www.humber.ca/sustainability @SustainHumber

OCFMA Spring ConferenceOctober 29, 2013

Spencer Wood, Associate Director Maintenance and OperationsLindsay Walker, Sustainability Manager

Sustainability“Meeting contemporary needs without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy their needs.”

- UN World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987

In Humber’s 2013-2018 Strategic plan, Sustainability is one of our 6 values, and there is a success outcome:

“Humber has embraced a comprehensive sustainability strategy that is embedded in our integrated planning and resource allocation model”

Overview:Sustainability Engagement at Humber

Past

•Limited engagement and communication•Action Plan• Sustainability Committee• Operational changes• Some student involvement

Present

• Building engagement & communication

• STARS Silver• Curriculum• Partnerships

Future

• A culture of sustainability

• Sustainability Strategy

• New LRC building LEED Silver

Sustainability at Humber: PresentWe are Building Engagement through:

STARS Communication & Events

Curriculum & Partnerships

Sustainability at Humber: STARS• AASHE: Association for the Advancement of

Sustainability in Higher Education– Humber became a member in August 2012

• STARS: Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System– Widely adopted throughout North America– Provides a meaningful, transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges

and universities to measure their sustainability performance

You can only manage what you measure.

STARS: There are four main categories to earn credits

Education and Research

Co-Curricular EducationCurriculumResearch

Operations

Buildings ClimateDining Services Energy Grounds PurchasingTransportation Waste

Water

Planning, Administration & Engagement

Coordination & Planning Diversity and Affordability

Human ResourcesInvestment

Public Engagement

Innovation

These credits recognize: • Creative and innovative

strategies implemented on campuses

• Areas where a campus has exceeded credit criteria

Sustainability at Humber: STARS

Sustainability at Humber: STARS

First college in Ontario and third college in Canada!

BUILDINGENGAGEMENT

Sustainability at Humber: STARS

Makes information on what Humber does publicly available, easily accessible to everyone

See tangible work on the commitment Humber has made to sustainability

Raise awareness about sustainability throughout college

Sparks communication and collaboration throughout the college

Provides rigorous, nationally recognized assessment framework

Benchmark with peersSupports achievement of strategic goals

Use information from STARS results supporting information for new initiatives

Incorporate STARS initiatives into courses, projects

BUILDINGENGAGEMENT

Sustainability at Humber: STARS• What’s involved:

•1 full time staff – 6 months•1 full time workstudy student – 4 months•10 volunteers – 6 hours eachStaff time•AASHE membership•STARS membership•Launch events (food, marketing, etc.)Money•Launch Event•Updates•Awareness

Communication

•Need help and information from many departments•Build buy-in through communication and executive supportBuy-in•During process•For future questions•For future re-assessmentTracking

Sustainability at Humber: STARS• Some of the ‘tough’ stuff:– Curriculum inventory

• Student volunteers to read course outlines

– Yard waste numbers (we did track it previously)

– Vehicle mileage (we tracked, but it needed updating)

– “You don’t know (to ask) what you don’t know”

– Collecting student volunteer hours

– Getting others to understand the full breadth of sustainability – e.g. Human Rights

Sustainability at Humber: Communication and Engagement

Sustainability at Humber: Communication and Engagement

Green Team Events!

Sustainability at Humber: Curriculum and Partnerships

Approach: Act as a Catalyst

The more we communicate and engage, the more momentum grows, and the more we can do

Integrate with curriculum as

much as possible

Coordination with

Operations and reviewing

infrastructure

Engagement through events,

collaboration and

participation

Sustainability at Humber: Curriculum and Partnerships• Recycling and Waste Management – Curriculum Partnership: 2013 recycling campaign

created by graphic design students– Operations Partnership: Work

collaboratively with food services, cleaning and hauler

Sustainability at Humber: Curriculum and Partnerships

Sustainability at Humber: Curriculum• Now:– Business students researching on-site composting technologies

• Future:– SEBT students to do energy auditing– Event Planning students run events (?)

• Faculty connection:– Asking directly how sustainability could be integrated (through

Deans, Associate Deans)

Sustainability at Humber: Future

Create Sustainability Strategic Plan

Align with Humber’s Strategic

Plan, student and staff

input, findings

from STARS

Grow

Green Teams &

create suppor

t structur

e

Engagement

Continuous

Improvemen

t

Annual Sustainability

ReportMeasure: energy,

water, waste, engagement,

curriculum, etc.

Review Committee Structure

Thank you!

Questions?

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Website: www.humber.ca/sustainability

Email: sustainability@humber.ca

@SustainHumber