jennifer a. senick, executive director rutgers center for green building cheap and green:...
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Jennifer A. Senick, Executive DirectorRutgers Center for Green Building
Cheap and Green: Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
and other Sustainable Choices
Overview of the University today
• Academic campuses in Camden, Newark, New Brunswick, and Piscataway
• 29 colleges and professional schools
• Over 50,000 students and 10,000 faculty and staff
• 6,000 acres
• 700 buildings
• 16 million gross square feet
• 1.7 million SF in assignable classroom and laboratory space
• Over 3 million SF in assignable residential and student life space (15,000 beds)
University Mission (excerpts) …
• conducting the cutting-edge research that contributes to the medical, environmental, social and cultural well-being of the state, as well as, aiding the economy, the state’s businesses and industries; and
• performing public service in support of the needs of the citizens of the state and its local, county, and state governments.
Ecological Responsibility
Embody environmentally-friendly policies and practices in all facets of the university’s operation in order to create a sustainable campus to serve future generations of students.
Planning Principles
Proposals:
Improvements to College Avenue
• New buildings, street trees, site furnishings, and narrowing of
road width.
• Remove inefficient small lots and add garage parking
accessible from George Street.
• Shift the majority of commuter parking to other strategic
locations
• Increase the physical beauty of the campus with better
landscaping
• Site new buildings on infill sites
• Relocation of “non-campus specific” program to remote
facilities
• Coordination of master plan with seminary plan
Master Plan Capacity:
3 M GSF4,200 Beds2,000 Parking Spaces
2003 Physical Master Plan
Center for Green Building
Center for Green Building
The World of Green PurchasingDr. Kevin Lyons and Magda
Comeau
Photo Credits: NRDC
December 2006 Incoming Air Shipments
700 Orders
400 Air
University and Campus Footprint
Rutgers Solar Farm
• To develop and maintain a consistent ‘cradle-to-cradle’ supply chain and purchasing process
• Green Buildings (Design, Construction, Operation, Renovation)
• BioBase, Biodegradable, etc.• Fleets and Transportation• Energy• Corporate Social & Environmental Reporting
Rutgers Purchasing Policy (excerpt)
• Rutgers #1:– Total Amount Recycled: 2,742,869 Pounds– Food Recycling: 71.2 Pounds/Person (ave. week)
• Rutgers Other Success:– Recycling Rate: 57.47% (2nd)– Bottles/Cans Recycling per person: 19.4 lbs. (2nd)– Cardboard Recycling per person: 31.33 lbs. (3rd)– Recyclables per person: 72.58 lbs. (5th)
10 Week U.S. Wide Recycling Competition 200 schools 8 categories
Total Pounds Recycled: 41.3 million pounds!
This equates to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that is approximately equivalent to:•12,367 passenger cars not driven for one year
•10,221 passenger cars and light trucks not driven for one year
•6,507,707 gallons of gasoline
•132,878 barrels of oil
•7,335 household electricity use for one year (number of households)
•468 acres of forest preserved from deforestation
•1,465,068 tree seedlings grown for 10 years
RecycleMania Climate Impacts
The total pounds recycled during RecycleMania 2007 prevented greenhouse gas emissions of 15,583 metric tons of carbon equivalent (MTCE) from
entering the atmosphere.
Community Partnerships & Opportunities
Local Procurement/Cooperative Purchasing
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Rutgers Cooperative Contracts-Results in Cost Reduction
• Janitorial Supplies; 10 – 15% cost reduction
• Recycled Paper; 10 % cost reduction
• HVAC Systems; 25% cost reduction
• Electrical Parts and Supplies (including lights); 25% cost reduction
• Office Supplies; 25% cost reduction
• Paint; 15% cost reduction
• Construction Materials; 28% cost reduction
• Landscaping Services/Supplies; 15% reduction
Rutgers Cooperative Contracts-Results in Cost Reduction
• Lab Chemicals and Equipment (VWR, Fisher, Sigma, etc.); 25% cost reduction
• Furniture; 30% cost reduction
• Computers; 10% cost reduction
• Automobiles (Honda); 15% cost reduction; via NJ State Contract and Tax Incentive Programs
• Automobile Fluids; 20% cost reduction
• Liability Insurance Savings (should be negotiated by Risk Managers); potential savings 10%
