing”

Collaborations Across Operational and Academic Departments – Resource Conservation on Campus

Other Sustainable Initiatives from the Office of Information Technology

• Server Virtualization

• Desktop Power Management

Collaborations Across Operational and Academic Departments – Resource Conservation on Campus

Research Project Ideas:

• Where do the sustainable scales tip electronic v paper?

• What are the most sustainable options tree-less paper manufactured abroad v traditional US-made paper?

• Is there any difference in comprehension and retention between reading something on paper or something electronic? Does size count?

What is on our 100% Recycled Compostable Plate?

Student Internships

• Sustainable Dining Projects: Food Metric Carbon Footprint Vendor Visits Web work Reports

Student Internships

• Sustainable Dining Projects: Food Metric Carbon Footprint Vendor Visits Web work Reports

2010-2011 Food Metrics Overview

• Compilation of food purchases in past fiscal year (May 31, 2010 to June 1, 2011) using FoodPro database

• Spreadsheet created to categorize purchases and expenditures

Baked Goods12%

Coffee and Tea2%

Eggs3%

Meat11%

Milk4%

Non-Milk Dairy8%

Poultry13%

Produce20%

Seafood5%

Staples22%

2010-2011 Purchases by Food Group

Sustainability Categories: local, organic, socially just, humane, fair trade, sustainable seafood, conventionalInformation in Metric detailed in 2011 Dining Sustainability Report along with other sustainability initiatives

Real Food Challenge 2007-2011

Communicating Via the WebCarbon Footprint Emissions Coding

Sustainable Seafood

                             

Thank you

Real Food Challenge FY 10-11

Local Organic Humane Socially Just Conventional

06/2009- 06/2010

0.516259120858287 0.0616606503178236 0.159994743194495 0.22378679748593 0.366061860835084

06/2010- 06/2011

0.588864418609012 0.0631684725593138 0.16263871456203 0.376813775277718 0.336857971756457

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