Sustainability Practices as Bridge BuildersMick DalrympleDirector, University Sustainability PracticesSenior Sustainability Scientist

CHESC - July 10, 2019

Agenda1) Why Sustainability @ ASU and How it Works2) A Project Development Methodology3) Urban Forestry Case Brief4) Exercise #1 – Operational stakeholders5) In-Vessel Composting Pilot Case Brief6) Exercise #2 – Research and Education Opportunities7) Hot Water Case Brief8) Exercise #3 – Community Stakeholders and Funding9) Report Out and Wrap-Up

ASU Charter

ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.

The Why

• Advance ASU’s Charter and Mission• Become not just a “living laboratory”

but a “living example” of sustainability• Graduate resilient global citizens• Provide a better future for the next

generation

Why we pursue sustainability at ASU

AcademicExcellence

InterdisciplinaryResearch

SocialEmbeddedness

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

- Buckminster Fuller

Be the change you seek in the world.

UniversitySustainability Practicesa service of Business & Finance

FacilitiesDevelopment & Managementa service of Business & Finance

• Coordination

• Engagement

• Measurement

• Practices

• Education

• Outreach

• Research

• Solutions

• Construction

• Design

• Maintenance

• Operations

• ASU Foundation

• Auxiliary Business Services

• Changemaker Central

• Env. Health & Safety

• Events

• Materials Management

• Parking & Transit Services

• Print Services

• Purchasing

• Residential Life

• Staff Council

• Sun Devil Dining

• Surplus

Arizona State Universityadditional campus partners

University Sustainability Practices

JoEllen Alberhasky – Program Manager Expertise: Water, SIRFLiason: Downtown and West

Mick Dalrymple – DirectorExpertise: Green Building, StrategyLiason: All locations

Susan Norton – Program ManagerExpertise: Food, EngagementLiason: Poly

Corey Hawkey – Assistant DirectorExpertise: Data & Reporting, Policy, CarbonLiason: All locations

Alexis Alexander – Digital Engagement Program Manager Expertise: Communications, Social MediaLiason: All locations

Sylvia Yeoh– Administrative AssistantExpertise: Administrative ServicesLiason: All locations

Nick Cookson – Program Manager Expertise: Environmental Data AnalysisLiason: Tempe

University Sustainability Practices• Kelly Bitler

• Urban Forestry Program Assistant• Ally Disera

• Plumbing Retrofit Project• Kayla Kutter

• Hot Water Project• ASU Electric Vehicle Project

• Urvashi Manral• Digital Communications

• Maximiliano Romo• Sustainable Purchasing Guidelines

• Mi’Lore Shire• Borderlands

• Serita Sulzman• Autoclave Retrofit Project

• Vishal Surendran• Comprehensive Sustainability Survey

• Pia Tapiawala• Sustainability Certification Program – Labs

• Ashley Weisman• Sustainability Certification Program

Infrastructure

Policy

Procedures & Tools

Programs

Research/Benchmarking

Behavioral Messaging

Events

ASU Mission

Tools we use

University Sustainability Practices serves as ASU’s internal sustainability consulting service.

Sustainability Goals (2018)

● Climate Positive● Circular Resource

System● Optimized Water● Personal Action

● Collaborative Action● Food Reconnection● Community Success● Resilience and

Regeneration

How we measure sustainability progress

● Circular Resource System● Collaborative Action● Community Success● Food Reconnection● Optimized Water● Personal Action● Climate Positive● Resilience and Regeneration

ASU Sustainability Goals

● Academics/Governance/HR/Investments

AASHE STARS

● Divestment

Sierra Magazine Cool Schools

SN Climate Commitment

Project Development Methodology

1) Sustainability challenge identification, analysis and goal development2) Identification and needs assessment of campus operations stakeholders 3) Research of policy, procedure or incentive barriers4) Investigation of relevant academic units and/or faculty with research

interests5) Identification of faculty incentive levers and research questions6) Formulation of optimal strategy for student training/education7) Identification of community stakeholders potentially impacted and optimal

outcomes8) Development of philanthropic or other funding sources and metrics9) Project development, funding, implementation and results communication

Urban Forestry

506 trees planted150 fruit trees406 shade treesin Phoenix and Tempe

Project Development Methodology

1) Sustainability challenge identification, analysis and goal developmentHow can ASU reduce Scope 3 (and Scope 1) emissions through carbon offsets in a way that 1) provides benefits to the local community 2) enhances education and research 3) is a responsible use of funds?

2) Identification and needs assessment of campus operations stakeholders a) Travelb) Finance / CFOc) Procurement

Quincera Brownfields to Healthfields Planting77 edible trees in a lower-income community park with social enterprise

ASU addresses audience at the kick-off event

Project Development Methodology

3) Research of policy, procedure or incentive barriersa) “Additionality” requirementsb) Costc) “Gifting” lawd) Municipalities lack of funding to implement Tree and Shade Master

Planse) Irrigation and ongoing maintenance costs

4) Investigation of relevant academic units and/or faculty with research interests

a) Urban Climate Lab5) Identification of faculty incentive levers and research questions

a) Grad student funding for field climate testing

City of Tempe Tree Planting42 trees in a lower-income community park

Mayor Mark Mitchell addresses volunteers

Project Development Methodology

6) Formulation of optimal strategy for student training/educationa) Walton Sustainability Teachers’ Academy – K-12 curriculum

7) Identification of community stakeholders potentially impacted and optimal outcomes

a) City of Tempe, City of Phoenix, Victory Acres and other neighborhoods, Mountain Park Health Center, Nature Conservancy, Vitalyst Health Foundation, Maricopa County Food Systems Coalition

8) Development of philanthropic or other funding sources and metricsa) Social Justice Foundation, Duke U., AZ Forestry and fire Management,

Tuft & Needle, Silicon Valley Bank, BofA9) Project development, funding, implementation and results communication

a) AASHE Conf, AASHE Hub, M&V training, other

We are planning to plant 500 trees a year moving forward

Exercise #1 – Operations Stakeholders

1) Sustainability challenge identification, analysis and goal developmenta) What issue do you seek to take on? What is your goal?

2) Identification and needs assessment of campus operations stakeholdersa) Which departments campus are you impacting or disrupting? Who are

you not thinking of (unintended consequences)? 3) Research of policy, procedure or incentive barriers

a) Why isn’t the behavior you are interested in already happening?

Exercise #1 – Questions / Feedback

In-Vessel Composting Pilot

Testing the compostibility of bio-plastics in a rotating drum composter

Project Participants

Arizona State University – Operations:University Sustainability PracticesZero Waste

Arizona State University – Research:School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences

Community Partners:NatureWorksDTEnvironmentalCity of Tempe

Our Faculty ResearchersDr. Becky Ball – Assistant ProfessorSchool of Mathematical and Natural SciencesExpertise: Field ecologist focused on climate change impacts on desert and polar soils

Dr. Beth Polidoro – Assistant ProfessorSchool of Mathematical and Natural SciencesExpertise: Marine, chemical and environmental sciences, applied toxicology

What is the soil quality of the final compost?

Exercise #2 – Research and Education

4) Investigation of relevant academic units and/or faculty with research interests

5) Identification of faculty incentive levers and research questions6) Formulation of optimal strategy for student training/educationPaid Student Worker Individual project for class Team or whole-class project

Honors thesis Capstone applied project Masters thesis

Research assistantship Workshop class Student Organization project

Internship

Considerations: Financial, supervision, and academic vs. operational calendar

Exercise #2 – Questions / Feedback

Any “a-Ha!” moments?

UROC – Hot Water Project

Applying research that hot water is unnecessary for hand-washing with the goal of reducing campus energy consumption

Multi-University Solutions Project

Arizona State University (ASU)

Dublin City University (DCU)

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

King’s College London (KCL)

Leuphana University Lüneburg (LUL)

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Project Participants

Arizona State University – Operations:University Sustainability PracticesFacilities ManagementOffice of Research Support and Project Administration (Institutional Review Board)

Arizona State University – Stakeholders:Office of Research Support and Project AdministrationWP Carey School of BusinessStudent Services building occupantsComputing Commons building occupantsCapital Projects Management Group (code authority)

Funding:Global Consortium for Sustainability OutcomesUniversity Sustainability PracticesFacilities Management

Exercise #3 – Community and Funding

7) Identification of community stakeholders potentially impacted and optimal outcomes

8) Development of philanthropic or other funding sources and metrics

9) Project development, funding, implementation and results communication

Exercise #1 – Questions / Feedback

Any social justice organizations listed in your community stakeholders?

thank you!usp@asu.edu