www.dartmouth.edu/~sustain Sustainability at Dartmouth College

The Task: To embed principles of sustainability in all of Dartmouth's roles… To make Dartmouth a model of sustainability.

To embed principles of sustainability in all of Dartmouth's roles…

To make Dartmouth a model of sustainability.

IVY Sustainability Coordinators Brown University – Teichert, Kurt Columbia – Mesa, Nilda Cornell – Koyanagi, Dean Dartmouth – Merkel, James Harvard – Sharp, Leith Penn – Riley, David Princeton – Weber, Shana Yale -- Newman, Julie

Brown University – Teichert, Kurt

Columbia – Mesa, Nilda

Cornell – Koyanagi, Dean

Dartmouth – Merkel, James

Harvard – Sharp, Leith

Penn – Riley, David

Princeton – Weber, Shana

Yale -- Newman, Julie

CEO Ray Anderson Zero footprint by 2020 – in all of Interface’s operations Dematerialization – renewable embodied energy

Zero footprint by 2020 – in all of Interface’s operations

Dematerialization – renewable embodied energy

by shaking it waste down 80% saved over $300 million in 12 years. “ it is so hard to shake the opiate of status quo”

Why are educational institutions moving toward sustainable practices? To model sustainability To educate creative caring leaders versed in sustainable practices. To address the challenge of our time.

To model sustainability

To educate creative caring leaders versed in sustainable practices.

To address the challenge of our time.

There are Other Benefits: Financial Institutional Health Risk Reduction: e.g. Oil Dependence Effective Management e.g. Understanding system dynamics Reputation/Differentiation Transparency Global Responsibility Alignment with Mission…

Financial

Institutional Health

Risk Reduction: e.g. Oil Dependence

Effective Management e.g. Understanding system dynamics

Reputation/Differentiation

Transparency

Global Responsibility

Alignment with Mission…

Why Worry About Sustainability?

1-800-NASA

Quantifying Sustainability Humanity’s Consumption Compared to Biospheric Production

Footprints 4.4 Exists 5.5 Humans use 1 80% for other species 0.3 Afghanistan 2 India 2 Iraq 4 China 6 Mexico 8 Ukraine 14 UK 24 USA Footprint – acres Nation or group

Campus per-capita footprint Energy footprint: 7.35 acres Garbage footprint: 5.3 acres Only 4.4 acres available

Energy footprint: 7.35 acres

Garbage footprint: 5.3 acres

Only 4.4 acres available

Over 200 species go extinct every day 1000 times faster than natural rate

Radical Disparity Wealthiest Billion $70 per day Poorest Billion $0.25 per day Global Gap = 250:1 and growing Inter-human equity

We are alive at a unique time Exponential Growth of Population and Consumerism

“… no longer than a decade , at the most…,” Dr. James Hansen Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Heads the NASA Institute for Space Studies in New York City

Nineteen of the hottest 20 years on record occurred since 1980. -- The Union of Concerned Scientist

meltwater descends through crevasses to the ice sheet base lubrication increases the movement of the ice sheet the discharge of giant icebergs

meltwater descends through crevasses to the

ice sheet base

lubrication increases the movement of the ice sheet

the discharge of giant icebergs

Climate Zones are Moving Toward Poles at 35 Miles per Decade: Species are Moving at 5 Miles per Decade: Loose Maple Syrup? Get Deer Tics?

What will we do about it?

The primary factors that drive impact are in our control. (IPAT) I mpact = P x A x T A – Affluence . How much we consume. P – Population . How many children we have. T– Technology . How efficiently we employ tools.

I mpact = P x A x T

A – Affluence . How much we consume.

P – Population . How many children we have.

T– Technology . How efficiently we employ tools.

Where to Start?

Projects Include: Indicators High Performance Buildings Energy and CO2 Reduction Solid Waste Reduction Waste-free Dining Sustainability Coordinator Training Outreach and Communication

Indicators

High Performance Buildings

Energy and CO2 Reduction

Solid Waste Reduction

Waste-free Dining

Sustainability Coordinator Training

Outreach and Communication

Indicators : Annual Dartmouth Sustainability Report Building Feedback Posters in 60 Locations

Annual Dartmouth Sustainability Report

Building Feedback Posters in 60 Locations

Outputs CO2 emissions Other emissions Solid waste Ecological Footprint Inputs Total energy consumption No. 6 fuel oil Purchased electricity Other fuels Gasoline Water

Building Feedback -- Energy and Water

Dartmouth’s CO2 Emissions

Building Performance

Whittemore Hall, 2000 Amos Tuck School of Business Administration Beginning the Integrated Design Process on Campus Enthalpy Energy Recovery Wheel Variable Air Volume Ventilation with Variable Frequency Drives on Fans High Performance Envelope with Triple Glazed Windows Energy Efficient Lighting & Motors

Enthalpy Energy Recovery Wheel

Variable Air Volume Ventilation with Variable Frequency Drives on Fans

High Performance Envelope with Triple Glazed Windows

Energy Efficient Lighting & Motors

Possible Solar Thermal Applications : Make-up water for steam plant Heating pools and hot water in the gym Leased equipment with positive cash flow in one to two years.

Possible Solar Thermal Applications :

Make-up water for steam plant

Heating pools and hot water in the gym

Leased equipment with positive cash flow in one to two years.

Energy and CO2 Reduction Energy Task Force Energy Conservation Technician Carbon Inventory – Clean Air Cool Planet Resource Working Group

Energy Task Force

Energy Conservation Technician

Carbon Inventory – Clean Air Cool Planet

Resource Working Group

5,000 light switch stickers

Sharing – Two in car (1/2 footprint) Caring – Through careful planning, halve travel + Sharing (1/4 footprint) Conserving – 2 X the mpg + Sharing + Caring (1/8 footprint) Bike Commuter Car Commuter Bus Commuter Commuting -- Ecological Footprint Comparisons

Sharing – Two in car (1/2 footprint)

Caring – Through careful planning, halve travel + Sharing (1/4 footprint)

Conserving – 2 X the mpg + Sharing + Caring (1/8 footprint)

Sustainable Dining Club Dine with no waste DDS Provides: Clean Silverware to Borrow Washable To-Go Containers in Collis, Food Court and Homeplate Diners Provide: Cloth Napkin Coffee Mug Reusable Water Bottle Blitz: WASTEFREE

Sustainable Dining Club

Dine with no waste

DDS Provides:

Clean Silverware to Borrow

Washable To-Go Containers in Collis, Food Court and Homeplate

Diners Provide:

Cloth Napkin

Coffee Mug

Reusable Water Bottle

Blitz: WASTEFREE

Social Marketing

Education

Garbage From Over 500 Lunches

12 hours of trash from Collis

Compost Facility in Action

Sales up 10.1% Customer transactions up 7.3%

in Greek houses, dorms and campus offices Training Sustainability Coordinators

El Anatsui: GAWU exhibition The Art of Sustainability

Transformation Disposed materials into stunning art – in Africa Profound over-consumption to sustainability – in Hanover, NH

Disposed materials into stunning art – in Africa

Profound over-consumption to sustainability – in Hanover, NH

Student Initiatives ECO – Env. Conservation Org. The Big Green Bus ESD – Env. Studies Division of DOC Dartmouth Progressives The Green Magazine Biodiesel Project Farm and Field Green Greeks

ECO – Env. Conservation Org.

The Big Green Bus

ESD – Env. Studies Division of DOC

Dartmouth Progressives

The Green Magazine

Biodiesel Project

Farm and Field

Green Greeks

The Chronicle of Higher Education Wednesday, January 24, 2007 Dartmouth Earns Highest Grade on Sustainability Report Card Along with Williams College, Harvard and Stanford. Issued by The Sustainable Endowments Institute

Dartmouth Earns Highest Grade on Sustainability Report Card Along with Williams College, Harvard and Stanford.

Issued by The Sustainable Endowments Institute

Kinks in the Chain

Single Occupant Automobile

Swimming in Solid Waste

High Embodied Energy Materials and Services Computers Food Buildings Communications Insurances

Cogeneration Plant Uses #6 Fuel Oil

Sustainability Asks us to Look at the World Differently.

The more rigorous the design constraints: The more creative and useful the final system. 20 percent vs. factor 20 reduction

The more creative and useful the final system.

Refuse Rethink Reduce Reuse Recycle

Refuse

Rethink

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

Sustainability Must Become the Default Option Easier And Less Costly

The prize? A restored planet to pass on to the next generation. Living with-in ecological systems is ultimately challenging .