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ADMINISTRATION
SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES
1) Does your school have its own formal sustainability policy?
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. Please describe and provide URL, if available: The 2008/2009 Action Plan set broad goals for improvement of Drexel’s sustainability initiatives over the past year. http://www.drexel.edu/green/actionplan.htm
2) Has the president of your institution signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC)?
[ x ] No
[ ] Yes. If completed, please provide the date the GHG Report was submitted to the ACUPCC:
3) Has your institution signed the Talloires Declaration?
[ x ] No
[ ] Yes
4) Is there a sustainability component in your institution's master plan and/or strategic plan (check all that apply)?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes, in the master plan. Please describe and provide URL, if available:
Green Building Assessment: http://www.drexel.edu/green/projects/greenglobes.asp
Master Plan: http://www.drexel.edu/depts/pdc/pages/masterplan.asp
Construction Standards: http://www.drexel.edu/depts/pdc/pages/standards.asp
Sustainability Building Policies: http://www.drexel.edu/depts/pdc/pages/policies.asp
[ ] Yes, in the strategic plan. Please describe and provide URL, if available:
ADVISORY COUNCIL
5) Does your school have a council or committee that advises on and/or implements policies and programs related to sustainability?
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes
If you answered "No" to question 5, please proceed directly to question 11.
6) Please provide the name of the committee and list the number of meetings held since August 2008.
Name: Drexel Sustainability Council (formed in the 4th quarter of 2008)
Drexel Green Committees http://www.drexel.edu/green/getinvolved/committees.htm
Number of meetings: The Drexel Sustainability Council meets every 3rd Tuesday. 11 meetings held. The eight (8) Drexel Green Committees met at varying times throughout the year – some twice per month, others less, others more. All together, easily more than 100 meetings this past year.
7) Please provide number of stakeholder representatives on the committee.
Drexel Sustainability Council is made up of:
[48] Administrators
The 8-Drexel Green Committees each had:
[2 ] Faculty co-chairs
[2 ] Staff co-chairs
[2 ] Students co-chairs
[6-21 ] mix of faculty, students and staff (mostly students):
8) Please provide the name of the chair(s) of the committee for the 2009-2010 academic year, and indicate which stakeholder group the chair(s) represents.
If 2009-2010 academic year information is not yet available, please provide information for 2008-2009 instead.
Drexel Green is led by Carl “Tobey” Oxholm III, Senior VP
Drexel Sustainability Council 2009-2010:
http://www.drexel.edu/sustainability/downloads/DREXEL.GREEN.SEPT.pdf
Chair: Gabrielle Cohen, senior internal auditor, Internal Audit
Vice Chair: Arlene Anderson, director of business operations, Information Resources and Technology
Administrator: Barbara Clarke, coordinator sustainability ADA, Planning Design and Construction
Recorder: Megan Newsome, legal executive secretary, Drexel University College of Medicine
Drexel Green Committees 2008-2009 {new chairs to be appointed in the fall}:
Academics:
Student Chair: Nathan Taylor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Faculty Chairs: Fred House, Professor, Department of Physics and Susan Stein, Assistant Professor, Dept of Culture & Communication
Staff/Admin Chair: Susan Cole, Academic Advisor, Bioscience & Biotechnology
Buildings:
Student Chairs: Aleksandra Wolchasty, Architecture, Antoinette Westphal COMAD and Skye Ruozzi, Architecture, Antoinette Westphal
Faculty Chairs: Paul Hirshorn, Professor, Architecture & Interior Design and Bruce Eisenstein, Arthur J Rowland Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Staff/Admin Chair: Barbara Clarke, Coordinator Sustainability ADA, Planning Design and Construction
Communications:
Student Chair: Kristin Cuprzinski*, student, College of Nursing & Health Professions;
Faculty Chair: Ron Bishop*, faculty, College of Arts and Sciences;
Staff/Admin Chair: James Katsaounis*, Executive Director, Communications and Marketing
Community:
Student Chairs: Patrick Hoffman, Architecture, Antoinette Westphal COMAD and Jesse Gallagher, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Faculty Chair: Joe Martin, Professor, Civil Arch & Environmental Engr; and Robert Stokes*, Assistant Professor, Department of Culture and Communications;
Staff/Admin Chair: Brian Keech, Vice President, VP-Government & Community Relations; and Daniel Dougherty, Director, Center for Civic Engagement
Operations:
Student Chairs: Molly Baclein and Chaitra Chandapkai; Faculty Chair: Kevin Owens, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Maggie Wheatley, Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering; Staff/Admin Chair: Joe Campbell, Assistant VP, University Procurement and Kyle Kephart, Director, SVP Student Life & Admin Services
Planning/Special Events:
Student Chairs: Alex Holt, Materials Engineering, College of Engineering and Jordan Shaffer, Health Sciences, Nursing & Health Professions
Staff/Admin Chair: Rita LaRue Gollotti, Sr Associate Vice President, Business Services and Diana Mihaylova, Administrative Assistant, Business Services
Research:
Student Chairs: Geoffrey Oxholm*, Ph.D. student, Computer Science; Steve Pearson*, Ph.D. student, Biology;
Faculty Chair: Rich Cairncross*, College of Engineering;
Student Life/Student Living:
Student Chair: Kristin Cuprzinski, Health Sciences, Nursing & Health Professions
Faculty Chairs: Hazem Maragah, Associate Professor, Decision Sciences and Trish Gallagher
Staff Chair: John Cooke, Assistant Dean, Office of Campus Activities and Stephen Koch, Associate Director, Rec Sports, Athletics
9) To whom does the committee report? Both the Sustainability Council and Drexel Green report to the President
10) Please list key issues/programs that the committee has addressed or implemented since August 2008.
Key issues/programs that the group has addressed/implemented since August 2008: Throughout Academic Year 2008-09, Drexel Green investigated and wrote its Report and Recommendations to the Interim President. In addition, the Committees and the Council were working on issues as they arose.
Progress made on each of these issues since August 2008: The Report and Recommendations of Drexel Green was submitted to the Interim President in June 2009. It was 150 pages long and included 183 recommendations. Bottled Water research and report http://www.drexel.edu/sustainability/downloads/Minutesof01-20-2009.pdf
Earth week 2009 http://www.drexel.edu/sustainability/earthweek.htm
Following are some of the accomplishments as listed in Drexel Green’s Report and Recommendations
Student Life Committee:
Reduce:
• The ACHIEVE staff prints 2 pages on 1 page, double sided documents and is using an online database called "SAGE" for advisee documentation vs. paper and folder documentation.
• Cut back on the number of program stuffers for basketball games, which reduces the use of paper.
• Limited the amount of game notes printed out and emailed in advanced to the media.
• Placed monitors around the media/scorers table area to limit the amount of box scores printed out during men's and women's basketball games.
• Holiday cards were sent out via email for the first time.
Reuse:
• Student-athletes in ACHIEVE reuse printed paper and print on both sides of paper for informal documents.
Recycle:
• Collected cell phones to recycle at Drexel vs. Penn basketball game.
• Recycled seating cards from the basketball games.
• Drexel athletics helped facilitate Local Initiative Support Corporation delivering
472 recycling containers to the local community.
• Additional recycling cans in the DAC.
Educate and Raise Awareness:
• Electronic LED board displays (27 feet by 3 feet) Drexel Green message at all home basketball games making people more aware of environmental
sustainability.
• DAC GREEN MACHINE- this is a voluntary student group whose members wear "Green T-shirts" made from organic material and perform routine checks & audits of the DAC. These audits help to ensure recycling & sustainability accountability of DAC public areas, offices, gymnasiums as well as events in the facility.
• On Feb 7th 2009: Men's Basketball Game vs. ODU was a "Green Game" - the DAC PACK wore green t-shirts; promotions were offered to fans wearing green.
Student Organizations formed
Drexel Sierra Club
• Organized and promoted anti-water bottle campaigns.
• Organized late night biking trips through the city.
• Supported Power Vote and Campus Climate Change campaigns.
• Hosted a global warming series, January through March 2009.
• Brought in experts to discuss things from climate change to carbon dioxide
emissions.
Drexel Energy Club
• Held three major events covering renewable energy, biofuels, and the petroleum crisis.
Drexel Formula Hybrid Club
• Dedicated to the development of high efficiency automotive technologies.
• Designed and fabricated a Formula 1 style race car powered by a hybrid gas/electric drive train that was raced at the Third Annual Formula Hybrid International Competition at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in May 2009.
Drexel Smart House
• Researching, designing and implementing sustainability principles in an existing house.
• Engaged over 200 students involved and 24 faculty and staff members.
• Hosted over 12 events in the 2008-2009 Academic Year.
• Received $20,000 EPA award.
Human Powered Vehicle Competition
• Competition between universities to design the most efficient human powered transportation device
• East Coast competition hosted by Drexel’s American Society of Mechanical Engineers in April 2009.
SA.RE.GA.MA
• Drexel SA.RE.GA.MA, with help from Philadelphia Cares, helped to weed out, clean up and restore the YMCA, Northeast Philadelphia center as a pristine arena for community get-togethers.
Environmental and Occupational Health Group (School of Public Health)
• Held numerous discussions on recycling, electronic waste, green healthcare, green pharmacy, and other environmental and occupational health topics.
Delta Zeta
• Delta Zeta’s “Pink Goes Green” – The Fall 2008 New Member class decided to take part in Delta Zeta's new philanthropic effort "Pink Goes Green." The purpose of the program is to encourage Delta Zeta women to lead and participate in service projects and to educate others on the ways to help the environment. For the project, the New Members baked cookies and sold them to Drexel fraternities in order to raise money. With the money raised, the class bought recycling bins, which they then decorated and distributed to various Drexel fraternities in order to raise awareness and promote the importance of recycling.
• Delta Zeta National Sorority is moving towards becoming a "paperless" organization, using email and online systems in place of printed reports, and bills.
One aspect is "Bill Highway" which is an online financial system in place of checks and written bills.
Gamma Sigma Sigma
• “Fall For Your Park” at Olney Recreation Center – Volunteers participated in various activities during this event including tree planting, gardening, removing weeds covering the fences, and litter collection.
• “Gas Station Gardens” – Volunteers participated in gardening and landscaping activities by planting flowers, digging up existing plants or bushes and moving them to a better/safer area, cleaning up litter and weeding.
WKDU
• The Promotions Director (Oriel B. Poole) of the student-run radio station,attended a conference panel on green practice and corporate responsibly within the music industry, and he decided to change the way WKDU runs promotions. The decision was made to reduce the number of fliers produced to advertise events. Instead, greater emphasis will be placed on internet promotions, by designing a flier for an event and creating the "buzz" though resources such as Facebook, Myspace, and niche-market blogs. By shifting advertising toward a green initiative within the promotions department, WKDU saves money, can create full color fliers instead of black and white print fliers, and reach their target market more effectively and efficiently.
TechServ
• The Department of Student Life is working with Tech Serv to donate their old computers and printers so they can be refurbished and re-used.
Residential Living/University Housing
Environmental Sustainability Learning Community (Calhoun Hall)
• The following speakers gave presentations:
�� Ben Kalina – local environmental film maker/documentarian
�� Mike Smith – Drexel Waste Management
�� Peter Beers – Drexel Sodexho
�� Bob Francis – Vice President (on behalf of Jim Tucker)
�� Marc Camerato – Philadelphia Office Watersheds
�� Jim Breen – Student Government
�� Nel Reynolds – Greek Life
�� Students from the Drexel Sierra Club
• Toured landfill, water treatment plant and cooling power plant.
• Members reached out to fellow Calhoun residents with signs about how students could live a more sustainable lifestyle.
• Students planned Earth Week events for the campus.
• Students are cooking one meal weekly using ingredients from local vendors and the Drexel Green Farmers Market.
• Environmental Bulletin Board – passive programming showing how Drexel is getting into the environmental movement as well as city information about recycling and community groups.
Residence Halls
• In a partnership with USGA, each Resident Assistant (84) held a floor meeting (3300 students) the first week of the winter term to educate their residents on
recycling processes in the residence halls.
• Riving Living Office (RLO) staff displayed flyers/signs promoting recycling in proximity to recycling bins.
• Many RAs across campus reuse the paper backing of bulletin boards or use recycled materials (magazines, newspapers, fabric) to cover their boards.
• Several RAs across campus posted signs next to light switches asking residents to conserve energy and turn off the lights when they are not needed.
• RAs were encouraged to use their community development budgets to purchase reusable equipment for events, such as recreational equipment, craft supplies, and audio visual equipment.
• Several bulletin boards promoting recycling were developed & displayed in the Race Street Residence Hall. They were created by Race RA, Andrew Damron and constructed of items pulled from the trash cans around the hall. Many of these items are things residents might forget to recycle. The board also includes tips on how to change the mentality of wasting everyday products.
• Myers Hall RA, Nicole Doenges is developing a series of Green Bathroom Tips - including ideas such as using personal cloth towels to dry hands instead of paper towels.
• RAs in North, Kelly, Van Rensselaer, and Calhoun Halls were provided resource kits with several items that were reusable such as the buckets they came in,
quality scissors, staplers, and other reusable equipment that can be passed down to next year’s RAs.
• Calhoun Hall RAs rely primarily on email to communicate events and information to residents rather than printed posters, handouts, and flyers.
• Calhoun students gathered to watch “An Inconvenient Truth.”
• RAs communicated the importance of recycling in the residence halls during first floor meetings with first year students.
• Many Residential Desk Coordinators (RDC) and Assistant Director/Resident Directors (ADRD) stress reusing discarded printed paper for notes and scrap
paper.
• The RLO incorporated recycling programs with University Housing (including advertising and marketing created by an RA).
• Floor dinners in the Race Street Residences and other halls are also creating less waste. Residents are asked to bring their own reusable plates, cups, and utensils to eat.
• Distributed recycling information to residential students during Fall Term Move In.
• The For Students By Students (FSBS) program in North Hall includes a group that addresses environmental sustainability.
• Calhoun Hall’s Environmentalism Committee hosted a Shaving Heads for the Environment event. Residents donated hair by lining up to have their head shaved or hair trimmed. The hair that was collected was sent to Matter of Trust a company that uses hair to make special mats that are used to clean oil spills
around the world. (http://www.matteroftrust.org) . The 100 residents in attendance were entertained by the Michael Isley Band.
Greek Houses
• All Greek 34th Street cleanup
• Night Out on the Row - Chapters brought recycling bins out of chapter houses for the event to collect recyclable items and encouraged students attending to recycle.
• Fraternity and Sorority Life Presidents’ Email – A ‘green tip’ was be included in the weekly presidents’ email sent to all chapters beginning in the winter term. The chapters were be encouraged to share the tip with their chapters and implement them in their chapter houses, if applicable.
• Panhellenic Council will offer monthly craft activity using recycled materials that will be collected at the fraternity and sorority houses, such as picture frames made from cardboard boxes and decorated with magazines, bottle caps, and used
buttons; jean tote bags; and recycled jewelry. This activity is still in the planning stages.
• First year students and members of the fraternity & sorority community participated in a civic engagement event cleaning up Race Street Garden as a part
of New Student Days.
PowerShift 2009
• From February 27th to March 2nd, 2009 over 12,000 young people from across the country converged on Washington D.C. to take a message of bold,
comprehensive and immediate federal climate action to Capitol Hill. The goal of PowerShift 2009 was to “mobilize, network, learn, teach, make a statement, and lobby congress to make some real progress on global warming.”
• The Drexel Sierra Club recruited 35 students to attend the conference with University funding. These students brought back the knowledge and inspiration to ignite real change on campus. PowerShift 2009 leveraged the momentum built on campus by the Drexel Green Student Life Committee, the Drexel Sierra Club, the Campus Climate Challenge and Power Vote and helped to educate students on the ramifications of our actions on a national and global level.
Commuter Programs
NJ Transit Discount Program
• Currently in development, it is hoped that this program will launch in Fall 2009. The online registration program will allow students commuting from NJ (about
17% of commuters) to receive a 25% discount. This program should encourage more students to use public transit.
Commuter, Graduate and Transfer Student Programs and Services
• Energy Seminar: Your Carbon Footprint - led by Dr Layton from the College of Engineering
• Renewable Energy Event – Co-sponsored with the Drexel Energy Club.
• Choosing Healthy Options: Cooking Demonstration (Co-sponsored with Sodexho). Students learned how to use left over Thanksgiving food to create healthy meals, thereby reducing the waste of food.)
Activities and Events Sponsored by Student Life
• Women in Society Dinner – one of the speakers spoke about how she runs her business/restaurant in an environmentally and animal friendly way
• Showing of Planet in Peril – Dr. James Spotila led a discussion after the group viewed CNN’s Planet in Peril. CNN’s Planet in Peril takes viewers around the world in a documentary that four key issues: climate change, vanishing habitats, disappearing species and human population growth.
• Going Green! How You Can Get Involved at Drexel with Helping the Environment. Food, prizes, and green knowledge. Drexel is pushing the new green initiative, so come and find how much you know and what you can learn about pressing environmental issues! Sponsored by CSPS and the Sierra Club.
• Commuter Car Show: One of the highlights of the car show was Philly Car Share. They brought hybrid vehicles to campus to educate students about hybrid
technology. Also, by inviting them we helped educate students about alternative sources of transportation in the city. (340 students and staff participated in voting at the Car Show and 22 students entered their cars/motorbikes in the show)
• Smart Energy! Solar Energy! Dr. Jason Baxter presented on the technical aspects of solar energy as well as his current research. His presentation was followed by an information session from Drexel Green. Coordinated by the Commuter Assistants. 52 students attended.
• Encouraging resimuter/off campus students to attend Powelton Village Civic Association event on July 15th highlighting the new Philly Greenway in Powelton
Village through the commuter listserv.
• Alternative Spring Break Trip - Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Hagerstown, MD: 11 students and 1 staff traveled with SWE to Hagerstown, MD
(Antietam watershed), Waynesboro, PA, and Frederick County, MD (Monocacy watershed) to do maintenance work and planting on stream buffer sites with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. They also visited and worked on engineered stream restoration sites in Beaver Creek and Carroll Creek in Frederick, MD. The group received several educational presentations regarding water restoration and ecological preservation. During this project about 300 trees and shrubs were planted to act as buffers to aid in reducing toxic runoff that pollutes the Chesapeake Bay.
• Alternative Spring Break Trip - Circle K, Boston, MA: 11 students and 1 staff traveled with Circle K to Boston, MA and participated in a variety of different
projects around the city. Example projects included: Charles River Conservancy – This project focused on the renewal and restoration of the parklands along the Charles River. Boston Parks and Recreation – This project focused on helping clean up one of Boston’s many historic public parks.
• Alternative Spring Break Trip - Drexel Commuters (DCOM) - Virginia State Park system: 10 students and 1 staff traveled with DCOM to spend Spring Break week at the Commonwealth of Virginia State Park, and participated in activities such as restoration and preservation of landscaping, trail management, woodlands, and campgrounds.
• Alternative Spring Break Trip - Asbury Protestant Ministries, Washington, DC: 14 students and 2 staff participated in Asbury's Alternative Spring Break, focused
on urban poverty, homelessness and improving the urban environment. Besides helping to build houses to relieve the housing crises in Washington, D.C., they also participated in cleaning up a local community park and stream by clearing debris out of the stream to provide unrestricted water flow, clearing fallen dead trees, removing decayed or diseased trees, and mulching newly planted trees and cleared away brush on running paths
Department of Student Life Operations
A Sustainability Committee was created to look at practices in Student Life to make them more sustainable.
Reduce
• All Homecoming advertisements were web based, saving paper.
• When hosting events to the Phillies/Phantoms/Flyers games, we provided students with SEPTA tokens to encourage use of public transportation use and reduce the use of individual cars or use of the shuttle.
• Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL)
Previously the Chapter Achievement Plan was submitted in binder form and could contain from 10 to over 100 pages each for each of the chapters on
campus, as well as a DVD presentation. This year we implemented electronic submission by placing all files and documentation on a USB drive that will
have its contents copied and saved with FSL and then will be returned to be reused each year. Instead of the DVD presentation, each chapter will do a live
presentation to the committee.
�� Previously sorority recruitment processes were all done by hand including paper registration and rankings from each potential new member (PNMs) and
each chapter. This year we implemented online recruitment management software to reduce paper use. Registration by PNMs is now done online and
lists/rankings for each of the PNMs and chapters are entered in the online system.
�� Shirts for sorority recruitment were printed by a local company, reducing cost/effect of shipping
�� National Hazing Awareness Week - Buttons given out to students during the event were made by hand by staff member instead of having them printed and
shipped from an online company. Also used leftover supplies from a previous OCA event.
�� Each term, the Panhellenic Council sends cards to each chapter wishing them good luck on their final exams. The council switched to electronic cards
winter term.
�� Fraternity & Sorority Life sent electronic holiday cards instead of paper cards.
�� Alpha Sigma Alpha has its programming meetings electronically thus saving paper. Agendas are posted on-line and each committee head can post their
agenda to be viewed.
�� Alpha Sigma Alpha also has used alternate advertising via Facebook and the Drexel Daily Digest for several events held on campus.
• CEO Programming Outside of the Box - Handouts were not given at the program but emailed to participants later to save paper.
• Student Conduct and Community Standards - Student Conduct and Community Standards is currently in the process of becoming paperless.
�� The University’s Code of Conduct, previously distributed in writing to all students, is now available ONLY on-line. This is a significant reduction of
paper.
�� Initiated a file retention /expunging process while also implementing the first steps to a paperless student conduct process. Initial steps in the reduction of
paper have produced the following results so far: Saved over 500 envelopes and 500 sheets of paper in the Fall 2008 term sending out emails instead of
paper letters. Projected savings would equal just under 4000 envelopes and sheets of paper per year.
• Residential Life
�� Developed an online RA Application Process that no longer required the use of paper to be distributed to RA applicants.
�� Sustainability is designated as a departmental project. ADRD, Carlos Guillen develops sustainability initiatives around recycling and utilizing reusable
resources, while collecting information to track departmental efforts toward those initiatives.
�� The Residential Life Office Strategic Plan includes sustainability as a key factor in promoting the residential student engagement.
�� Low-flow shower heads are being installed in North Hall
�� Collaborating with Facilities, University Housing, and Residential Living to develop a standardized recycling program (bins/signs) on the residential end
of campus.
• New Student and Family Programs - New Student Orientation has switched from a paper based registration process to an online, paperless process. Postcards were sent out to incoming students to let them know how to register in place of packets.
• Office of Disability Services
�� Shredded paper is being recycled (as opposed to the former practice of being
thrown away).
�� The office is curbing the purchase of plastic ware and hot/cold cups. Instead,
staff members are using silverware and reusable cups/mugs.
�� All electronic devices are now turned off each evening
• International Student Scholars and Services (ISSS)
�� Implemented a strict recycling policy and obtained recycling bins
�� Updated their mission and goals to reflect a commitment to sustainability.
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Buildings:
http://www.drexel.edu/green/projects/greenglobes.asp
In early 2009 Drexel adapted Green globes as a comprehensive Green Building Rating system for all new construction and existing buildings.
http://www.drexel.edu/green/projects/default.asp
SUSTAINABILITY STAFF
11) Does your school employ sustainability staff (excluding student employees and interns)?
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. Please provide titles and number of sustainability staff.
[# 5 ] Number of full-time staff (in FTE). Titles: Coordinator Sustainability ADA,
Planning Design and Construction; and four fulltime Grounds Crew that only handle campus-wide recycling collection and disposal and composting.
[# 0 ] Number of part-time staff (in FTE). Titles:
12) Does the head of the sustainability staff report directly to the president or another high-level administrator (e.g., vice president, vice chancellor)?
[ ] N/A
[ ] No
[X] Yes. The sustainability staff noted above report to James Tucker, Senior Vice President, Student Life and Administrative Services. Drexel Green is led by Carl Oxholm III, Senior Vice President, Office of the President
OFFICE OR DEPARTMENT
13) Does your school have an office or department specifically dedicated to furthering sustainability on campus?
[ X] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe (including name of office or department and year created):
WEBSITE
14) Does your school have a website detailing its sustainability initiatives?
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. Please provide URL: http://www.drexel.edu/green
GREEN PURCHASING
15) Does your school have a formal green purchasing policy?
[X] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe policy and provide URL to full policy, if available:
University Procurement has a Mission Statement that includes sustainability:
http://www.drexel.edu/slas/departments/Procurement
University Procurement has also developed a green rating mechanism for increasing awareness and utilization of green products. A key for buying green appears at:
http://www.drexel.edu/procurement/vendors/byname.html
16) Does your school purchase ENERGY STAR qualified products?
[ ] No
[X] Some. Please describe: Computers, monitors, appliances
[ ] All
17) Does your school purchase environmentally preferable paper products (e.g., 100 percent post-consumer recycled content, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council)?
[ ] No
X Some. Please describe: http://www.drexel.edu/printing
[ ] All. Please describe:
18) Does your school purchase Green Seal, Environmental Choice certified, or biorenewable cleaning products?
[ ] No
[X] Some. Please describe: Unicco http://www.greencleaning.com/
[ ] All. Please describe:
19) Are your school's computer/electronics purchase decisions made in accordance with standards such as the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)?
[ ] No
[ X ] Some. Please describe: http://www.drexel.edu/irt/services/upgradespecs/
EPEAT standards are included in the purchasing RFPs for computer purchases.
[ ] All
20) Does your school use only pesticides that meet the standards for organic crop production set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or Canadian Organic Standards (excluding on-campus farms)?
[X] No Do not have crop production
[ ] Some. Please describe:
[ ] All
CLIMATE CHANGE & ENERGY
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY
21) Has your school completed a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory?
Please check all that apply.
[ ] No.
[ ] In progress. Please describe status and provide estimated completion date:
[ x ] Yes. Please provide total annual GHG emissions (in metric tons of CO2e). Also, include the start date for each year as well as the URL to each inventory, if available online, or attach the document.
2008: 41,369 / July 1, 2007 /
http://www.drexel.edu/green/downloads/DRXL0903GHGReport50409.pdf
2007:
2006:
2005:
COMMITMENT TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION
The purchase of carbon offsets does not count toward greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions for this indicator. They are counted in a subsequent indicator.
22) Has your school made a commitment to reducing GHG emissions by a specific amount?
[X] No
[ ] Yes. Please list details.
Reduction level:
Baseline year:
Target date:
If you answered only "No" or "In progress" to question 21, please now skip to question 27.
REALIZED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
23) Has your school achieved a reduction in GHG emissions?
[X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please list details.
Percentage reduced:
Baseline year:
Date achieved:
24) Please provide the total heating and cooling degree days averaged over the past three years.
Data on total degree heating and cooling days is available at: http://www.degreedays.net/. This information will be used to help reduce bias between schools in different climates.
Cooling degree days average over the past three years: 1,532
Heating degree days average over the past three years: 4,587
Total for past 36 months: Cooling: 4,598 Heating: 13,762
25) Please provide GHG emissions figures on a per-thousand-square-foot basis for the past three years.
Per-Thousand-Square-Foot Emissions = Total CO2e in metric tons / Total maintained building space in thousands of square feet.
2008: 12.5
2007:
2006:
26) Please provide GHG emissions figures on a per-full-time-student basis for the past three years.
Per-Student Emissions = Total CO2e in metric tons / Total number of full-time enrolled students.
2008: 3.3
2007:
2006:
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
27) What programs or technologies has your school implemented to improve energy efficiency (e.g., cogeneration plant, retrocommissioning of HVAC systems, performing system tune-ups, temperature setbacks)?
The university has installed energy efficient lighting, motion sensors, dimming ballasts and daylight harvesting lights. All computers in the Information Resource and Technology department are Energy Star rated. Fans, pumps, air conditioners, boilers, heating valves, heat recovery systems and lab equipment have also been retrofitted. Drexel Transportation Services uses biodiesel fuel (20% Soy Blend) to operate its fleet of 16 shuttle buses. Annually, Drexel recycles approximately 300 tons of waste. Seventy-five percent of Drexel's buildings utilize Building Automation Systems (BAS) to control mechanical equipment, occupancy and lighting schedules, and temperature control. Drexel University has 8 hybrid vehicles as part of the university fleet, and is committed to purchasing more hybrids as vehicles are replaced. For more see: http://www.drexel.edu/green/facts.htm
ENERGY CONSERVATION
28) Do you facilitate programs that encourage members of the campus community to reduce energy use (e.g., cash incentives, signs reminding individuals to turn off lights and appliances)?
[ ] No
[X] Yes. Please describe: http://www.drexel.edu/green/links/greentips.htm
The Drexel Sustainability Council posts green tips on the Drexel digest regularly. As part
of the green initiative Drexel developed a pledge requesting all do eight key things to be
more sustainable. Here are the 8 key items everyone can agree to do:
Recycle printer cartridges
Stop using styrofoam
Turn the lights out
Stop buying bottled water
Use my own coffee mug and water glass
Use new recycling bins
Order environmentally friendly office and kitchen supplies
Copy and print double-sided (set to a default)
RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION
29) Does your school generate renewable electricity?
[ ] No
[ ] Yes. Please specify percentage of overall electricity generated from each of the following sources and describe details below.
[ %] B100 biodiesel
[ %] Clean biomass
[ %] Concentrating solar power (CSP)
[ %] Geothermal
[ %] Low-impact hydropower
[ ?? %] Solar photovoltaics
[ %] Wind
[ %] Other
Description: Solar panels (to generate electric) are being installed on the Main Building as result of a student design project to be used for research. The major accomplishments of this project shall include:
1. Adding a 3rd bus with signal conditioning units (SCU) to the existing 2-bus IPSL setup
2. Introducing remotely controlled utility interactive renewable generation with battery back-up to IPSL
3. Integrating and testing the experimental platform for variable load and generation
30) Does your school have solar hot water systems?
[X] No
[ ] Yes. Please specify number of systems and total BTUs generated annually, if available:
RENEWABLE ENERGY PURCHASE
31) Has your school purchased electric energy from renewable sources or renewable energy credits (RECs)?
RECs and electricity from renewable sources must be Green-e certified or meet the requirements of the Green-e standard.
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. Please describe.
Date of most recent contract: 2009 – Community Energy, Inc.
Quantity (kWh): 165000
Percentage of your total electric energy use that it represents: 30 percent
32) Has your school purchased non-electric energy from renewable sources?
[X] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe.
Date of most recent contract:
Quantity (BTUs):
Percentage of your total non-electric energy use that it represents:
ON-SITE COMBUSTION
33) Please provide total BTUs of energy for heating and cooling from on-site combustion:
32,793 mmbtus of natural gas and about 4.5 mmbtus of fuel oil (very small, basically emergency generators- assume for heating and cooling for now – small amount anyways) for heating. We only have a small amount of on-site combustion. We use Natural gas and oil for boilers.
Most of our heating energy comes from TriGen steam and all of our cooling energy comes from electricity.
34) Please list each fuel source (e.g., coal, natural gas, oil) and the percent of overall BTUs derived from that source: Essentially 100% natural gas.
Bossone, Pearlstein, Hess Lab, Freil Field House, English Language Center, Caneris Hall, Race Street Residence Hall, and all but two of the Fraternity/Sorority Houses get heating from natural gas combustion.
200 North 34th Street and 3401 Powelton Avenue get heating from distillate oil combustion.
North Hall gets heating and domestic hot water from dual-fuel (natural gas or distillate oil) boilers.
All other buildings get heating from TriGen steam.
Domestic water heating could be by natural gas, electricity, or steam (varies from location to location).
35) Is any on-site combustion for heating and cooling derived from renewable sources?
[X] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe.
Percentage on-site combustion derived from renewable sources: [ %]
Total BTUs of energy generated from renewable sources: [# ]
Description of renewable energy sources used for on-site combustion for heating and cooling:
FOOD & RECYCLING
The food portion of this category is covered in a separate dining survey.
RECYCLING OF TRADITIONAL MATERIALS
36) Please indicate which traditional materials your institution recycles (check all that apply).
[ ] None
[ x ] Aluminum
[ x ] Cardboard
[ x ] Glass
[ x ] Paper
[ x ] Plastics (all)
[ ] Plastics (some)
[ x ] Other. Please list: tires, steel, electronics, light ballasts and tubes, motor oil, batteries
37) Diversion rate: [ 35 %]
RECYCLING OF ELECTRONIC WASTE
38) Does your institution have an electronics recycling program?
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. If available, please indicate the total annual weight or volume of each material collected for recycling or reuse.
[ x ] Batteries
[ X ] Cell phones
[ x ] Computers
[ X ] Lightbulbs
[ x ] Printer cartridges
[ x ] Other E-waste. Please list: electrical equipment -
http://www.drexel.edu/facilities/recycle_frame.htm#university-housing
COMPOSTING (ASIDE FROM DINING FACILITIES)
39) What percentage of your campus's landscaping waste is composted or mulched?
[90%] http://www.drexel.edu/sustainability/downloads/1.Waste%20Management.pdf
40) Do you provide composting receptacles around campus in locations other than
dining halls (e.g., in residence halls, offices, academic buildings)?
[ X] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe:
SOURCE REDUCTION
41) Do you have any source-reduction initiatives (e.g., end-of-semester furniture or
clothing swaps and collections)?
[ ] No
[ X] Yes. Please describe:
http://www.drexel.edu/news/digest/default.aspx?d=4%2F22%2F2009&id=3273
GREEN BUILDING
GREEN BUILDING POLICY
42) Does your school have a formal green building policy?
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. Please describe policy and provide URL to the full policy, if available: Drexel’s Guidelines for Sustainable Building Designs policy specifies standards for all new projects. http://www.drexel.edu/depts/pdc/pages/standards.asp
GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS
43) Please indicate LEED-certified buildings.
[# 0 ] Total number of LEED-certified buildings.
[ sq ft] Certified-level (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Silver-level (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Gold-level (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Platinum-level (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
44) Please indicate buildings that meet LEED certification criteria but are not
certified.
[# 5] Total number of buildings that meet LEED criteria
[ 339,000 sq ft] Certified-level criteria met, but not certified (combined gross square footage). Please list building names: http://www.drexel.edu/green/projects/default.asp
Drexel Recreation Center, Millennium Hall, ISB Building, Dining Terrace, Queen Lane addition.
[ sq ft] Silver-level criteria met, but not certified (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Gold-level criteria met, but not certified (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Platinum-level criteria met, but not certified (combined gross square footage). Please list building names:
45) Please indicate buildings that are ENERGY STAR labeled.
[# 0 ] Total number of ENERGY STAR buildings. Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Combined gross square footage.
RENOVATIONS AND RETROFITS
46) Please indicate LEED-EB certified buildings.
[# 0 ] Total number of LEED-EB certified buildings. Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Combined gross square footage.
47) Please indicate buildings that meet LEED-EB certification criteria but are not certified.
[# 0 ] Total number of buildings that meet LEED-EB criteria but are not certified.
Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Combined gross square footage.
48) Please indicate renovated buildings that are ENERGY STAR labeled.
[# 0 ] Total number of renovated buildings that are ENERGY STAR labeled. Please list building names:
[ sq ft] Combined gross square footage.
49) What energy-efficiency technologies have you installed in existing buildings (e.g., HVAC systems, motion sensors, ambient light sensors, T5 lighting, LED lighting, timers, laundry technology)?
For each technology, please indicate the number and type of fixtures installed, and the number of buildings in which those fixtures are installed. If possible, include either the percentage of the overall campus fixtures each type represents or the percentage of overall maintained building space that has been renovated with the technology (e.g., 20 buildings representing 10 percent of maintained building space have been retrofitted with motion sensors; thus, 10 percent of the total maintained building space in square feet would be the desired data).
http://www.drexel.edu/depts/pdc/pages/standards.asp
Construction standards call for Units serving variable air volume systems to be fitted with variable frequency drives (VFD). Discharge dampers, eddy current drives, etc are not permitted. In the past year (4) new Air Handling Units installed in the Library included (8) VFD’s (4) supplies and (4) returns. A VFD was installed in the Queen Lane air Handling unit to replace the 100 HP constant current drives.
We installed a high velocity hand dryers in two buildings as a test point for both save energy efficiency and eliminating the need of paper towels.
Installed motion detectors in a few Admin Offices as a test for typical future installations.
The Sierra club will install 10,000 laminated covers over all light switches indicating to turn off the light when leaving the room.
50) What water-conservation technologies have you installed in existing buildings
(e.g., low-flow faucets, low-flow showerheads, waterless urinals, dual-flush toilets,
gray water systems, laundry technology)?
For each technology, please indicate the number and type of fixtures installed, and the number of buildings in which those fixtures are installed. If possible, include either the percentage of the overall campus fixtures each type represents or the percentage of overall maintained building space that has been renovated with the technology (e.g., 20 buildings representing 10 percent of the maintained building space have been retrofitted with low-flow faucets; thus, 10 percent of the total maintained building space in square feet would be the desired data).
Low-flow showerheads have been installed. Drexel started installing shower heads men 12-13-2007 ended on 01-11-2008. All 76 shower heads in our gym were changed. The next building we selected was North Hall (dorm). Over Spring Break ’08 we replaced 112 showerheads with the water saving heads. (The showerheads selected to be our standard are Zurn water saver Z7000-S9 model we use is # B9.65F3.1.) Water saving units were also installed in all sinks in the Athletic Center (gym) and Student Center buildings. All remaining residence halls on main campus received both the water saving showerheads and aerators prior to fall move in 2008. We also installed water saving aerators in all bathroom sinks during this time, at the gym, and at the Student Center buildings. In early 2009 Stiles Hall had its showerheads replaced. As a result, all residence halls on all campuses have been completed. Water saving aerator installation is on-going and will be completed very soon. A new Rain Bird landscape irrigation system has been installed campus-wide that controls irrigation based on the moisture content of the soil. Over 25 million gallons of water will be saved per year with the new irrigation system, more than half of current
water use. For more information on Rain Bird visit: www.rainbird.com
51) What percentage of your institution's non-hazardous construction and demolition waste is diverted from landfills?
[75%] http://www.drexel.edu/depts/pdc/images/downloads/Drexel%20Bldg%20Sys%20Stds%20and%20Dsgn%20Guide%20-%20Nov%202008.pdf
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES
52) Are there any sustainability-themed residential communities or housing options at your school?
[ ] No
[ X] Yes. Please provide details below.
Name of program: Drexel Smart House (in design development stage)
Type of community (e.g., hall, building, house):
Number of students involved:
Additional details: http://www.drexelsmarthouse.com
There will again be an Environmental Sustainability group in one of our residence halls next year, consisting of up to 10 students, for the third year in a row. It started as an Environmental Sustainability Living Learning Community, and then became a “For Students By Students” group administered by Student Life, which gave them access to funding and allowed them to bring in outside speakers, do community activities, etc.
NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION
53) Does a portion of your new student orientation specifically cover sustainability?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please describe how sustainability is incorporated (e.g., information sessions, green tour): Included in both the Dean of Students and the Senior VP’s presentations. A table is also setup to encourage new students to signup and join Drexel Green and to complete an Environmental Responsibility Pledge Form.
INTERNSHIPS/OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
54) Does your school offer on-campus office-based sustainability internships or jobs for students?
[ ] No
[ X ] Yes. Please provide number of students and average number of hours worked weekly per student:
[# 3 ] Paid positions. Average hours worked weekly per student: The Administrative Assistant, Drexel Green, worked 10 hours/week on average. We also had two students who were part of our Center for Civic Engagement’s paid student leadership program, Drexel Community Scholars, who coordinated sustainability projects among other responsibilities. One was involved @ 3 hours per week for the entire Spring term specifically on sustainability issues, and the other was involved @ 60 hours from Fall-Spring terms coordinating environmental sustainability volunteer opportunities. This coming school year there will be a Drexel Community Scholar specifically responsible for coordinating environmental sustainability activities in the CCE, who will work @12-
15 hours per week from October-June.
[# ?? ] Unpaid positions. Average hours worked weekly per student: We had 283 Drexel freshmen who volunteered a total of 1507 hours through 26 sustainability-related opportunities as part of a course (UNIV 101, an introduction to university life).
55) Does your school have residence hall Eco-Reps or other similar programs to promote behavioral change on campus?
[ X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please provide details below, and indicate URL if available:
[# ] Paid positions. Average hours worked weekly per student:
[# ] Positions that award academic credit. Average hours worked weekly per student:
[# ] Uncompensated positions. Average hours worked weekly per student:
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
56) Does your school have active student-run organizations devoted to sustainability efforts on campus?
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. Please provide total number of active organizations, names of organizations, a brief description of each, and URLs, if available: The Drexel Sierra Student Coalition brings together students interested in making the campus more sustainable. Drexel Smart House is a student-led project to design and construct a sustainable urban home. – http://www.drexel.edu/green/default.asp
DREXEL SMART HOUSE
Drexel Smart House is a multidisciplinary group of students working to construct an urban home to serve as a "living laboratory". Smart House will explore the research and design of environmental interactions, health, efficiency, entertainment, and communication with the ultimate goal of improving life. Visit their website for more information.
DREXEL ENERGY CLUB
DEC seeks to foster understanding of the technological, economic, environmental and sociopolitical issues surrounding energy generation and use. Among the relevant issues are clean and renewable energy technologies, the economic and environmental impacts of existing and future energy technologies and the global impact of energy systems in society. For more information, please contact DrexelEnergyClub@gmail.com.
DREXEL SIERRA CLUB
The Drexel Sierra Club is for environmentally conscious individuals interested in creating a more sustainable Drexel and holding up the Sierra Club motto to explore, enjoy, and protect the planet, as well as strengthening community and social ties. For more information, contact drexelsierraclub@gmail.com.
DREXEL ENTREPRENEUR ASSOCIATION
The Drexel Entrepreneur Association (DEA) has developed numerous relationships with green startup leaders through the Philadelphia's Sustainable Business Network (SBN).
DEA and SBN will co-sponsor events at Drexel University that will examine the workings of green entrepreneurial startups.
Drexel Green is comprised of 8 Committees, each of which has student co-chairs.
SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES AND COMPETITIONS
57) Does your school organize any sustainability challenges/competitions for your campus and/or with other colleges?
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. Please list details for all competitions.
Name of competition: Recyclemania
Year initiated: 2001
Frequency of competition: Annual
Participants: Campus community
Incentives:
Goal of competition: Increase recycling rate, decrease waste generation.
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: An increase of 10% during competition period
Lasting effects of competition:
Website: http://www.drexel.edu/news/digest/default.aspx?d=7%2F7%2F2008&id=158
Name of competition: Blackout
Year initiated: 2009
Frequency of competition: Annual
Participants: All residence halls and Greek houses
Incentives: Trophy and Ice cream Party
Goal of competition: Electric consumption reduction
Percent of energy/water/waste reduced: On average 12% in the residence halls
Lasting effects of competition: Raised awareness
Website:
http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=cDhsOWpmOHRlMDhkczM5YnIycTBpZmJtZDAgYWd6MjNAZHJleGVsLmVkdQ&ctz=America/New_York
TRANSPORTATION
CAMPUS MOTOR FLEET
58) How many vehicles are in your institution's fleet?
[# 117 ] See GHG inventory for detail
http://www.drexel.edu/green/downloads/DRXL0903GHGReport50409.pdf
59) Please list the number of alternative-fuel vehicles in each class.
[# 9 ] Hybrid. Please list makes and models: 2008 Ford Escape, 2005 ford Escape, (2) 2006 ford Escape, 2006 Toyota Highlander, (2) Camry (2) Prius
[# 5 ] Electric. Please describe type of vehicles: electric golf carts for on-campus use only
[#16 ] Biodiesel. Please describe type of vehicles and list biodiesel blend(s) used: Sixteen shuttle buses run on 20 percent soy-blend biodiesel. (2) 2001 Bluebird buses 24 passenger, 2001 Ford bus 23 passenger, (2) 2004 Thomas buses 49 passenger, 2006 Thomas 42 passenger, 2008 Thomas bus 49 passenger, 1993 MCI bus 47 passenger, (2) 1999 Ford Van 15 passenger, 2001 Dodge mini van, 1989 Ford wheel chair passenger, 1996 dodge passenger
Van, 1979 MCI coach, 1999 Bluebird 29 passenger, 2000 Bluebird 26 passenger.
[# ] Other. Please describe:
For more information, visit: http://www.drexel.edu/sustainability/downloads/6.Transportation.pdf
60) What is the average GHG emission rate per passenger mile of your institution's
motorized fleet?
[#739.20 metric tonnes of CO2e] (CO2e) per passenger mile traveled.
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES
61) Does your school offer incentives for carpooling?
[ ] N/A. Please explain:
[ ] No
[X] Yes. Please describe details of the program including the type of the incentive and eligible community members (e.g., faculty, staff, students):
http://www.drexel.edu/sustainability/downloads/6.Transportation.pdf
62) Does your school offer public transportation subsidies?
[ ] N/A. Please explain:
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. Please describe the program including the size of the discount (as a percent of full price) and eligible community members (e.g., faculty, staff, students): Students and staff receive a 10 percent discount on transit and rail passes. http://www.drexel.edu/hr/benefits/compass.html We just resumed offering the incentive to staff this year, after many year hiatus. The program had been just for students in last few years.
63) Does your school provide free transportation around campus?
[ ] N/A. Please explain:
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. Please describe: Drexel University Shuttle Service has four fixed bus routes which operate from 5:30am to 1:15am Monday through Friday. :
http://www.drexel.edu/facilities/ShuttleBrochure.pdf
64) Does your school operate a free transportation shuttle to local off-campus destinations?
[ ] N/A. Please explain:
[ ] No
[X] Yes. Please describe: http://www.drexel.edu/facilities/ShuttleBrochure.pdf Shuttle service includes four fixed bus routes, Blue, Gold, Dragon, and Queen Lane. The routes and stops have been designed to allow easy access to Hagerty Library, academic buildings, General Services Building, Drexel Parking Garage, residence halls, popular student housing areas, local eateries, Creese Student Center, Vidas Athletic Complex, shopping areas, Queen Lane Medical Campus, and Hahnemann University Hospital at 15th and Race Streets.
BICYCLE PROGRAM
65) Does your school offer a bicycle-sharing/rental program or bicycle repair
services?
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. Please provide details below.
Drexel Bike Share is a free bike-sharing program. Drexel Bike Share is open to all students and employees with a valid Drexel University ID and in good standing with the University.
http://www.drexel.edu/depts/parking/bikeshare.html
Year created: 2008
Number of bikes available: 10
Fees for participation: No
Repair services provided: Maintained by Parking Services Department
CAR-SHARING PROGRAM
66) Does your school partner with a car-sharing program?
[ ] No
[ x ] Yes. Please provide details below.
The university partners with PhillyCarShare
http://www.drexel.edu/univrel/drexelink/story.asp?ID=2295&vol=12&num=11
Year created: 2005
Total number of vehicles: 4
Number of hybrid vehicles: 3
Fee for membership: yes through PhillyCarShare www.phillycarshare.org
PLANNING
67) Does your school have policies that support a pedestrian-friendly or bikefriendly campus (e.g., in the school's master plan, a policy prohibiting vehicles from the center of campus)?
[ ] N/A. Please explain:
[X ] No
[ ] Yes. Please describe:
68) What percentage of individuals commute to campus via environmentally preferable transportation (e.g., walking, bicycling, carpooling, using public transit)?
[ 70 %]
STATISTICS
69) Campus setting:
[ ] Rural
[ ] Suburban
[X] Urban
[ ] Other. Please describe:
70) Total number of buildings: [# 102 ]
71) Combined gross square footage of all buildings: [# 4,786,299 sq. ft ]
72) Full-time enrollment (undergraduate and graduate): [# 14,749 ]
73) Part-time enrollment (undergraduate and graduate): [# 6,788 ]
74) Part-time enrollment as a proportion to a full-time course load: [# 3397.61 fulltime equivalent of part-time students ]
75) Percent of full-time students that live on campus: [ 26.2 %]
Please note: included in the above numbers are (1) students on their co-op term (meaning that they are not on campus, but out in the field full time): 1831; and (2) distance learning students: 3622 full-and part-time students, or 1882.14 FTE
Questions 76-87 are for informational purposes only; responses will NOT be included in the Report Card evaluation process.
OTHER AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGAGEMENT
Please mark an "X" next to each item that applies to your institution.
76) Outdoors club: [X]
77) Disposable water bottle ban: [ ]
78) Participation in Recyclemania: [ x ]
79) Student trustee position: [ ] Students are appointed as non-voting members to all but a few Trustee committees and the president of the Undergraduate Student Government reports at each quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees; but the students themselves are not Trustees of the University
80) Environmental science/studies major: [ X ]
81) Environmental science/studies minor or concentration: [ X ]
82) Graduate-level environmental program: [ X ]
83) Student green fee: [ ]
84) Alumni green fund: [ ]
85) Revolving loan fund for sustainability projects: [ ]
86) Campus garden or farm: [ X ] Community Garden
87) Single-stream recycling: [ ]
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