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Harvard’s New Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal:

“The goal we seek to achieve by 2016 [30% reduction of greenhouse gases below 2006 levels] is an aggressive one and extraordinary efforts will be needed to meet it.

Every member of the Harvard community has a role to play in reducing our greenhouse gas emissions– by con-

serving energy ourselves, by motivating others to do so, and by envisioning and implementing new ideas that will contribute to our progress.

Taken together, the habits

attitudes, and creativity of every one of us have the potential to make a great difference, not just for Harvard in the here and now, but for the larger world and its future well-being.”

-President Drew Faust

July 8, 2008

Harvard Medical School Campus Sustainability Report Fiscal Year 2008

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Energy & Water Conservation Investments

Environmental Procurement

MMBTU of Energy per ft2: +3% (% change FY07-FY08) Electricity -1% Steam +11% Chilled Water -16% City Water per ft2 -9.1%

FY06: $945,886 FY07: $1,104,211 FY08: $488,378 Annual $ Savings: $129,841

For the last quarter in FY08, recycled paper

comprised 56.32% of all paper purchased from Office Max (Harvard’s preferred office supply vendor).

30% post consumer waste recycled paper is the same price as non-recycled office paper.

Freecycling! % change FY07-FY08 Trash - 8% Mixed Paper + 14% Co-mingled + 7.6% Organic - 4.53% Batteries + 341.3% Total Waste = - 1.41% Recycling rate = 46.5%

New recycling in FY08: Creation of “Recycling Opera-

tions” group within HMS Op-erations

Composting food waste (pre-consumer from kitchen)

Cell phone donation program

• In FY08,HMS began the tradition of hosting

semi-annual freecycling events. • Thousands of items were freecycled within

the HMS community, rather than trashed. • Freecycled items included binders, file fold-

ers, unused paper, books, mugs, desktop or-ganizers, printer & copy cartridges, lamps, and other miscellaneous office supplies.

Sustainable Dining Other Projects

• Restaurant Associates received Food Management Magazine’s Best Concept award for “Best ‘Local’ Menu,” which was fea-tured in the August 2008 edition of the magazine!

Green Tips of the Month Annual Sustainability Reporting HMS Green Cleaning Case Study by Bob

Christiano, Associate Director of Campus Op-erations,

Participated in the Harvard Sustainability Pledge

Solid Waste & Recycling

Commute Trends 2004-2007: Public transportation: - 6% Single occupant +34% vehicles (SOV) Carpooling: -6% Other (bike, walk, etc.) +18%

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CAMPUS & POPULATION CAMPUS & POPULATION FY98– FY08

Total ft2 FY08: 2,515,440 Change in total ft2 FY98-08: +32%

This increase in square footage can be attributed to the 525,000 square foot New Research Building (NRB) which came online in September of 2003 (Fiscal Year 2004).

Total population in FY07: 3570 Change in population FY07-08:

Overview The Medical School campus is located in the Longwood medical area, an urban envi-ronment in Boston, MA. The main campus consists of 19 buildings ranging from 100 to 4 years in age. Of the 2,515,440 square feet of building space on campus, 73% is made up of laboratory space for biomedical research, and there are 8 large lab buildings on the main campus. The bulk of the campus population works in the lab buildings as researchers, post doc-torates, lab technicians, and other staff. Medical School Students only account for 22% of the campus population, and most only spend the first two years of their education on the main campus, moving into the Longwood area hospitals for lab or clinical work for the 3rd and 4th year of study.

HMS Population (*2007 data reported for FY08)

2006 2007 Students 818 809 Staff 1744 1785 Faculty (quad) 301 282 Quad Fellows 694 694* Tenants N/A N/A Total Population 3557 3570 * 2005 data, not available for 2006 or 2007

HMS Buildings by Type

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Lab70%

Library7%

Residence7%

Office7%

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ENERGY ENERGY

Energy Use in FY08 *Comparing FY08 to a 3 year (average FY05-07) baseline

Change in total energy per ft2: +3% South campus / ft2: +9% NRB / ft2: -7% HIM / ft2: +1%

Energy use by source: Electricity / ft2: -1%

Steam / ft2: +11% Chilled Water / ft2: -16%

Change in energy per person: +2%

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ENERGY ENERGY

The HMS Energy Management Team is responsible for monitoring energy use on campus and prioritizing conservation investments. Strategies for reducing energy use include: Daily building energy reports.

Kick-off of re-commissioning in WAB.

Building envelope analyses for three building.

Building energy utilization indices to help prioritize facility energy conservation investments. Behavioral campaigns and projects to encourage occupant

energy conservation in the buildings.

Annual savings from FY08 ECMs: $129,841 Total FY08 ECM Investment: $488,378

Avg. Simple payback of FYO8 ECMs: 3.49 years

Sample FY08 Energy Conservation Measures Cost

Annual Savings

Lighting retrofits & occupancy sensors in Vanderbilt Hall: Energy efficient super T-8 lamps and occupancy sensors (motion & sound) installed. (simple payback = 2.11 years) $28, 420 $13,491

Lighting retrofits & occupancy sensors in Armenise: (simple payback = 5.11 years) $36,346 $7,116

Lighting retrofits & occupancy sensors in 180 Longwood: (simple payback = 3.41 years) $90,898 $26,696

Lighting retrofits & occupancy sensors at HSDM: (simple payback = 5.41 years) $216,761 $40,074

Vacuum Pump Upgrade in NRB: The old HMS vacuum system in NRB was a “Camel” system, where the pump needed to be re-circulated with fresh water on a regular basis, re-sulting in large amounts of water use. These sys-tems consume fresh water, quickly corrode pumps and water feed lines, and are not very efficient. (simple payback = 1.53 years) $46,029 $30,190

Lion’s Head Water Recirculation: The Lion’s Head water fountain on the East Side of Gordon Hall was retrofit with a holding tank and re-circulation pump so water can be re-circulated through the fountain. This project will save 385,000 gallons of water per year. The west side had pre-viously been outfit with a recirculation system. (simple payback = 2.11 years) $8,721 $4,132

Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs)

NRB real-time steam metering “screenshot”, used by Operations to assess building operational efficiency.

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Material Benefits of Recycling in FY08

MIXED PAPER & CARDBOARD = 335.2 tons (*Equivalent to saving 4022 trees and over 2 million gallons of water!)

GLASS, PLASTIC, & METAL = 44.1 tons

ANIMAL WASTE (composted) = 560.1 tons FOOD WASTE (NEW program) = 28 tons

ELECTRONICS = 14.1 tons

BATTERIES = .53 tons

Total Recycling & Composting

983 tons

RECYCLING OPERATIONSRECYCLING OPERATIONS FY08 recycling rate: 46.5%

% Change from FY07 to FY08: +12.73%

Waste per person: 0.59 tons/person Total tons of waste: 2112 tons

Total tons recycling: 983 tons

Mixed paper: 335 tons Co-mingled: 44 tons Organic waste: 588.6 tons

FY08 Biological Waste: N/A

Solid Waste: Trash & Recycling at HMS

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Mixed Paper & Cardboard

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Trash54%

Food Composting

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Batteries**0%

Electronics 1%

Cans & Plastics2%

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WATER USE WATER USE Water Use FY08 HMS receives water from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, which supplies water to most of the Boston area. Most of the water used at HMS is for:

Cooling towers (in the WAB and NRB buildings)

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% Change Water Use per ft2 FY07-FY08: -9.1% South Campus: -10%

NRB: -7% HIM: -10%

TRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION (2007 data)(2007 data)

To encourage the use of public transportation to and from campus, Harvard University offers a 50% pre-tax discount on MBTA passes and MASCO runs a CommuteWorks Program for the Longwood area.

% Change in Commuting Trends 2004-2007: Use of public transportation: -6% Use of single occupant vehicles (SOV): +31% Carpooling: -6% Other (bike, walk, etc.): +21%

Modes of Commuting Longwood Campus 2007 (FY08)

Public Transit 49%

Drive Alone 19%

Carpooling 6%

“Other” 27%

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SUSTAINABLE DINING PROGRAMSUSTAINABLE DINING PROGRAM

Fresh from the farm: Most seasonal produce is now supplied by local farms.

Free-range & local meats: All chicken products are now organic and free-range from local farms. Elements Grill Station only serves protein items from local farms, as well.

Delectable dairy: All milk products served are now free of bovine growth hormones.

Healthy snacks: Look for organic and all-natural snack, juice, and soda.

Coffee: Both the Starbucks decaf and regular coffee are fair trade and organic.

Herb Garden: Restaurant Associated, in conjunction with The Growing Connection, created Harvard’s first on-site Herb Garden consisting of 20 “earth boxes,” located on the patio outside of Elements’ Café.

Restaurant Associates received an award for “Best Local Menu” from Food Management Magazine, which was featured in the August 2008 edition!

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FREECYCLING at HMSFREECYCLING at HMS

• April 22nd, 2008 marked the first biennial freecycling event at HMS!

• Freecycle Day was a chance for the HMS community to

come together on an institutional level and swap gently used office supplies, such as extra binders, file folders, paper, CDs and disks, printer cartridges, and desk organizers.

• Thousands of items were collected and displayed on tables

in the café, and the majority of items found a new home and were successfully “freecycled.”

Free-cy-cling (v.): The act of giving away usable but unneeded items instead of disposing of them in a landfill.

• Leftover items were donated to a lo-cal non-profit, “Extras for Creative Learning (E.x.C.L.)”, which provides supplies for local Boston schools.

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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

Since FY2003, HMS has partnered with Harvard’s Office for Sustainability (formerly called the Harvard Green Campus Initiative) in order to manage campus sustainability efforts and raise awareness on campus through efforts such as the...

Green Tip of the Month Sustainable dining awareness week/events Annual Harvard Sustainability Pledge “Shut the Sash” campaigns in the labs Green Lab Equipment Program Annual Sustainability Reports Earth Day activities Semi-annual freecycling events Green Office starter kits Recycling & composting outreach, policy develop-

ment, and custodial staff trainings Collaboration with HMS environmental student

group, Students for Environmental Awareness in Medicine

This report is intended to provide a high level view of the environmental footprint of the Harvard Medical School campus. We chose to focus on energy, waste, recycling, freecycling, transportation, and sustainable dining for this release of the report since these areas either provided quantitative data or made noteworthy progress during FY08. There are many other important areas where sustainability efforts are underway, and this section reviews some of these projects or initiatives, but with less detail.

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ADDITIONALADDITIONAL PROJECT SUMMARY LISTPROJECT SUMMARY LIST

Water-free Urinals installed in Seeley Mudd and Gordon Hall: One Sloan Water-free Urinal was installed in the 6th floor men’s restroom in the Seeley Mudd Building. This one urinal is ex-pected to save an estimated 25,000 - 40,000 gallons of water per year, compared to an average urinal. Three urinals were installed in the men’s 3rd floor bathroom in Gordon Hall, and are expected to save 75,000-120,000 gallons of water per year.

Real-time steam metering in NRB: A real-time metering system

has been installed in the NRB to report instantaneous usage to the building automation system. This real-time data allows the HMS Fa-cilities Team to better understand the regular steam load and to de-velop load “profiles” and performance models. When the real-time usage data is higher or lower than expected, the Facilities team can react right away and fix the problem.

Energy efficient hand dryer pilot in 180 Longwood: An en-

ergy efficient electric hand dryer the “Dyson Airblade” is going to be installed in the basement men’s and ladies’ rooms in 180 Long-wood Ave in early February, 2008. This hand-dryer is 80% more energy efficient than standard hand dryers, and can eliminate the usage of 1200 paper towels from the waste stream in a year, and saves over $1,000 in costs (compared to cost for paper towels) per year.

Green lab equipment: Look for the new “Green Products” sec-

tion in the 2008 Best Buy Guide released by VWR and Harvard Procurement. VWR and Green Campus are working to-gether to identify products that are energy efficient, made from recy-cled content or otherwise environmentally preferable.

Re-commissioning in WAB: During FY08, HMS received funding

from the NSTAR Energy Efficiency rebate programs to fund a Re-commissioning project in the Warren Alpert Building, paying for about 75% of the project cost.

Restaurant Associates eliminated all Styrofoam from Elements and Courtyard Café. In addition, many of the take-away containers are made from corn solids rather than plastic.

Conversion to low-VOC paints: Low-VOC paints were used in TMEC,

Vanderbilt Hall, LHRRB interior common areas, and the 2nd and 3rd floor of 180 Longwood. HMS Operations is intending to use low-VOC paints in all future projects.

HIM building move-outs: HMS Recycling Operations provided 96-gallon

recycling totes for HIM building occupant move-outs during FY08. 641/643 Huntington Avenue renovation: HMS saved $29,000 by do-

nating and reusing old office furniture, rather than trashing it. The original cost estimate to empty the building (including the costs to relocate furni-ture) was $55,000, which equates to a cost savings of over 50%!

Cardboard box reuse: HMS Campus Services reuses boxes. Depart-

ments may request boxes from Vinnie Mazzone (if boxes are available): Vincent_Mazzone@hms.harvard.edu.

Green laundry campaign in Vanderbilt Hall: New signage was in-

cluded on the washing and drying machine, indicating which settings are “hot” or “cold” water (this information is not otherwise obvious on the ma-chines). Washing clothes in cold water realizes significant energy savings as compared to washing clothes in hot water, which generally provides no added benefits. The campaign also involved posters education residents about how to “green” their laundry and included free samples of eco-friendly laundry detergent that were donated from the company Dropps.

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PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE INDICATORS INDICATORS

Campus Total ft2 in FY08: 2,515,440 % Change in total ft2 FY07-08: no change

Total population in FY08 (2007 data) 3,570 % Change in pop FY07- FY08: +0.37%

Energy & Emissions FY08 total energy use per ft2 (MMBtu/ft2): .31

% Change in energy use per ft2 +3%

FY08 total energy use per person (MMBtu/person) 220

Change in energy use per person +2% CO2 emissions FY08: N/A*

% Change in CO2 emission FY 07-08 : N/A* % Energy from renewable sources: 0% Annual $ Savings from ECMs FY08: $129,841

Water % Change in water Use per ft2 FY 07-08: -9.1%

Waste Total tons of MSW disposed FY08: 2112 tons % Change in total tons of waste disposed FY07-08: -1.41% Total waste per person FY08: .59 tons % Change in waste per person: -1% Recycling Rate FY08: 46.5% % Change in Recycling Rate FY07-FY08: +12.7% Total biological waste FY08: N/A % Change in biological waste FY07-FY08: N/A

Transportation % of commuters who use public transportation

or “other” 76% % Change in use of public transportation since 1999: +7.46% % Change in use of single occupant vehicles (SOV) since 1999: +2.7%

New Programs in FY08 Additional green building features in renovation projects (641/643 Huntington) Award-winning “Sustainable Dining Program”, in partnership with Restaurant Associates Initiated semi-annual Freecycling events at HMS

* HMS will report CO2e emissions as soon as the greenhouse gas emis-sions conversion factors are available from the energy supply. **This report only includes HMS property in the Longwood Medical area.