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Table of Contents
Welcome 4
Agenda 8
Overview 12
2014 Mid-Year Energy Summit Reveiw 15
Rocky Mountain Institute 16
Speaker Bios 19
University Energy Usage / Savings Data 21
Working Groups Academic Integration 46 Campus-Based Energy Efficency 48 Finance and Regulatory Opportunities 50 High Preformace Campus Design 52 Transportation Opportunities 54
University Successes Appalachian State 60 East Carolina 62 Elizabeth City State 64
Table of Contents
Fayetteville State 66 NC A&T 68 NC Central 70 NC School of Science and Mathematics 72 NC State 74 UNC Asheville 76 UNC Chapel Hill 78 UNC Charlotte 80 UNC Greensboro 82 UNC Pembroke 84 UNC School of the Arts 86 Western Carolina 90 Winston-Salem State 92
Poster Competition Entries 94
2014 Student Summit 96
AES Student Scholars Directory 98
2015 Mid-Year Energy Summit 100
Welcome
Welcome to the third Appalachian Energy Summit. I am honored to bring greetings to each of you, and to recognize the importance of the Appalachian Energy Summit. The Summit provides opportunities for professional engagement with colleagues from across the state, a model for collaboration, and a real and powerful path to a more sustainable future for higher education in North Carolina. The work accomplished through this initiative has garnered national attention, and we are proud to join with you, our colleagues across the state, in developing policies and procedures which will benefit our state for years to come.
Sustainability at Appalachian State University is not a trend; it is a tradition. Appalachian prepares students to lead purposeful lives as engaged global citizens who understand their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. Indeed, the important work accomplished through this initiative not only benefits our institutions but also engages our students in real world research that yields meaningful results. At Appalachian we work diligently to keep three facets of sustainability in mind as we go about meeting our mission: 1) is the action economically sustainable? 2) is the action in line with our commitment to take care of the planet? and 3) is the action equitable for the people with whom we share the planet?
This Solutions Guide has been developed as a comprehensive tool to ensure you will get the most out of your time here, and should function as a compass to help navigate the many aspects of the summit. Use the links in table of contents to access the information that is important to you. See how each university has applied the knowledge they have taken from previous summits, read success stories from the various working groups, get to know our sponsors and find your next employee from the student scholars directory and so much more. The Solutions Guide is your destination for any and all information regarding the summit.
The Appalachian Energy Summit is an example of campus innovation that is just one of many on our campus and on campuses across the state. I commend you for your leadership in sustainable energy and for the work you do each day to move this initiative forward. Such commitment to research, creativity, innovation and practice is making a difference now and for our future. Thank you for your tireless efforts and for being a critical part of this amazing and beneficial collaboration.
Sincerely,Sheri N. EvertsChancellor
A Sincere Thank You
The Appalachian Energy Summit does not happen without a grand collaboration from across the state. Space does not allow for the depth and breadth of the gratitude that it would take to fully recognize all who have played a part in this initiative to uplift our collective energy and sustainability efforts.
To Fred and Alice Stanback, Kenan Smith and Hayes Smith, your inspiration, guidance, hard work and support have been with us since day one. Your passion for these issues and your support of the University of North Carolina and he Appalachian family are much appreciate by many.
To University of North Carolina President, Dr. Thomas Ross, your steadfast endorsement of the values and activities of the summit and the UNC Leadership Challenge have been unwavering. Your career achievements highlight your commitment to the goals and ideals of the Appalachian Energy Summit. By encouraging the chancellors, provosts and finance officers from UNC campuses, you enable innovation at the highest level.
To the system-wide Steering Committee and to our Working Group leaders, your willingness to share your time and talent with this effort truly makes the initiative what it is. You all have demanding day jobs, yet you as a group have chosen to give your focus to these important issues and thus serve as leaders across the UNC system.
To the three hundred plus attendees, we are grateful for your time commitment. You are much
A Sincere Thank You
more than attendees; you are the lifeblood of the initiative. A conference is just a conference without you, a small army of individuals committed year-round to education and the state’s sustainable energy future.
To our generous sponsors, quite simply, you make this event possible. To create an initiative of this magnitude at no cost to the university system is truly a gift to the future. We appreciate your recognition of the importance of higher education and its role in creating the energy future that our students and the citizens of North Carolina desire. Our sincere hope is that your investment in us will also help you meet your own business objectives.
And lastly, to the hardworking team at Appalachian State, I hope you are proud of what you have helped create. To host a party for three hundred of your closest friends takes tremendous effort and the details are many. You have accepted this role in addition to your daily duties and in the process have helped inspire and fuel North Carolina’s sustainable energy future.
My main wish for all for the 2014 Appalachian Energy Summit and the ongoing initiative is that you apply yourself, you make new friends and that you enjoy yourself.
My sincerest thank you to all mentioned above and those not mentioned and not forgotten.
Best regards,Ged Moody
The 2014 Appalachian Energy Summit (AES) is the third annual gathering for the University of North Carolina Energy Leadership Challenge. Through this ongoing initiative, campus leaders from across higher education in North Carolina from the 17 public institutions and six private college & university partners are convening to share best practices.
This year, we invite our participants to recognize and embrace “The Disruption and Innovation Cycle” precipitated by turbulent times and marked by the innovations that disrupt our time-tested technologies, processes and business models.
Thank You to Our Industry Partners
Keynote Partner
Industry Partner
Panel Partners
Event Partners Carbon Neutral i ty Partner
Student Summit Partners
In-Kind Partners
2014 Mid-Year Energy Summit Reveiw
North Carolina A&T State University hosted the Appalachian Energy Summit Mid-Year meeting this past February in our Proctor Hall academic building. The theme for this year was “The Season of Accountability.” The event was very successful with a rate of attendance greater than 83% from the registered students, faculty, and staff. All the attendees received a warm welcome from the Director of Energy and Sustainability, Mary-Ann Ibeziako and the Facilities staff. The list of guest speakers was pretty standard with appearances from Len Hoey of DEACS who stressed the fact that the UNC school system managed to reach $119,759,523 in avoided energy costs. We also heard from Robbie Ferris, CEO of SfL+a. Robbie talked about their recently completed net positive construction project; the Sandy Grove Middle School. We even received a presentation from our CEO Robert Pompey, which was delivered to the group by Mary-Ann Ibeziako. The topic of Mr. Pompey’s presentation was Operational Effectiveness and Efficiency through Sustainability.
But out of all the distinguished guests and colleagues who visited NC A&T that day, one group stood out above all others and showed us why we must continue to collaborate as a higher educational entity. That group was comprised of all the students who came in as visitors and participants in the poster competition. They showed us that the ultimate goal is for us to manage our resources so that all the universities in our system can effectively educate the students; they are our customers and most valuable assets. The working groups such as the academic integration group, transportation opportunities group, and student leadership and engagement group all contribute to the overall goal which is not only to save energy, but also to efficiently manage our resources. It is our duty, for we are stewards of this planet, and as members of the human race we must improve the earth for the future generations.
Rocky Mountain InstituteSince 1982, RMI has advanced market-based solutions that transform global energy use to create a clean, prosperous and secure future. An independent, nonprofit think-and-do tank, RMI engages with campuses, businesses, communities, and institutions to accelerate and scale replicable solutions that drive the cost-effective shift from fossil fuels to efficiency and renewables. RMI is helping accelerate Arizona State’s progress toward carbon neutrality.RMI participates the Appalachian Energy Summit, first, because campuses are critically important to affecting energy-system change, and second, because the UNC system is poised to build significantly on the progress it has already achieved in clean energy. The system’s seventeen campuses and UNC Administration can support one another in dramatically reducing energy costs and carbon emissions, expanding the state’s clean-energy economy, and building capacity among faculty and students to bring clean-energy expertise to the state. At all three Summits, RMI’s Chief Scientist, Amory Lovins has offered keynote presentations and RMI experts have supported the various Summit working groups. RMI hopes to support the campuses in the practical projects that emerge from the Summit. This summer, RMI will bring to the Summit:
The Summit’s Keynote is RMI’s co-founder and chief scientist. A physicist, ex-Oxford don, honorary architect, Swedish engineering academician, he has written 500 papers and 31 books, taught at ten universities, redesigned numerous buildings, vehicles, and factories, and advised industry for 40+ years in 50+ countries. A National Petroleum Council member, he advises the Chief of Naval Operations. He received the “Alternative Nobel,” Blue Planet, Volvo, Zayed, Onassis, Nissan, Shingo, and Mitchell Prizes, MacArthur and Ashoka Fellowships, 12 honorary doctorates, and the Heinz, Lindbergh, National Design, and World Technology Awards. Time named him one of the world’s 100 most influential people; Foreign Policy, one of 100 top global thinkers.
Supporting the Summit’s transportation working group, he is a Sr. Associate in RMI’s electricity and buildings practices. He brings a background in collaborative stakeholder engagement, statistical and quantitative analysis, and researching urban sustainability and energy policy. Koben is interested in researching the opportunities for innovation between building energy demand and electricity generation. In particular, he is excited to work on system resiliency, demand side solutions, and new business model development. Koben joined RMI in May of 2013.
Supporting the Summit’s academic-integration working group, he works with RMI’s communities and campus practices. In 2009, he was lead author of Accelerating Campus Climate Initiatives. He is also helping plan RMI’s proposed new building in Basalt, Colorado. Outside RMI, Michael is a painter and local “community diplomat,” resolving controversies through facilitation, mediation, and collaborative problem solving. Michael has been with RMI since 1983.
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K O B E N C A L H O U N
M I C H A E L K I N S L E Y
C H R I S M C C L U R G
M A R T Y P I C K E T T
O W E N S M I T H
R O Y TO B E R T
M I C H A E L P TO T T E N
J O N WA L K E R
Supporting the Summit’s energy-efficiency working group, she is a Sr. Associate with RMI’s building’s practice with six years of experience on both the client side and as a consultant performing third party commissioning, energy audits and HVAC design. Currently, she is working with Arizona State University to become carbon zero by 2025 through a comprehensive program of building retrofits, transportation upgrades, behavior change programs and renewables applications. She is also leading the mechanical effort for the new, net-zero office for RMI in Basalt, CO. She is developing replicable procedures to push the current boundaries in measurement and verification, commissioning, building user interfaces and maintainability. Chris joined RMI in October 2013.
As Managing Director, Marty focuses on institutional advancement and takes an active leadership role in RMI’s strategic direction; business planning, development strategy and activities for RMI’s research and consulting practice; and Board governance. Since 1991, Marty has represented RMI on various legal issues, including the Institute’s purchase of an interest in and creation of the conservation easement on the Windstar Land Conservancy property in Snowmass in 1996. Marty joined RMI in 1998.
Supporting the Summit’s working group on finance, regulation, and generation, he is a principal with RMI’s electricity and communities practices. His areas of expertise include new utility business models, innovative pricing structures, integration of distributed energy resources, and whole-system community energy transformation. Owen joined RMI in 2013.
Supporting the Summit’s high performance design working group, he is a Manager within RMI’s buildings practice, where he specializes in university net zero efforts, project cost analyses, and renewable and efficiency finance. He has worked with leading universities and global multinationals to analyze net-zero opportunities, and deliver roadmaps to reaching carbon reduction goals. He leads RMI’s work with the General Service Administration (GSA), including GSA’s partnerships with energy service companies to retrofit the federal building stock. He performs policy review, addresses market impediments to deep energy efficiency, and contributes to RMI’s outreach efforts. Roy assisted on research and analysis for RMI’s Reinventing Fire initiative and book, and currently manages the Reinventing Fire effort.
An RMI Senior Fellow, has been promoting soft energy path practices and policies since 1975, at the campus, community, corporate, federal and global scales. He drafted the comprehensive federal bill, Global Warming Prevention Act of 1989, in the 1990s he pioneered digital knowledge software tools and networks for energy sustainability, in 2004 helped develop Walmart’s Sustainability Initiative, and in 2007 co-led development of the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards. Totten received the Lewis Mumford Pricze in 2000, given by Architects, Designers & Planners for Social Responsibility.
As a Sr. Associate in RMI’s Boulder office, he is focused on mechanical engineering and general design. He has over ten years of experience designing commercially successful products as a product development engineer in the aerospace and IT industries. Jon joined RMI in July 2013. At RMI, Jon uses his background in mechanical engineering and product development to aid in a wide range of projects across all four of RMI’s practice areas – buildings, electricity, industry, and transportation. For example, his aerospace background is valuable in RMI’s ongoing effort to integrate advanced carbon fiber composites into mass-market automobiles, and his work with energy-efficient IT infrastructure is helping with several building retrofit projects.
S p e a k e r B i o s
Amory B. Lovins, an American consultant experimental physicist and 1993 MacArthur Fellow, has been active at the nexus of energy, resources, economy, environment, development, and security in more than 50 countries for over 40 years, including 14 years based in England. He is widely considered among the world’s leading authorities on energy—especially its efficient use and sustainable supply—and a fertile innovator in integrative design and in superefficient buildings, factories, and vehicles.In 1982, the Lovinses cofounded Rocky Mountain Institute (www.rmi.org), an independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit think-and-do tank. RMI’s ~80 staff drive the efficient and restorative use of resources to help make the world thriving, verdant, and secure, for all, for ever. Ms. Lovins left RMI in 2002; Mr. Lovins is now its Chief Scientist and Chairman Emeritus.
David W. Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Senior Adviser to the President, Oberlin College. He is the author of seven books, including Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse and co-editor of three others. He has authored nearly 200 articles, reviews, book chapters, and professional publications. In the past 25 years he has served as a board member or adviser to eight foundations and on the Boards of many organizations including the Rocky Mountain Institute and the Aldo Leopold Foundation. Currently he is a Trustee of the Bioneers, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, and the Worldwatch Institute. He has been awarded seven honorary degrees and a dozen other awards.
Peter Kelly-Detwiler is a Principal and Co-Founder of NorthBridge Energy Partners, LLC, a consulting group helping companies navigate the challenges and opportunities of the smart grid. He advises customers concerning dynamic load management, emerging technologies, business models, market trends, and regulatory developments.He has been active in the field of energy for almost 25 years, both in the United States and overseas, with 15 of those years in competitive power markets. From 2006 to 2012, Mr. Kelly-Detwiler was an executive at Constellation Energy, and created and led the company’s Load Response business unit. Under his oversight, that team developed VirtuWatt – an industry-leading dynamic energy management platform.
University Energy Usage / Savings Data
University Energy Usage / Savings Data
Working Groups
AES Working Groups provide an opportunity for experts and participants to examine specific topics and create solutions to guide the Universities of North Carolina to a sustainable future. In this section, Academic Integration, Campus-Based Energy Efficiency, Finance, Regulatory and Energy Generation, High Performance Campus Design and Transportation Opportunities groups share successes, best practices, current initiatives and campus engagement.
MID-YEAR MEETING 2014 SUMMARY POINTS
1. Most schools have identified a faculty liason for sustainability. Each has found ways to
bridge academics and operations to offer students opportunities for practical sustainability
experience. These opportunities to use the campus as a “living laboratory” also helps campuses
reach their sustainability goals.
2. Barriers to progress of five previously identified categories were discussed and reviewed by
the group:
- Administrative Support: Layered structures, faculty work independently within respective
colleges on campus, fund identification
- Student Engagement: Same students in multiple organizations, lack of passion
- Academic Programs: Majors/schools held separately, lack of opportunities with
disciplines/professions, accredidation standards
- Campus as a “Living Laboratory:” Available resources and personnel, lack of respect
across units and disciplines, lack of resources, not in master plan, personnel
changes, lack of administrative support, lack of faculty incentives, curricular inertia
- Attitudes: Divisions within university structure
Academic Integration
W H E R E W E ’ V E B E E NAcademic Integration began with seven objectives at the 2012 Summit:
1) Engage communities on campus, and beyond, leveraging existing efforts with community engagement and initiating more applied research partnerships.2) Frame the campus as a microcosm, demonstrating sustainable living.Form interdisciplinary/cross campus collaboratives to address problems/solutions related to energy via joint funding opportunities.3) Collaborate system-wide to document and promote education regarding energy and sustainability.4) Enable professional development for faculty to incorporate energy and sustainability concepts with pedagogical methods in diverse fields.5) Redraft UNC signatory document to include and integrate academics (as addendum or new document).6) Focus on energy / sustainability within each discipline / class-type / major - starting through top-down leadership to integrate academics and all sustainability decisions.
At the February 2013 mid-year session, the Working Group narrowed its focus to the following questions:
1) How do we legitimize the importance of integrating energy savings & sustainability into learning outcomes and research activities?2) What are the potential organizational structures that integrate energy savings & sustainability into the campus ecosystem, allowing knowledge and skills to flow between campus operations and faculty/student expertise?
W H E R E W E ’ R E G O I N G
During the February 2014 session, several categories of barriers were identified and participants were asked to self-evaluate and expand on the topics in discussion. Attendees were assigned tasks to complete by the Appalachian Energy Summit in July 2014:1) Send barriers not identified or discussed during the session to the moderators.2) Once the list of barriers is distributed, identify peers that share a common one. Contact these and collaborate on solutions.3) Also identify peers that have had success in overcoming the barrier on which your institution is working. Reach out to these to learn potential solutions.4) Create a strategy to address ONE barrier by the July Summit.
Below is a list of schools and the barrier(s) they have chosen to target:
ASU: 1. The hurdles, real and perceived, to make changes/additions to curricular activities. 2. Finding and picking the right academic department to partner with in an effort to work broadly to integrate sustainability into a discipline’s curriculum.ECSU: Data Collection and Activity Coordination - While there is an infrastructure in place to gather data for utility-related usage and emissions, there is no such infrastructure for other activities (faculty, staff, and student commuting; recycling behavior; environmental attitudes; local food use; etc.). Faculty, staff, and students are regularly engaged in sustainability-related activities and research, but there is no reliable method to capture specific data on these activities. Fostering a Sustainability Culture (without significant funding or staff) - How can sustainability spread across campus and across student cohorts without additional staff?FSU: 1. Administrative support barriers - Funding for incentives for faculty to integrate sustainability into curriculum and create new sustainability-focused courses and programs. 2. Campus as a living laboratory - Facilities management staff is so stretched and stuck in reactive mode that we struggle to create and support meaningful activities in this area. 3. Student engagement - Sustainability does not seem to be a major concern or topic of discussion amongst FSU students. The barrier that FSU will focus on is the “funding incentives for faculty to integrate sustainability.”NCCU: 1. Administrative support / support throughout campus. 2. The “complementary” barrier of changing attitudes.NCSU: How to engage and incentivize academic stakeholders that are collaborative and have the various resources to dedicate to this as something “outside” of their current obligations. There are many interested faculty but their titles/work don’t formally include sustainability.NCSSM: Student knowledge and motivation regarding sustainability.UNCCH: Identifying a faculty champion with time (i.e., money) to advance sustainability across the curriculum.UNCC: Campus as a “Living Laboratory:” Identifying Facility Management needs for information and ideas that can be addressed by faculty and student research. UNCG: Student and faculty engagement and motivation regarding sustainability.UNCP: Lack of structure and focused organization. Potential partners: ASU, UNCG and FSU. UNCW: Lack of centralized focus among university committees/groups/departments; lack of a sustainability champion among higher administration; lack of financing.WCU: 1. Administrative Support. Potential partners: UNCA & UNCC. 2. Breaking Down Silos – particular focus on the organizational structure and mission of Sustainability Council. Potential partners: UNCCH & ASU.
L E A D
Trey McDonaldUNC Greensboro
Jeff RamsdellAppalachian State University
Michael KinsleyRMI
MID-YEAR MEETING 2014 SUMMARY POINTS
1. Maximizing Existing Expertise Sub-Group
- Plan Energy Managers meeting between Mid-Year Meeting and July Summit
- Establish electronic commincation for information sharing and dialog
- Develop inventory of POC’s and ECM experiences, strengths, and
weaknesses at each institution
2. Orgaizational Effectiveness Sub-Group
- Develop interactions graphic depicting Energy Manager relationship relative
to other university positions necessary for success
- Examine policies and procedures to be adopted by institutions for successful
execution of Energy Manager position
Campus Based Energy Eff iciency
G R O U P D E S C R I P T I O N
C U R R E N T I N I T I AT I V E S L E A D
T I T L E F R O M T E X T
T I T L E F R O M T E X T
MID-YEAR MEETING 2014 SUMMARY POINTSTopics of top priority were refined for issues, developed for completion, responsibilities assigned, deliverables determined, and milestones established:
- Retention of Energy Savings
- Revolving Fund for ECM Projects
- Legislation to expand Self-Performance of EPC’s
- Strengthen HB 1292
- Template for Third Party Solar Thermal Power Puchase
Agreements
Finance and Regulatory Opportunities & Energy Generation
G R O U P D E S C R I P T I O N
C O N N E C T I N G W I T H O U T S I D E R E S O U R C E S
This group is charged with strategically evaluating emerging finance and regulatory issues and opportunities associated with achieving energy and cost savings. The effort includes the identification of emerging models and methods of traditional and renewable energy generation. In order to also influence and produce desired outcomes, the working group divided into four task forces with more narrowly defined goals.Task Force 1 - Utility Savings Investment Projects (Renamed from Expand Self-Managed PCs)Purpose is to have the state legislature approve or adopt special legislation to allow UNC institutions to invest state utility funds into energy savings projects to be financed through actual energy savings. Task Force 2 - Revolving Fund for Energy Conservation Measures (ECM) ProjectsPurpose is to create a financial mechanism to fund smaller <$500k energy conservation measures that will be selected based on criteria and merits, provide a framework for management and guidelines for its use, and provide all program parameters in the form of a proposal to be presented to GA/BOG for approval and financing.Task Force 3 - Strengthen HB1292/Retention of Energy Savings (Combined from two previously separate groups)Purpose is to modify existing budgetary process to incentivize campuses to invest in energy conservation measures that produce savings or avoid costs that can then be reinvested and to stabilize a stream of funding for such purposes.Task Force 4 - Template for 3rd Party PPAs/Renewable EnergyPurpose is to create a workable set of documents vetted by investors, campuses, and vendors, to use in executing renewable energy projects by third parties and to promote these opportunities.
Connections have been made to resources outside the group resulting in greater breadth of information for better planning and decision-making. For example, the Revolving Fund Task Force Task conducted a conference call with Mark Orlowski, Executive Director of the Sustainable Endowment Institute (www.GreenBillion.org) to discuss all aspects of successful green revolving funds around the United States, while a subcommittee led by Jim Houser of ASU completed a thorough case study of other revolving funds.The e-Lab team, born from the working group’s interest in renewable energy, learned of the wide range of successes throughout the country in its contact with other teams at the spring e-Lab session. From Arizona, Minnesota, Colorado, and Hawaii ideas were planted for further discussion and action. As a follow-up effort, the group met with Duke Energy Progress to identify and discuss areas of both common ground and divergence surrounding the widespread use of renewable energy. Additional dialog is planned.
Finance and Regulatory Opportunities & Energy Generation
C U R R E N T I N I T I AT I V E S L E A D
1 - Utility Savings Investment Projects The group has expressed concern regarding the need to coordinate legislative pursuits in order to avoid creation of internal conflicts. UNC General Administration (UNC GA) included an initiative for Board of Governors (BOG) consideration as a legislative priority for the short session, however, the initiative did not make the final list forwarded for legislative consideration.The next step is to begin preparing the initiative for consideration by UNC GA and BOG for action during the 2015 long session. The proposed legislation will be due in the Fall of 2014 and will be submitted when the UNC GA call for proposed legislation is issued.The group is interested in briefing Chief Financial Officers, engaging legislative liaisons and other State agencies as appropriate. Development of a “communications plan” in preparation for the long session of the legislature is expected.
2 - Revolving Fund for Energy Conservation Measures (ECM) ProjectsThe group has identified the following actions to be discussed at the Energy Summit: • Determine best source of funding for Revolving Fund • Develop Action Plan to gain buy-in at General Administration/BOG/ Legislature for Revolving Fund - must have a champion at General Administration willing to push the initiative forward • Develop Action Plan to provide funding and earmark/fence funds • Develop guidelines for submission, selection, evaluation, award, administration, tracking/measurement, and reporting ECMs (this can be done after funding is identified)Timelines and leadership will be assigned at the Summit.
3 - Strengthen HB1292/Retention of Energy SavingsThe group has concluded that HB1292 should not be revised at this time, but any such efforts will be coordinated with other task forces. Strategies for engaging campus Budget Officers in support of increased carry-forward and designation of funds for energy projects will be a focus of strategy development for the annual summit.
4 - Renewables An existing set of documents for solar thermal agreements have been under revision to fit photovoltaic opportunities. The establishment of an e-Lab team under the auspices of the Rocky Mountain Institute has expanded the vison for large-scale renewables across the UNC system.
Mike O’Connor, Appalachian State University
Phil Jones, UNC Charlotte
Zach Abegunrin, NC Central University
John Pierce, UNC Asheville
MID-YEAR MEETING 2014 SUMMARY POINTS
1. Use the masteplan of the institution as a tool to drive high performance buildings
- Energy requirement / usage / conservation, campus infrastructure,
(drainage, internet, etc.) should be part of the campus master plan (design
campus charette)
- What are the university’s policy / goal for energy use
2. Use a budget model to provide incentives
3. Maximize space efficiencies and utilization
4. Set process and performance standards to cover broader range
High Performance Campus Design
G R O U P D E S C R I P T I O N
C U R R E N T I N I T I AT I V E S L E A D
Charged with envisioning and executing plans for designing the campuses of the future that are both energy efficient and environmentally friendly while promoting and inspiring our core purpose, higher education. A group of higher education professionals representing the Planning, Design & Construction community, who have come together to share their experiences, best practices and lessons learned about the master planning, design and construction of energy efficient and sustainable facilities and campuses. Participants in this group were originally tasked with examining strategies and methods for: A) Evolving master planning methodologies that encompass emerging sustainability standards, and B) Designing for energy efficiency and space utilization.
Current initiative of the group involves developing and implementing best practices, guidelines and implementation plans necessary to achieve the goals of The University of North Carolina Sustainability Policy. A “Best Practices” guideline is currently being written by group participants that will address sustainable practices in the areas of Master Planning, Design and Construction that will apply to each constituent institution, and, when appropriate, General Administration (UNC-GA) and affiliated entities.The time frame for this initiative is to finish the final draft of the “Best Practices” guideline during the Appalachian Energy Summit held July 2014. Upon completion, the guideline will be submitted to UNC-GA for review and endorsement by the President.
Rosalba Ledezma Director of Design and Construction, Winston Salem State University
Cameron SmithDirector of Capital Projects, NC State University
C A M P U S C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T
B E S T P R A C T I C E S G U I D E L I N E S
An overarching success of the High Performance Design group mirrors that of the entire The Appalachian Energy Summit, which is campus community engagement and the opportunity to get together to discuss campus initiatives and successes common to energy conservation and sustainability. Over the past two years, this group has had the opportunity to meet twice per year to collaborate on what works and what doesn’t in regards to planning, designing and constructing sustainable buildings. Group participants have discussed many successful strategies each has implemented on their respective campuses as well as strategies that had good intentions but for some reason didn’t reach the anticipated goal. Participants have also learned that not every sustainable “best practice” may be relevant for every campus but simply having knowledge about what each other is doing can identify opportunities they weren’t aware of or create a new idea (spin-off).
Another success of the High Performance Design group is more tangible and revolves around the “Best Practices” guideline described above. The group decided that creating this guideline was as a great way to document the fruitful discussions being had during the annual Summits and Mid-year meetings and also serve as a resource for all to use in the future when planning, designing and constructing future campus facilities. The guideline also fills a requirement of the UNC Sustainability Policy, which requires an implementation of best practices be developed, endorsed by the President and reviewed/revised every two years. These best practices have never existed until now.A draft of the “Best Practices” Guideline for Master Planning, Design and Construction can be found in this e-book.
MID-YEAR MEETING 2014 SUMMARY POINTS
The following goals were set to achieve before the July 2014 Summit:
- Develop listerv for Transportation Communications
- Engage identified leaders to develop leadership working group
- Conference calls on (1) Best Practices and (2) Petroleum Displacement Plan
- Network to include 40+ transportation professionals to July meeting
- Further develop long-term goals by beginning the process of capturing fuel
use and cost data
Transportation-Oriented Opportunit ies
G R O U P D E S C R I P T I O N
C U R R E N T I N I T I AT I V E S
Charged with reducing the energy usage and environmental footprint in all university-related travel including transportation, transit and alternative fuel sources.
A group of higher education professionals that include transportation managers, sustainability professionals and academic faculty, who come together to collaborate on technical opportunities and necessary behavioral shifts for change. Objective topics originally included: managing fleets, multi-modal planning, public transportation, promotion of walking/biking, calculating related emissions, ridesharing and carpooling, and implementing transportation culture change.
1. Capture and Quantify transportation data that can be used collectively to set targets.
2. Create a task force to identify and create the tool by which transportation impact can be measured.
3. Discover the language, categories and standards by which we talk about transportation
sustainability on campuses.
4. Develop state vehicle efficiency standards.
5. Establish categories within the UNC Transportation field: Fleet Vehicles, Commuting, Ground/Air
Travel, Study Abroad, Education, Etc.
L E A R N I N G B Y C O L L A B O R AT I O N
A great deal of the Transportation-Oriented Opportunities Working Group mid-year meeting time was focused on collaboration among UNC schools. Transportation mangers, parking and traffic directors, property security and sustainability professionals gathered to share successes and challenges around transportation issues. Through this collaboration, group members shared information about ride share and car share campus programs that have served to reduce the number of cars on some UNC campuses, and thereby reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. Members whose greatest challenges are around campus real estate and lack of adequate parking, were excited to hear how such programs have worked for schools like Appalachian and UNC Greensboro and were moved to attempt such initiatives on their own campuses. Following the meeting, group leader, Lee Ball, created a group listserv, so such collaboration can continue year round via email.
University Successes
When innovative thinkers put their goals and initiatives into action, the results are often incredible and always thought provoking. The Appalachian Energy Summit is proud to recognize the efforts and successes of each of the UNC system schools.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• BOONE, NC
• 17,589 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 1,300 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013
• 111,039 BTU/SF
• 63,044,000 KWH
Appalachian State University
C A R B O N N E U T R A L C O M M U T E RAppalachian State University is making progress toward its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 with a new carbon reduction program, Carbon Neutral Commuter. Appalachian’s Business Affairs office, along with the Office of Sustainability and Parking & Traffic collaborated to offer carbon offsets to any student, faculty or staff member purchasing a parking pass for the year. A checkbox option to voluntarily purchase carbon offsets was listed on the parking registration website. The program is currently in the initial phases with a current participation rate of 16%. Participants in the program receive a 2014 Carbon Neutral Commuter bumper sticker to tell the world, ‘I care about carbon.’ By selecting to voluntarily contribute $8 toward carbon offsets, each participant will reduce the university’s carbon footprint by the amount of carbon created during an average commute by one person for one year (1.9 MT eCO2).
C O N T I N U U S I M P R O V E M E N T A U TO M AT I O N
Appalachian’s Physical Plant’s team Energy Management, Controls, HVAC, and Electrical departments are using the industry standard “Continuous Improvement” approach to Energy Management. We continue to improve on fully automated Campus Shutdowns over the winter holidays. In November and December 2013 the university avoided a new record 40,925,630,698 BTU’s. This is the equivalent to the yearly output of 112 of the largest Wind Turbine in North Carolina. This is at the cost of about 160 man-hours and leveraging the existing building controls. The university has implemented room level occupancy controls to augment the existing building level schedules. Graduate Student, Bryce Oakley, received several top awards for his paper and analysis of these systems. Two different types of control systems, one using hardware and one using software, have been implemented successfully. The university has also implemented some novel control strategies using a variety of interacting control systems previously not thought possible. The completion of this project happened in 2014. In Smith-Wright Hall, the EUI (Energy Use Index) has been reduced from a 3 year average of 120,930 BTU’s/square foot to 68,775 BTU’s/square foot, a 43% reduction in energy use that had no material cost and improved comfort of the building significantly.
C A R B O N N E U T R A L C O M M U T E R
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Ged Moody
828.262.2665
Facilities Director:
Mike O’Connor
828.262.3190
Energy Manager:
Jerry Marshall
828.262.3190
Campus Architect:
Carole Acquesta
828.232.4961
Transportation Liason:
Barry Sauls
828.262.2878
Academic Liason:
Art Kessler
828.262.6473
Appalachian State University is making progress toward its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 with a new carbon reduction program, Carbon Neutral Commuter. Appalachian’s Business Affairs office, along with the Office of Sustainability and Parking & Traffic collaborated to offer carbon offsets to any student, faculty or staff member purchasing a parking pass for the year. A checkbox option to voluntarily purchase carbon offsets was listed on the parking registration website. The program is currently in the initial phases with a current participation rate of 16%. Participants in the program receive a 2014 Carbon Neutral Commuter bumper sticker to tell the world, ‘I care about carbon.’ By selecting to voluntarily contribute $8 toward carbon offsets, each participant will reduce the university’s carbon footprint by the amount of carbon created during an average commute by one person for one year (1.9 MT eCO2).
E N V I S I O N I N G T H E F U T U R E
On March 28, 2014 the Appalachian State Board of Trustees adopted the new five-year strategic plan, The Appalachian Experience: Envisioning a Just and Sustainable Future. As the name implies, sustainability is at the heart of the next five years of forward movement for the university. The planning committee was challenged to identify and embrace the aspirational ideas and initiatives that would significantly enhance the experiences of our students, faculty and staff and that would positively impact the region and beyond. The result, after countless work hours, meetings, surveys, forums and lively discussions, a strategic plan that promotes a spirit of inclusion and inspires students, faculty, and staff to form relationships extending well beyond graduation. Within the plan, the Statement of Sustainability: Sustainability at Appalachian State University is not a trend, it is a tradition. We are active stewards of our State’s interconnected financial, cultural and natural resources. Through engaged scholarship, we balance critical, creative and global thinking in a living laboratory, transforming theory into practice and fostering responsible citizenship.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• GREENVILLE, NC
• 27,386 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 1,386 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
141,416 BTU/SF
131,203,218 KWH
East Carolina University
E - R E C Y C L I N G P R O G R A M
P L E D G E TO T R AV E L G R E E N
Pledge to Travel Green--Club Sports Initiative at East Carolina University. There are over 1,100 club sports athletes on 40 club sports teams at East Carolina University and over 2.5 million such athletes across the country. These athletes travel to, as well as host, competitive events that require transportation, lodging and food service, and have a direct effect on the use of energy and water, the creation of waste, and on the social fabric of the host destination. The travel footprint for this amount of people is substantial and by implementing the United States Travel Care Code, this footprint can be dramatically reduced. The US Travel Care Code is a list of ten simple action items thoughtfully researched and designed to provide travelers with information on how they can reduce the negative impact of their travel and visitor related activities. It is available online for free use and replication. The Code was developed by graduate students, faculty and staff at the Center for Sustainability at East Carolina University in partnership with Miles Media Inc and is currently being implemented at both ECU and CU-Boulder.Getting Started? See ECU’s Pledge to Travel Green, pledgetotravelgreen.org and Facebook; For further information, contact: Dr. Patrick Long, Director, Center for Sustainability at [email protected] or Justin Waters, ECU Club Sports Assistant Director at [email protected].
East Carolina University partnered with PowerHouse Recycling for the responsible and environmentally sound disposal of electronics. As the computer revolution accelerates, computers become outdated much faster than in the past. Discarding PC parts in dumpsters is not a good idea, as many communities prohibit disposing hazardous waste in landfills. Even if a computer is completely inoperable, it can still be recycled, since it contains raw materials such as gold or silver. Unusable parts can be donated to recycling plants while usable parts can be donated to organizations that refurbish computers. The first group of recycled electronics included: 1,115 hard drives, 17,908lbs of PCs, 2,083lbs of laptops, 4,380lbs of servers, and 6lbs of tablets!
E - R E C Y C L I N G P R O G R A M
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Griffin Avin
Facilities Director:
Ricky Hill
Energy Manager:
Les Hewlett
Campus Architect:
John Fields
Transportation Liason:
Wood Davidson
Academic Liason:
Robert Chin
East Carolina University partnered with PowerHouse Recycling for the responsible and environmentally sound disposal of electronics. As the computer revolution accelerates, computers become outdated much faster than in the past. Discarding PC parts in dumpsters is not a good idea, as many communities prohibit disposing hazardous waste in landfills. Even if a computer is completely inoperable, it can still be recycled, since it contains raw materials such as gold or silver. Unusable parts can be donated to recycling plants while usable parts can be donated to organizations that refurbish computers. The first group of recycled electronics included: 1,115 hard drives, 17,908lbs of PCs, 2,083lbs of laptops, 4,380lbs of servers, and 6lbs of tablets!
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• ELIZABETH CITY, NC
• 2,412 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 200 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 102,217 BTU/SF
• 19,413,339 KWH
Elizabeth City State University
G O - G R E E N B I K E - A - T H O N
E D U C AT I N G T H E F U T U R E
In an effort led by Dr. Mehran Elahi and the Department of Technology, ECSU made significant progress moving toward an 18 credit hour academic concentration in Renewable Energy. New courses were added to the curriculum, including: Introduction to Renewable Energy Technologies: An interdisciplinary course suitable for both science and non-science majors who would like to learn about energy and energy needs, renewable energy resources, and potential solutions to the energy crisis.Bioenergy: This course prepares students for careers in green technology through investigating current techniques used in biofuel production and addressing energy business information.The proposed Renewable Energy concentration benefits from ECSU’s wind power resources, including Windographer software, a Meteorological Tower (capable measuring wind and wind direction at 30 and 20 meter heights), a Sodar (SOnic Detection And Ranging) system capable of collecting meteorological data up to 200 meters, and a 1 kW Bergey Wind Turbine that will be installed this summer. These efforts are made possible through our collaborations with the NC Solar Center, NC Sea Grant, NCSU/Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, and the USDA.
Donyai Moffat carried out a pilot project, called “The P&P Method: Pedal and Protect,” designed to reduce unnecessary driving by increasing bike usage. Bike rentals were provided from 8:00am to 5:00pm in the Viking Village dormitory and utilized an online check-in / check-out system. The rentals, provided free of charge, included the bicycle, a bicycle lock and a helmet. In order to create awareness and promote the bike rentals, Donyai Moffat organized a Go-Green Bike-a-Thon that featured 45 ECSU Green Council members who rode bicycles around campus and carried recycling bins to show their green spirit. He also reached out to local media outlets and his efforts were featured in two local newspapers.The pilot project was a great success and our attention turns now to how to expand this initiative across the campus. A student survey conducted as part of the pilot project suggested that students would be willing to dedicate $5 from their student fees to this effort. We will be exploring possible partners such as the bike sharing company Zagster, who provided assistance to Donyai Moffat, in order to maximize our resources.
G O - G R E E N B I K E - A - T H O N
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Scott D. Bradshaw
252.335.3722
Facilities Director:
Dennis Leary
252.335.3826
Energy Manager:
Charles Hall
252.335.3961
Transportation Liason:
Dennis Leary
252.335.3826
Academic Liason:
Harry S. Bass
252.335.3189
Donyai Moffat carried out a pilot project, called “The P&P Method: Pedal and Protect,” designed to reduce unnecessary driving by increasing bike usage. Bike rentals were provided from 8:00am to 5:00pm in the Viking Village dormitory and utilized an online check-in / check-out system. The rentals, provided free of charge, included the bicycle, a bicycle lock and a helmet. In order to create awareness and promote the bike rentals, Donyai Moffat organized a Go-Green Bike-a-Thon that featured 45 ECSU Green Council members who rode bicycles around campus and carried recycling bins to show their green spirit. He also reached out to local media outlets and his efforts were featured in two local newspapers.The pilot project was a great success and our attention turns now to how to expand this initiative across the campus. A student survey conducted as part of the pilot project suggested that students would be willing to dedicate $5 from their student fees to this effort. We will be exploring possible partners such as the bike sharing company Zagster, who provided assistance to Donyai Moffat, in order to maximize our resources.
P R O M O T I N G S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y AWA R E N E S S
The accomplishments of ECSU’s students in moving sustainability forward in 2013/2014 deserve special recognition, with one student winning national recognition. Two students, Cache Nance and Africa Norris, served as Green for All College Ambassadors and carried out several projects to promote sustainability awareness, recycling, and energy conservation. Brittini Piercy worked with the NC 10% Campaign to encourage students to seek out and incorporate local food into their diets. Student Donyai Moffatt was the Grand Prize winner in the Toyota Green Initiative, and will receive a one-year lease of a 2014 Toyota Prius and a $2,500 scholarship.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• FAYETTEVILLE, NC
• 5,930 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 200 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 99,450 BTU/SF
• 24,576,224 KWH
Fayetteville State University
A C A D E M I C I N T E G R AT I O N
C A R B O N F O O T P R I N T
FSU has reduced our campus carbon footprint by 11.3% from FY2009 baseline! The campus’ Climate Action Plan initiatives are in fact helping lower campus emissions. As a signatory of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), FSU has agreed to measure and organize steps to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) or carbon footprint. These efforts are showing positive results. FSU’s total emissions dropped from 26,743 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCOe) to 23,778 MTCOe. FSU’s emission intensity per 1,000 gross square feet (GSF) dropped to 14.1 MTCOe, an 8.4% reduction from FY2011 and now lower than the national average of 16.4 MTCOe. Total emission intensity per full-time equivalent students also dropped to 4.6 MTCOe, a 9.8% reduction from FY2011 and lower than the national average. See a complete summary.
In 2013 FSU gained “Reporter” status as a participant in AASHE STARS. This was a great deal of work since our last submission has been focused on academic integration of sustainability. A 15-member committee consisting of faculty, operations and administrators has begun incorporating sustainability into several current courses, including: Storm water management into Ecology and Evolution; Obesity & local-healthy foods into Contemporary Social Problems; Food waste diversion, composting, recycling, storm water management and energy efficiency into Environmental Literacy; Sustainability programs and operations on campus into Business Communications Also, a new sustainability-focused course with a service learning component has been developed. Ethics & Civic Engagement in Action – Sustainability has been offered in both the Spring and Summer 2014 terms. Other courses are in development and a sustainability minor is also being developed with the leadership of Juan Ma, Ph.D, Assistant Professor and Sustainability Academic Integration Coordinator.
A C A D E M I C I N T E G R AT I O N
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Rudolph Cardenas
910.672.1431
Facilities Director:
Jon Parsons
910.672.1403
Energy Manager:
Jon Parsons
910.672.1403
Campus Architect:
Rudolph Cardenas
910.672.1431
Transportation Liason:
Tony Milone
910.672.1289
Academic Liason:
Juan Ma
910.672.1935
In 2013 FSU gained “Reporter” status as a participant in AASHE STARS. This was a great deal of work since our last submission has been focused on academic integration of sustainability. A 15-member committee consisting of faculty, operations and administrators has begun incorporating sustainability into several current courses, including: Storm water management into Ecology and Evolution; Obesity & local-healthy foods into Contemporary Social Problems; Food waste diversion, composting, recycling, storm water management and energy efficiency into Environmental Literacy; Sustainability programs and operations on campus into Business Communications Also, a new sustainability-focused course with a service learning component has been developed. Ethics & Civic Engagement in Action – Sustainability has been offered in both the Spring and Summer 2014 terms. Other courses are in development and a sustainability minor is also being developed with the leadership of Juan Ma, Ph.D, Assistant Professor and Sustainability Academic Integration Coordinator.
G O O D FA I T H E F F O R T
Fayetteville State received two awards for the new Science and Technology Building, which began serving students in early 2013. The first award for “Good Faith Effort” was given by the NC Department of Administration for the university’s commitment to the Historically Underutilized Business program. The second award for “Certificate of Merit for Project Implementation” was given by the NC State Building Commission to the Architectural Designer and Contractor team for excellence in design, construction and overall project implementation. The LEED Silver building houses the Departments of Math and Computer Science, Chemistry and Physics, and the Center for Defense and Homeland Security, as well as laboratory and classroom space. The project Architect was Heery International and the Contractor and Construction Manager was Rentenbach Constructors.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• GREENSBORO, NC
• 10,636 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 692 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 121,567 BTU/SF
• 53,204,302 KWH
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
UniversityT H E O A S I S S O FA
G R E E N M E T R I C W O R L D R A N K I N G
In 2013, NC A&T earned tenth place in the Green Metric World University Sustainability Ranking. Sponsored by the University of Indonesia, this program invites thousands of universities worldwide to submit a report on its institution’s sustainability successes in energy and water usage, recycling, amount of green space and more. Its goal is to assess the current condition related to Green Campus and Sustainability. In addition, it aims to promote energy sustainability and highlight the economic and social advantages of sustainability. Of the 300 participating schools worldwide, NC A&T earned tenth place.
The Oasissofa is an ongoing project by Dr. Manny and his students, in NC A&T’s Department of Natural Resources/Environmental Design. An oasissofa is a 6 x 3 ft carbon sequestering vegetable bed managed using the three fundamental ‘MCD’ principles of conservation agriculture namely: M – minimum soil disturbance which involves no tillage; C – continuous mulch which involves growing fertilizer producing mulch in the site and not bringing the mulch to the site; and D – diverse species which involves spatially planting different species at various cropping cycles. The bed is the size of a sofa to symbolically discourage being a “couch potato” by going outside to the oasissofas. The bed is called an oasis, because many households, due to lack of fresh, nutritious and chemical free produce in diets, are home deserts symbolically needful of an oasis. An oasissofa mimics a forest since ‘MCD’ are fundamental attributes of a forest. NC A&T is conducting scientific studies comparing oasissofa grown vegetables with traditionally grown vegetables in seven high school campuses. Through the oasissofa study, we are actively mentoring high school students on how to grow healthy food and they are experientially learning that agriculture is the science, technology, engineering and math of human survival. Summer 2013 we harvested and distributed 4000 pounds of healthy, freshly grown vegetables to seven high school communities from our oasissofa. Our vision is for several homes to have oasissofas, many of which can employ youth that NC A&T will train to install oasissofas for them.
T H E O A S I S S O FA
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Mary-Ann Ibeziako
336.285.4524
Facilities Director:
Carey Baldwin
336.285.4596
Energy Manager:
Maryann Ibeziako
336.285.4524
Campus Architect:
William Barlow
336.285.4501
Transportation Liason:
Steven Rogers
336.285.4591
Academic Liason:
Nabil Nassif
336.285.3680
The Oasissofa is an ongoing project by Dr. Manny and his students, in NC A&T’s Department of Natural Resources/Environmental Design. An oasissofa is a 6 x 3 ft carbon sequestering vegetable bed managed using the three fundamental ‘MCD’ principles of conservation agriculture namely: M – minimum soil disturbance which involves no tillage; C – continuous mulch which involves growing fertilizer producing mulch in the site and not bringing the mulch to the site; and D – diverse species which involves spatially planting different species at various cropping cycles. The bed is the size of a sofa to symbolically discourage being a “couch potato” by going outside to the oasissofas. The bed is called an oasis, because many households, due to lack of fresh, nutritious and chemical free produce in diets, are home deserts symbolically needful of an oasis. An oasissofa mimics a forest since ‘MCD’ are fundamental attributes of a forest. NC A&T is conducting scientific studies comparing oasissofa grown vegetables with traditionally grown vegetables in seven high school campuses. Through the oasissofa study, we are actively mentoring high school students on how to grow healthy food and they are experientially learning that agriculture is the science, technology, engineering and math of human survival. Summer 2013 we harvested and distributed 4000 pounds of healthy, freshly grown vegetables to seven high school communities from our oasissofa. Our vision is for several homes to have oasissofas, many of which can employ youth that NC A&T will train to install oasissofas for them.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• DURHAM, NC
• 8,612 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 135 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 125,702 BTU/SF
• 45,100,600 KWH
North Carolina Central University
T H E G R E E N T E A M
T H E R M O G R A P H I C S U RV E Y
An aerial infrared survey of campus was performed by a contractor, and a comprehensive report was generated. That report is being used to support ongoing repairs to the campus’ underground steam infrastructure, and for identifying other potential energy and structural repair issues such as leaking roofs, inadequately insulated cooling lines, water leaks, medium-voltage transformers and switches that may be overheating. That survey was conducted by Stockton Infrared Thermographic Services and it contains high resolution photographic, infrared, and GIS-referenced map images with all anomalous heat sources marked and categorized. Steam and electrical infrastructure components (i.e., underground steam lines vaults / manholes, electrical transformers and switches) are all easily identifiable. As generating of steam accounts for nearly half the energy used on campus, identifying and repairing existing or potential problems with the campus’ steam infrastructure, as well as the University’s electrical infrastructure, can result in significant cost savings through reduced energy consumption and avoided / reduced repair costs.
The Green Team at North Carolina Central University has been very active in implementing projects on campus promoting the sustainability goals outlined in the UNC Sustainability Policy. Led by Mr. Christopher Medley, Assistant Director of Operations and Special Projects in the Department of Residential Life, and composed of faculty, staff and students, the Green Team has led and supported the following projects on the NCCU campus and in the local community: organized and led Earth Day events on campus (educational outreach to students, vendor displays, Earth Day Pep Rally, and other social events); partnered with the Durham Farmers Market in support of their sustainability efforts in the local community including a student internship program; organized a tree planting as part of Earth Day and in recognition of Chancellor Saunders-White - the first female chancellor to serve at NCCU; established a campus food pantry to help students facing food insecurity; supported other sustainability-related projects on campus as a member of the NCCU Sustainability Coordination Committee; supported recycling projects on campus and in residence halls; publishes an electronic newsletter, the Green Gazette and created its own web site.
T H E G R E E N T E A M
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Zack Abegunrin
919.530.7403
Facilities Director:
Phillip Powell
919.530.7692
Campus Architect:
Tim McMullen
919.530.7944
Academic Liason:
Janice Harper
919.530.5216
The Green Team at North Carolina Central University has been very active in implementing projects on campus promoting the sustainability goals outlined in the UNC Sustainability Policy. Led by Mr. Christopher Medley, Assistant Director of Operations and Special Projects in the Department of Residential Life, and composed of faculty, staff and students, the Green Team has led and supported the following projects on the NCCU campus and in the local community: organized and led Earth Day events on campus (educational outreach to students, vendor displays, Earth Day Pep Rally, and other social events); partnered with the Durham Farmers Market in support of their sustainability efforts in the local community including a student internship program; organized a tree planting as part of Earth Day and in recognition of Chancellor Saunders-White - the first female chancellor to serve at NCCU; established a campus food pantry to help students facing food insecurity; supported other sustainability-related projects on campus as a member of the NCCU Sustainability Coordination Committee; supported recycling projects on campus and in residence halls; publishes an electronic newsletter, the Green Gazette and created its own web site.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• DURHAM, NC
• 678 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 27 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 193,985 BTU/SF
• 8,421,363 KWH
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
S U S TA I N B I L I T Y A D V I S O RY G R O U P
A C C E P T T H E G R E E N E R C H A L L E N G E
Through the efforts of Sustainability Project Leaders, members of the Accept the Greener Challenge Club and the Anti-Lawnism Club, NCSSM has presented a sustainability-themed NCSSM Colloquium Speaker series; constructed two rain gardens and a campus vegetable garden; distributed recycling bins throughout campus that are then emptied by junior students as part of their work service requirement and hosted the annual Sustainability Kickoff. Student leaders have also managed a year-long Sustainability Cup competition in residence halls and conducted a Sustainability Literacy Survey of the student body. Through NCSSM’s annual Ethics and Leadership Conference, we shared sustainability-related strategies and successes with student and faculty attendees from throughout the state. These successes have only been possible due to the cooperation of school departments including Housekeeping, Grounds, Communications and Student Life. Buoyed by these successes we have doubled the number of Sustainability Project Leaders from four to eight for the coming year.
Stimulated by student efforts and activities related to sustainability, the faculty has started a repository of sustainability-themed lessons. Taking a key from the student Sustainability Cup competition, the faculty and non-teaching staff organized their own Sustainability Challenge competition during the month of January. Many of them serve on the Sustainability Advisory Group. The advisory group meets monthly and includes representatives from the Faculty, Academic Programs, Student Life, Plant Facilities and Communications, as well as the Sustainability Project Leaders, members of the Accept the Greener Challenge Club and junior work service students, and is chaired by the Sustainability Officer. It serves mainly to disseminate information among departments on campus and coordinate activities and events, and provides an efficient means to track progress on the sustainability-related elements in NCSSM’s Strategic Plan.
S U S TA I N B I L I T Y A D V I S O RY G R O U PStimulated by student efforts and activities related to sustainability, the faculty has started a repository of sustainability-themed lessons. Taking a key from the student Sustainability Cup competition, the faculty and non-teaching staff organized their own Sustainability Challenge competition during the month of January. Many of them serve on the Sustainability Advisory Group. The advisory group meets monthly and includes representatives from the Faculty, Academic Programs, Student Life, Plant Facilities and Communications, as well as the Sustainability Project Leaders, members of the Accept the Greener Challenge Club and junior work service students, and is chaired by the Sustainability Officer. It serves mainly to disseminate information among departments on campus and coordinate activities and events, and provides an efficient means to track progress on the sustainability-related elements in NCSSM’s Strategic Plan.
G O I N G G R E E N
Plant Facilities has accomplished major improvements to NCSSM’s infrastructure, much of which is over 100 years old. These include water leak repairs that were associated with a 17.8 % decrease in water usage and steam leak repairs that were attended by a 12.2% decline in electricity consumption. The department has also implemented single-stream recycling and installed bottle-filling stations to reduce the use of plastic water bottles.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• RALEIGH, NC
• 34,767 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 2,110 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 136,493 BTU/SF
• 284,617,035 KWH
North Carolina State University
C H A N G E Y O U R S TAT E
E N E R G Y S AV I N G S A C R O S S T H E B O A R D
NC State’s Energy Management office continues to implement numerous energy saving strategies on campus, achieving a university-wide 21% energy drop and 49% water drop per gross square foot since 2004. Over winter break, the university saved more than $288,000 in avoided energy costs. This year, energy will be supplied to buildings more reliably and efficiently thanks to the completion of a major boiler upgrade. After nearly 18 months of construction, two new 100,000 pound-per-hour boilers were installed, improving efficiency from to 82%. And in one of the main university libraries, energy-efficient film was applied to 770 windows after successful pilot testing. Additionally, several projects focused on encouraging more energy efficient behavior. In labs, a student intern shut fume hood sashes every Friday during spring semester, educating lab users along the way. Students in three residence halls competed to reduce energy and water use during April. Lastly, a targeted social media advertising campaign promoted energy-efficient actions.
Initiated and coordinated by the University Sustainability Office, the campaign involves over a dozen campus partners that provide educational programming and events related to multiple aspects of sustainability. During each month of the academic year, the campaign features a sustainability theme: food, zero waste, energy, travel, wellness and water. One of the campaign’s hallmark educational tools is its new website and blog, which has educated more than 8,000 readers about sustainable actions and why they are important. The campaign has also been integrated into curriculum of some university courses. Change Your State has provided valuable framework for the initiatives of the NC State Stewards, the university’s new student sustainability ambassadors who utilize peer-to-peer education and outreach programs to encourage sustainable behavior on campus. Many new campus partnerships have also developed because of Change Your State.
C H A N G E Y O U R S TAT E
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Jack Colby
919.515.2967
Facilities Director:
Steve Arndt
919.515.2732
Energy Manager:
Paul McConocha
919.513.3646
Campus Architect:
Lisa Johnson
919.515.6258
Transportation Liason:
Marcy Bauer
919.515.0277
Academic Liason:
Tracy Rose Rider
919.515.1153
Initiated and coordinated by the University Sustainability Office, the campaign involves over a dozen campus partners that provide educational programming and events related to multiple aspects of sustainability. During each month of the academic year, the campaign features a sustainability theme: food, zero waste, energy, travel, wellness and water. One of the campaign’s hallmark educational tools is its new website and blog, which has educated more than 8,000 readers about sustainable actions and why they are important. The campaign has also been integrated into curriculum of some university courses. Change Your State has provided valuable framework for the initiatives of the NC State Stewards, the university’s new student sustainability ambassadors who utilize peer-to-peer education and outreach programs to encourage sustainable behavior on campus. Many new campus partnerships have also developed because of Change Your State.
G R E E N R E PA I R S
This year the university’s 100-employee Repair and Renovation unit embarked on a sustainability initiative to reduce environmental impacts of operations while also saving money, time and resources. From saving $30,000 worth of materials for future reuse to repackaging supplies to prevent unnecessary waste, Repair and Renovation has empowered employees -- particularly the unit’s new “sustainability champions” -- to develop innovative, sustainable ways to solve day-to-day problems. In addition to enhancing positive visibility across campus, the initiative resulted in new collaborations within Facilities Division and increased interaction with students. A similar initiative is being planning in the university’s Building Maintenance and Operations for next fiscal year.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• ASHEVILLE, NC
• 3,609 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 265 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 86,947 BTU/SF
• 20,572,263 KWH
University of North Carolina
Asheville
O V E R L O O K H A L L G O E S S O L A R
M C C U L L O U G H I N S I T I U T E F O R C O N S E RVAT I O N L A N D U S E A N D E N V I R O M E N TA L R E S I L L I E N C Y
The University of North Carolina at Asheville has announced the creation of a new institute that aims to be a national model for blending environmental study with business and sustainable economic growth in urban and rural landscapes. Dr. Charles T. McCullough Jr. and his wife, Shirley Anne McCullough, have committed $1 million to create an endowment for the institute. Their hope is that UNC Asheville will help solve some of the nation’s most challenging problems while creating job opportunities in environmental careers for its liberal arts students. McCullough, a resident of Asheville for more than 40 years, was a founding partner of the Blue Ridge Bone and Joint Clinic. The institute’s goals include working with faculty to develop certifications in environmental studies and policy as added professional credentials to degree study for UNC Asheville’s students. Three areas of focus would be land use and conservation; urban planning and renewal; and sustainable agriculture.
UNC Asheville’s Overlook Hall will have a new addition this summer when 112 photovoltaic (PV) panels are installed on the rooftop to contribute to the campus’ electrical grid. This is the first significant PV array for the campus. The donation of the panels, valued at more than $27,000, comes from Strata Solar, the largest solar developer in the state of North Carolina. The 26 kilowatt, grid-tied solar PV array will cover the lower roof surface at Overlook Hall and be visible from the top-floor lounge. The installation will also include a weather station and interactive interface that will allow members of the campus community and the public to view system performance data in real time. Overlook Hall was completed in 2012 with the rooftop support system in place for a renewable-energy system. The PV array will supply electricity to the campus grid, for use by various buildings, including the 300-person residence hall that houses the system. It will produce approximately 50,000 kilowatt-hours per year.
O V E R L O O K H A L L G O E S S O L A R
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Sonia Marcus
Facilities Director:
David Todd
Energy Manager:
Thomas Baldwin
Transportation Liason:
John Ridout
Academic Liason:
Keith Krumpe
UNC Asheville’s Overlook Hall will have a new addition this summer when 112 photovoltaic (PV) panels are installed on the rooftop to contribute to the campus’ electrical grid. This is the first significant PV array for the campus. The donation of the panels, valued at more than $27,000, comes from Strata Solar, the largest solar developer in the state of North Carolina. The 26 kilowatt, grid-tied solar PV array will cover the lower roof surface at Overlook Hall and be visible from the top-floor lounge. The installation will also include a weather station and interactive interface that will allow members of the campus community and the public to view system performance data in real time. Overlook Hall was completed in 2012 with the rooftop support system in place for a renewable-energy system. The PV array will supply electricity to the campus grid, for use by various buildings, including the 300-person residence hall that houses the system. It will produce approximately 50,000 kilowatt-hours per year.
E C O M U S I C O L O G I E S 2 0 1 4 : D I A L O U G E S Dialogues will bring together artists and scholars to stimulate discussion on music, culture, and the environment. The conference will include concerts, soundwalks, workshops, and outings (e.g., field trips to the Moog Factory, Black Mountain College, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park). Asheville’s unique natural beauty and rich history makes it an ideal gathering spot for a conference on eco music: it is where Bartok composed the sounds of local birds in his Piano Concerto No. 3, where John Cage conducted happenings, where sonic engineer Bob Moog pioneered new technologies, and where Buckminster Fuller created his geodesic dome. The multi-day event will include panel discussions, concerts, sound walks, workshops, and outings.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• CHAPEL HILL, NC
• 29,390 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 729 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 129,083 BTU/SF
• 291,823,725 KWH
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y I N T H E C L A S S R O O M
S O L A R F U E L S
The Energy Frontier Research Center for Solar Fuels (EFRC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received $10.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences to advance emerging solar energy technologies and to turn these technologies into devices that can efficiently produce fuels. This award, part of a $100 million per year initiative from the Department of Energy for research, allows the UNC EFRC to continue to create innovative approaches to producing solar fuels with the energy of the sun stored for night-time use. It will build upon the center’s capstone project: the dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell. DOE support will be used to optimize device components and integrate them into devices for generating and storing solar fuels for long durations, at low cost and with earth-abundant materials.The UNC EFRC for Solar Fuels is led by UNC-Chapel Hill’s Thomas J. Meyer, Arey Professor of Chemistry. It benefits from research collaborators at the University of Florida, Georgia Institute of Technology and Research Triangle Institute and strong institutional support from UNC.
The Sustainability Office, working in partnership with the Office of Institutional Research, the Registrar’s Office, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and the Sustainability Advisory Committee, identified that almost 12% of the courses offered at UNC Chapel Hill incorporate sustainability themes or address sustainability challenges. These classes are offered by 52 separate academic departments, representing almost three-quarters of the academic departments at the university. In addition, more than 400 researchers, or 15% of the total faculty, are engaged in sustainability research. 32% of the MBA class at the Kenan Flagler Business School completed the sustainable enterprise concentration. These students take core courses that integrate sustainability as well as a range of specialized electives. Many participate in the international sustainability leadership capstone. 82% of the MBA graduating class in 2013 took at least one sustainable enterprise elective. Undergraduate enrollment in the Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology is up 20% since 2008. A Sustainable Triangle Field Site offers students an onsite, immersive experience robust enough to earn a sustainability minor.
S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y I N T H E C L A S S R O O M
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Cindy Shea
919.843.5251
Facilities Director:
Anna Wu
919.962.2263
Energy Manager:
Chris Martin
919.843.0456
Transportation Liason:
Claire Kane
919.843.4414
The Sustainability Office, working in partnership with the Office of Institutional Research, the Registrar’s Office, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and the Sustainability Advisory Committee, identified that almost 12% of the courses offered at UNC Chapel Hill incorporate sustainability themes or address sustainability challenges. These classes are offered by 52 separate academic departments, representing almost three-quarters of the academic departments at the university. In addition, more than 400 researchers, or 15% of the total faculty, are engaged in sustainability research. 32% of the MBA class at the Kenan Flagler Business School completed the sustainable enterprise concentration. These students take core courses that integrate sustainability as well as a range of specialized electives. Many participate in the international sustainability leadership capstone. 82% of the MBA graduating class in 2013 took at least one sustainable enterprise elective. Undergraduate enrollment in the Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology is up 20% since 2008. A Sustainable Triangle Field Site offers students an onsite, immersive experience robust enough to earn a sustainability minor.
K E E P I N G C O O L
The Facilities Services’ Energy Management Department is leading a campus-wide effort to conserve energy. Working in close collaboration with Facilities Planning, Design and Construction Services, HVAC, Campus Maintenance, Energy Services and building occupants the team has achieved a 33% reduction in energy use per square foot since 2003. This reduced energy use has avoided $183 million in cumulative energy costs. A signature component is the Energy Conservation Measures program consisting of actions that required minimal resources and could be implemented immediately. These include: implementing (HVAC) occupancy schedules, implementing temperature standards, eliminating excess airflow and identifying and eliminating simultaneous heating and cooling; enabling all heat recovery loops and economizers and implementing air handler discharge resets to vary temperature.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• CHARLOTTE, NC
• 26,571 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 1,000 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 93,375 BTU/SF
• 123,607,145 KWH
University of North Carolina
Charlotte
T H E E N E R G Y P R O D U C T I O N A N D I N F R A S T R U C T U R E C E N T E R
E N E R G Y C O N S E RVAT I O N
Energy use reduction of 24% per building GSF has provided an avoided cost of over $3 million in 2013. Despite continued growth, utility costs dropped by $100,000 last year. New buildings include energy recovery and high efficiency equipment and systems. Energy reduction projects have been funded through a combination of Performance Contracting, Operational, and Repair and Renovation funds. A “Guaranteed Energy Savings Performance Contract”, often referred to as a “Performance Contract”, is in the construction phase through August 2014, to provide energy related capital improvements to eight facilities. Significant energy reduction will continue through: intensive retro-commissioning; tuning of building to actual requirements versus design assumptions; system retrofit modifications such as high efficiency motors and lighting; HVAC scheduling for occupancy; and awareness training. Web-based monitoring is provided on all new buildings and on existing buildings undergoing major renovations. State-of-the-art DDC Control Systems with utility monitoring and trending are also used. Load shedding software is installed on our Building Automation System (BAS), raising air handler supply air temperature and reducing the speed of the supply fans when the campus electric demand is projected to exceed a certain value.
EPIC: The Energy Production and Infrastructure Center opened in late 2012, and has been a success at responding to the workforce development needs of the energy industry. The Charlotte region is home to more than 200 energy operations, and 20 companies have contributed or pledged $17.5 million to EPIC. Director John Enslin describes the center as a university-industry partnership “to study and evaluate new energy technologies for a sustainable energy future.” Sustainability runs through EPIC — curriculum and degree programs, research, and the EPIC building itself, a LEED Gold structure. As a research institute, EPIC supports 75 faculty from across the campus, attracting $9.4 million in funding for 2013. The researchers work in five clusters — energy markets and system engineering, large component design and manufacturing, power infrastructure and environmental development, power systems modernization and renewables and energy efficiency.
T H E E N E R G Y P R O D U C T I O N A N D I N F R A S T R U C T U R E C E N T E R
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Michael Lizotte
704.687.0559
Facilities Director:
Philip Jones
704.687.0514
Energy Manager:
Anthony Schallert
704.687.5384
Campus Architect:
Brian Kugler
704.687.0522
Transportation Liason:
Gary Caton
704.687.0162
Academic Liason:
David Young
704.687.1241
EPIC: The Energy Production and Infrastructure Center opened in late 2012, and has been a success at responding to the workforce development needs of the energy industry. The Charlotte region is home to more than 200 energy operations, and 20 companies have contributed or pledged $17.5 million to EPIC. Director John Enslin describes the center as a university-industry partnership “to study and evaluate new energy technologies for a sustainable energy future.” Sustainability runs through EPIC — curriculum and degree programs, research, and the EPIC building itself, a LEED Gold structure. As a research institute, EPIC supports 75 faculty from across the campus, attracting $9.4 million in funding for 2013. The researchers work in five clusters — energy markets and system engineering, large component design and manufacturing, power infrastructure and environmental development, power systems modernization and renewables and energy efficiency.
Z E R O WA S T E F O O T B A L L
A Zero Waste program was launched with the opening of the Jerry Richardson Football Stadium and the first football season in 2013. It started in 2011, when the Student Government Association passed a resolution for “Encouraging Dining Services to incorporate zero waste initiatives into the football stadium vendor contracts.” Logistics and execution depended heavily on the combined efforts of student organizations, a student fee green fund, Chartwells (the campus food vendor), Athletics and Facilities Management’s Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling. Planning included coordinating new packaging standards with vendors, recycling and compost bin placement, installing bottle-filling water fountains, marketing, and volunteer management. The waste diversion rate for the first season was 82%, translating into almost 20 tons. In April 2014, the UNC Charlotte Football Zero Waste Program received the 2014 “Outstanding Collaboration/Partnership” award by the National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS), South Region.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• GREENSBORO, NC
• 18,502 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 231 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 106,987 BTU/SF
• 74,034,750 KWH
University of North Carolina
Greensboro
U N C G C L O V E R P R O J E C T
W H E R E B L U E A N D G O L D B U Y G R E E N
The UNCG Office of Sustainability teamed with the UNCG Purchasing Department to host the first UNCG Buy Green Expo. This event presented an opportunity for university buyers to learn how campus dollars can be spent to meet sustainability goals. Held from 10 am – 2 pm on March 11, the event was free and open to all staff and faculty. Light snacks and refreshments were offered as additional enticements. Seven vendors accepted the invitation to set up booths and present information on green purchasing services; many distributed samples of green products to attendees. Vendors included: Staples, Office Depot, Grainger, Greensboro Forms and Supply, Fastenal, Campus Surplus, and Correction Enterprises. Over 200 guests attended the four-hour Expo. Holding the event during Spring Break allowed many faculty and staff to attend who may not have been able to do so during a typical school week. Vendors and attendees were all quite pleased with the event, and many inquired about returning for another event in 2015.
The UNCG Clover Project is a galvanizing effort to promote sustainability building on UNCG’s historical strengths in the arts, creativity and culture. The clover usually has three leaves, which we might take to represent the economy, equity, and environment aspects of sustainability. Four-leaf clovers are rare variants and represent something “lucky” because of this rarity. Clover is also an excellent nitrogen fixer, making nitrogen bio-available and creating the essential building blocks for all forms of life. Thus, the Clover Project, particularly the “fourth leaf,” signifies this fortunate and unusual constellation of aesthetics being a fourth aspect of sustainability at UNCG , where sustainability is defined as the “enduring interconnectedness of social equity, the environment, the economy, and aesthetics.” The Clover Project fertilizes discussions and initiatives related to sustainability on campus, in Greensboro, and beyond.
U N C G C L O V E R P R O J E C T
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Trey McDonald
336.256.0433
Facilities Director:
Jorge Quintal
336.334.3496
Campus Architect:
Fred Patrick
336.334.5269
Transportation Liason:
Suzanne Williams
336.334.5595
Academic Liason:
Aaron Allen
336.256.0165
The UNCG Clover Project is a galvanizing effort to promote sustainability building on UNCG’s historical strengths in the arts, creativity and culture. The clover usually has three leaves, which we might take to represent the economy, equity, and environment aspects of sustainability. Four-leaf clovers are rare variants and represent something “lucky” because of this rarity. Clover is also an excellent nitrogen fixer, making nitrogen bio-available and creating the essential building blocks for all forms of life. Thus, the Clover Project, particularly the “fourth leaf,” signifies this fortunate and unusual constellation of aesthetics being a fourth aspect of sustainability at UNCG , where sustainability is defined as the “enduring interconnectedness of social equity, the environment, the economy, and aesthetics.” The Clover Project fertilizes discussions and initiatives related to sustainability on campus, in Greensboro, and beyond.
Cultural, creative, and artistic elements that contribute to sustainability at UNCG include:• The Sustainability Film and Discussion Series • The Sustainability and the Arts Symposium • The Creative Sustainability Initiative, grants to students • The University’s first Academic Sustainability Coordinator is an Associate Professor of Music• Some of the long-standing sustainability leaders on campus are affiliated with arts departments (Interior Architecture, Music Library)
The Clover Project builds on these and seeks to create a public profile for UNCG around the “fourth leaf”— sustainability in the arts, culture, and creativity — through the following efforts:• Professional development activities in sustainability for faculty and staff• A faculty research network in sustainability• curricular and extra-curricular activities with an emphasis on the “fourth leaf”• External and internal sustainability dialogues• Active marketing and publicity
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• PEMBROKE, NC
• 6,433 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 153 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 90,192 BTU/SF
• 20,366,600 KWH
University of North Carolina
Pembroke
C O M M I T T I N G TO C L I M AT E
R I B B O N C U T T I N G
UNCP officially cut-the-ribbon on its first designated Campus Garden on Earth Day, April 22, 2014. The Campus Garden is located on the north end of campus and provides approximately one acre for planting. The Campus Garden is a student-initiated space to be used by students, faculty and staff to learn and practice how to produce food in an environmentally sustainable manner. Biology professor and coordinator of the Sustainable Agriculture Program, Dr. Deborah Hanmer, is serving as the person for garden activities and was instrumental in this accomplishment. In addition, Dr. Hanmer is supported by the Campus Garden Committee, students and local community members and businesses.
On Earth Day, April 22, 2014 UNCP’s Chancellor Dr. Kyle Carter publicly signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) and became the 9th UNC-system ACUPCC signatory. This nationally-recognized sustainability commitment served as the campus’ kick-off of a focused effort towards the advancement of sustainability throughout campus operations and academics. This accomplishment also served as a spring board for the establishment of the UNCP Sustainability Council, which includes 15 members representing the entire campus community. UNCP’s new Sustainability Director, Jay Blauser, was key to this accomplishment. He was supported by the UNCP Cabinet members, Director of Energy Management, Terry Divine, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities, Steve Martin, Biology Professors: Dr. Deborah Hanmer and Dr. Maria Pereira, Business Professor Dr. Christopher Ziemnowicz and many other students, faculty and staff.
C O M M I T T I N G TO C L I M AT E
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Jay Blauser
910.521.6509
Facilities Director:
Steve Martin
910.521.6520
Energy Manager:
Terry Divine
910.775.4562
Campus Architect:
Michael Clark
910.521.6374
Transportation Liason:
Travis Bryant
910.775.4500
Academic Liason:
Kenneth Kitts
910.521.6211
On Earth Day, April 22, 2014 UNCP’s Chancellor Dr. Kyle Carter publicly signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) and became the 9th UNC-system ACUPCC signatory. This nationally-recognized sustainability commitment served as the campus’ kick-off of a focused effort towards the advancement of sustainability throughout campus operations and academics. This accomplishment also served as a spring board for the establishment of the UNCP Sustainability Council, which includes 15 members representing the entire campus community. UNCP’s new Sustainability Director, Jay Blauser, was key to this accomplishment. He was supported by the UNCP Cabinet members, Director of Energy Management, Terry Divine, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities, Steve Martin, Biology Professors: Dr. Deborah Hanmer and Dr. Maria Pereira, Business Professor Dr. Christopher Ziemnowicz and many other students, faculty and staff.
U N C P T H A N K S S T U D E N T S
UNCP hired its first full-time Director of Energy Management in January 2014 and in February 2014 the university hired its first full-time Sustainability Director. In addition to campus senior administrators, students were instrumental to these accomplishments. Specifically, the student champions were Justin Duncan (President, UNCP Greener Coalition) and Emily Ashley (President, UNCP Student Government Association). In addition, they rallied support and later approval of a $5 student green fee for the advancement of sustainability on campus. The senior administrators that offered guidance, support and advocated this effort were the Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration, Dr. Richard Cosentino and the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Dr. John Jones. Dr. Cosentino now oversees UNCP’s Sustainability Office.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• WINSTON-SALEM, NC
• # ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 77 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 97,216 BTU/SF
• 17,676,730 KWH
University of North Carolina School
of the Arts
K E E P I N G I T G R E E N
S U S TA I N A B L E D I N I N G
UNCSA has initiated a food composting program that extends beyond the perimeters of our Dining Services. We now encourage all departments to coordinate their events with Dining Services and request to have a zero waste function. This would entail serving on washable place settings or paper plates/cups, bamboo or corn based utensils and paper napkins. During the winter of 2013, UNCSA was able to successfully host its first zero waste event.For the 2013-2014 fiscal year, UNCSA removed 15.9 tons of food waste for our local landfill. This is the equivalent to 1,800 gallons of gasoline, 17,186 pounds of coal burned and 37 barrels of oil consumed.
UNCSA has a comingled recycling program that consists of six 8- yard dumpsters and over 25 96-gallon curbside receptacles. Both units can accept brown paper bags, newspapers, magazines, office paper, aluminum products, phone books, paper board, junk mail, steel can and aerosol cans, glass and plastic bottles. For the 2013-2014 fiscal year, UNCSA diverted 294.06 tons of waste from going to our local landfill. In addition, UNCSA has partnered with Southeast Recycling and have recycled the following:
BALLASTS-447 Non-PCB, 60 HID, 127 PCB, and 4 capacitors
LAMPS-1330 4’ and under 100 5’ and over, 34 U Shaped, 758 compact, 36 HID and 1 projector lamp
BATTERIES-73 pounds of alkaline and 55 pounds of lead seal cell
K E E P I N G I T G R E E N
KEY CONTACTS
Facilities Director:
Steve Martin
910.521.6520
Energy Manager:
Terry Divine
910.775.4562
Campus Architect:
Michael Clark
910.521.6374
Transportation Liason:
Travis Bryant
910.775.4500
Academic Liason:
Kenneth Kitts
910.521.6211
UNCSA has a comingled recycling program that consists of six 8- yard dumpsters and over 25 96-gallon curbside receptacles. Both units can accept brown paper bags, newspapers, magazines, office paper, aluminum products, phone books, paper board, junk mail, steel can and aerosol cans, glass and plastic bottles. For the 2013-2014 fiscal year, UNCSA diverted 294.06 tons of waste from going to our local landfill. In addition, UNCSA has partnered with Southeast Recycling and have recycled the following:
BALLASTS-447 Non-PCB, 60 HID, 127 PCB, and 4 capacitors
LAMPS-1330 4’ and under 100 5’ and over, 34 U Shaped, 758 compact, 36 HID and 1 projector lamp
BATTERIES-73 pounds of alkaline and 55 pounds of lead seal cell
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• CULLOWHEE, NC
• 8,448 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 589 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 113,320 BTU/SF
• 44,414,400 KWH
Western Carolina University
C O N S E RVAT I O N N AT I O N A L S
S U S TA I N A B L E E N E R G Y I N I T I AT I V E
WCU Sustainable Energy Initiative is approved: Western Carolina University full-time students will begin paying an additional $5 in fees during the fall and spring semesters to support sustainability initiatives on campus. The new fee, which takes effect this fall, is expected to generate more than $77,000 a year, which a student-led committee will then allocate to sustainability-related projects proposed by students, faculty and staff. Project proposals must show a benefit to students, can come from any discipline and may range from brick-and-mortar type projects to research to student internships. Proposal criteria will align with the goal of educating and inspiring all members of the WCU community about the potential for and benefits of conservation and renewable energy innovation. Part of WCU’s Sustainability Energy Initiative proposed by WCU’s Student Government Association and the Eco CATS (Conservation Awareness Team for Sustainability) student group, the fee proposal won support in February from the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. Read the complete article.
Western Carolina University emerged a winner in the associated Campus Conservation Nationals competition. WCU earned a spot on the list of the top 10 schools for energy reduction during the three-week CCN competition that drew participation from more than 100 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. During CCN, WCU recorded a 13.7 percent reduction in energy usage, which equates to about $12,000 in energy cost savings. WCU’s Student Government Association, Eco CATS student group, the Office of Sustainability and Energy Management, and the Department of Residential Living collaborated to raise awareness and spark discussion of energy conservation as part of the competition. Campuswide events included a “Be Ready for the Battle” kick-off and “Whee Do It in the Dark” dance party in which attendees were encouraged to wear white T-shirts and bring glowsticks. Door hangers and table tents with Battle of the Plug events and energy-saving tips were distributed. Students were encouraged to take actions such as unplugging unused electronics, taking shorter showers and turning off lights.
C O N S E RVAT I O N N AT I O N A L S
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Lauren Bishop
828.227.3562
Facilities Director:
Joe Walker
828.227.7442
Energy Manager:
David King
828.227.2645
Campus Architect:
Galen May
828.227.2345
Transportation Liason:
Ernie Hudson
828.227.7301
Academic Liason:
Laura DeWald
828.227.2478
Western Carolina University emerged a winner in the associated Campus Conservation Nationals competition. WCU earned a spot on the list of the top 10 schools for energy reduction during the three-week CCN competition that drew participation from more than 100 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. During CCN, WCU recorded a 13.7 percent reduction in energy usage, which equates to about $12,000 in energy cost savings. WCU’s Student Government Association, Eco CATS student group, the Office of Sustainability and Energy Management, and the Department of Residential Living collaborated to raise awareness and spark discussion of energy conservation as part of the competition. Campuswide events included a “Be Ready for the Battle” kick-off and “Whee Do It in the Dark” dance party in which attendees were encouraged to wear white T-shirts and bring glowsticks. Door hangers and table tents with Battle of the Plug events and energy-saving tips were distributed. Students were encouraged to take actions such as unplugging unused electronics, taking shorter showers and turning off lights.
L E E D C E R T I F I C AT I O N. WCU building receives LEED Gold. Western Carolina University’s Health and Human Sciences Building has become the university’s first structure to be LEED-certified for its comprehensive energy-efficient and environmentally friendly features. The U.S. Green Building Council recently awarded the four-story, 160,000 square-foot building, which opened in 2012, LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, certification at the second highest possible level – gold. The certification was based on an assessment of the building project in five categories – sustainable site, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality and innovation in design. Read the complete article.
B Y T H E N U M B E R S
• WINSTON-SALEM, NC
• 6,442 ENROLLED STUDENTS
• 117 ACRE CAMPUS
• ENERGY USAGE 2012-2013:
• 107,270 BTU/SF
• 26,475,325 KWH
Winston-Salem State University
I M P R O V I N G G R E E N P E R F O R M A N C E
S AV I N G E N E R G Y WSSU has recently been awarded its first LEED building certification for the new Donald J. Reaves Student Activity Center. The Center achieved LEED Gold certification.
The university has also, in the past three years, added four new turbocore chillers to the campus. These chillers employ multiple compressors with magnetic bearings. Compressor operation is staged resulting in significant avoided energy use.
WSSU finalized construction details for Performance Contracting Phase I. We are ready to jump into the M&V phase of our project. We are already seeing, through recently installed and existing meters, the benefits of this project. Energy and water consumption for each of the project’s buildings are trending down versus their historical utility use. ECMs include lighting upgrades, lighting controls, reduced flow water fixtures, Building Automation System installations and upgrades, building envelope improvements, steam trap replacements, and central chilled water plant optimization. Currently, WSSU is in the report phase of the Investment Grade Audit for Phase II of Performance Contracting. This project will cover essentially all other buildings on campus not in Phase I or scheduled for major renovations or demolition. Tentative ECMs include lighting and lighting controls, BAS upgrade and installation, building envelope improvements, new low voltage transformers, and water fixture upgrades.
I M P R O V I N G G R E E N P E R F O R M A N C E
KEY CONTACTS
Sustainability Officer:
Dick Kabis
336.750.2870
Facilities Director:
Owen Cooks
336.750.2855
Energy Manager:
Dick Kabis
336.750.2870
Campus Architect:
Ron Vanard
336.750.2852
WSSU finalized construction details for Performance Contracting Phase I. We are ready to jump into the M&V phase of our project. We are already seeing, through recently installed and existing meters, the benefits of this project. Energy and water consumption for each of the project’s buildings are trending down versus their historical utility use. ECMs include lighting upgrades, lighting controls, reduced flow water fixtures, Building Automation System installations and upgrades, building envelope improvements, steam trap replacements, and central chilled water plant optimization. Currently, WSSU is in the report phase of the Investment Grade Audit for Phase II of Performance Contracting. This project will cover essentially all other buildings on campus not in Phase I or scheduled for major renovations or demolition. Tentative ECMs include lighting and lighting controls, BAS upgrade and installation, building envelope improvements, new low voltage transformers, and water fixture upgrades.
Student Engagement
The AES provides students engaged in energy and sustainability initiatives opportunities to become student scholars as well as the chance to showcase their work through the poster competition.
The summit is also an outlet through which students can network with professionals in almost every field of sustainability and prepare for their futures at the 2014 Student & Industry Partner Forum.
Poster Competit ion Entries
Multi-Function Battery Energy Storage Systems
Sherif AbdelrazekUNC Charlotte
Combined Heat and Power Project for Western Carolina University
Tony BonettiWestern Carolina University
UNC Charlotte ZeroWaste FootBall Project
Zach ChamberlainUNC Charlotte
North Carolina Solar Energy: A Dichotomy on the State Level
Danielle FrankUNC Wilmington
Decision-Making in the Selection of Food Waste Diversion Systems for Boone, NC: Comparing Composting and Anarobic Digestion by Life Cycle Assessment and Cost Benefit Analysis
Hei-Young KimAppalachian State University
Measuring the Effectiveness of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Brian JonesUNC Charlotte
Implimenting a Distributed PV-Battery Architecture with Reconfigu-rable Solar Converter (RSC)
Iman MazhariUNC Charlotte
Energy Savings through Optimizing Roof Functions in Commercial Buildings
Nooshafarin MohammadzadehNC State
TranTracker: A Campus Shuttle Tracking System
Chris Ward, Hayden ThomasWestern Carolina Univesity
Drivers and Methods of Addressing Uncertainty in Large Point Sourc-es of CO2
D. Woodard, M. Branham, S. Hogue M. Hutchins, G. Buckingham, J. Johnson
G. Marland, E. MarlandAppalachian State University
North Carolina A&T State University GIS Facilities Model
Grant Holmes, Chris Silver, Darnell BaldwinChris Hinton, Elijah White, Paige Bostick
Jasmine Ellerbe, Rishonda ShankleNydja Rousse, Devin McGee
NC Agricultural and Technical State University
Student & Industry Partner ForumThis forum is designed for our business partners and the Appalachian Energy Summit student attendees to mutually discuss career opportunities around the Clean Energy Economy. The panelists will be able to provide real world experiences in regard to acquiring jobs/internships, necessary licensing and/or certification, and other desirable skills that employers look to hire. The career panel was added to provide value, as the importance of including engaged students in the Summit has been of growing importance over the years. The students in attendance have been identified as leaders on their campuses, thus presenting our business partners the opportunity to meet with highly qualified applicants.
In this session, business partners will be providing real-world input into the skillsets they look for, in addition to tips for students on how to prepare themselves for the complex and demanding job search process. The networking reception session allows for more in-depth discussions between all attendees.
Professional Panelists:
Walter Putnam Partner at Shift Equity
Charlie O’Connell Energy Engineer at Utility Plant Solutions
Claire Naisby Energy and Engineering Associate at Essex Corporation
Rory McIlmoil Energy Policy Director at Appalachian Voices
Vincent Stewart Senior Commissioning Specialist, LEED AP at Hanson Professional Services
Student & Industry Partner ForumThis forum is designed for our business partners and the Appalachian Energy Summit student attendees to mutually discuss career opportunities around the Clean Energy Economy. The panelists will be able to provide real world experiences in regard to acquiring jobs/internships, necessary licensing and/or certification, and other desirable skills that employers look to hire. The career panel was added to provide value, as the importance of including engaged students in the Summit has been of growing importance over the years. The students in attendance have been identified as leaders on their campuses, thus presenting our business partners the opportunity to meet with highly qualified applicants.
In this session, business partners will be providing real-world input into the skillsets they look for, in addition to tips for students on how to prepare themselves for the complex and demanding job search process. The networking reception session allows for more in-depth discussions between all attendees.
Professional Panelists:
Walter Putnam Partner at Shift Equity
Charlie O’Connell Energy Engineer at Utility Plant Solutions
Claire Naisby Energy and Engineering Associate at Essex Corporation
Rory McIlmoil Energy Policy Director at Appalachian Voices
Vincent Stewart Senior Commissioning Specialist, LEED AP at Hanson Professional Services
Thank you to our Student Forum Sponsors:
Kaitlyn AdkinsUNC Greensboro
Nihal Al RaeesNC A&T
Fouad Al RifaieNC A&T
Dunamis BacchusNC A&TResume
Tracie BakerNC A&T
Joshua BeliveauAppalachian State
Tony BonettiWestern CarolinaResume
Josh BrooksAppalachian State Resume
Jasmine BufordNC A&TResume
Brittany CabeAppalachian StateResume
Zach ChamberlainUNC Charlotte
Matthew ChandlerWarren Wilson College
Victor ChenDuke UniversityResume
Rachel CohnNC School of Science & Math
Carvan CraftWestern Carolina
Daniel CrudupWinston-Salem StateResume
Abigail DahlAppalachian State, 2015
Valentin DeLeonUNC Asheville
Brandy DiggsNC A&T
Abbi DrakeNC School of Science & Math
Hannah FrankNC StateResume
Danielle FrankUNC WilmingtonResume
Jordan GoodenNC A&T
Joshua GriffinEast Carolina
Caroline HansleyNC State
Lauren HarperAppalachian StateResume
Alexander HerraraEast Carolina
Grant HolmesNC A&TResume
Daniel JohnsonEast Carolina
Norman JonesNC Central
Brian JonesUNC Charlotte
Student Resume DirectoryDriven by increased student participation from past summit events, 2014 will be the inaugural year for Appalachian Energy Summit Scholars. Select energy focused students from North Carolina higher education institutions will receive admission to the three-day summit, a AES Solutions Guide listing with a link to their resume, and unprecedented access to the business partners and sponsors throughout the event.
Student Scholar Qualifications and Eligibility1. Declared major and/or core courses in an energy or sustainability program. 2. Be engaged in research around energy and/or sustainability topics. This should be an academic department initiative with faculty oversight.3. Hold a leadership position within an extra-curricular student group or program focused on environmental, energy and/or sustainability topics.4. or Have an accepted poster abstract selected for the 2014 AES. Denotes accepted student scholar
Biruk KassawUNC Pembroke
Allison KenlanNC StateResume
Hei-Young KimAppalachian State
Sarah ManningUNC GreensboroResume
Anna Maphis UNC Asheville
Jasmine MayWinston-Salem StateResume
Savanna MichauxNC School of Science & Math
Jonathan MillerUNC Pembroke
Jaclyn MillsNC StateResume
Payden MitchellCatawba CollegeResume
Nooshafarin MohammadzadenNC StateResume
Marshall MontgomeryAppalachian State Resume
Alison MooreUNC Asheville
Chris NorthAppalachian State Resume
Dominic NwanjiWinston-Salem State
Emmanuel OlekaNC A&TResume
Dan PungelloUNC Asheville
Allison PuppoUNC GreensboroResume
Ryan RadleyWestern CarolinaResume
Joseph RandAppalachian StateResume
Ayla RandWarren Wilson College
Gary RobinsonWinston-Salem StateResume
Julia RobinsonWestern CarolinaResume
Elizabeth RodenAppalachian State Resume
Aaron RothemichUNC Asheville
Dana RuthNC A&T
Stephanie SellersUNC Pembroke
Julie SemUNC PembrokeResume
Rebecca ShenNC School of Science & Math
Colleen SmileyCatawba CollegeResume
Douglas StieglerUNC Chapel HillResume
Jessica StrahleUNC GreensboroResume
Hayden ThomasWestern Carolina
Ryan TurnbullAppalachian State, 2015Resume
Yannick TuwamoNC A&TResume
David ValderAppalachian StateResume
Lane WallaceCatawba College
Christopher WardWestern Carolina Resume
T’shari WhiteUNC GreensboroResume
Cameron WilliamsUNC GreensboroResume
Lee WilsonAppalachian State
Elijah WittumCatawba CollegeResume
William WoodWestern CarolinaResume
Dawn WoodlardAppalachian State Resume
Suzanne ZhouNC School of Science & Math
Wenjia ZhuDuke UniversityResume
Mark your calendars
Mid-year MeetingFebruary 12, 2015
