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Educating youth about sustainability, clean energy, and their role in creating a sustainable future is critical. Schools are well-positioned to prepare students for associated careers and improve quality of life. Sustainable education programs demonstrate this worldwide.
UBC has nearly 50,000 students and over 13,000 faculty and staff located across 500 buildings on 402 hectares of land. UBC has made several sustainability milestones since 1996 including opening green buildings, adopting sustainability policies, and setting targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 33% by 2015, 67% by 2020, and become carbon neutral by 2050. UBC's 20-Year Sustainability Strategy addresses sustainability in teaching/learning, operations/infrastructure, and the UBC community. The UBC Sustainability Scholars program provides graduate students practical sustainability experience working with community partners to help achieve sustainability goals and integrate academic and operational sustainability.
【平成25年度 環境人材育成コンソーシアム(EcoLeaD)事業】
日付:平成25年12月14日
イベント:第3回アジア環境人材育成研究交流大会-国際シンポジウム2部
タイトル:環境リーダーシップの養成と今後のあり方:AKEPTとUSMでの経験の共有 /Leading Change for Environmental Leadership and Beyond: Sharing the Experiences of AKEPT and USM
発表者:ザイナル・アビディン・サヌシ 氏(マレーシア高等教育省高等教育リーダーシップアカデミー副所長)/ Dr. Zainal Abidin Sanusi(Deputy Director, Centre for Leadership Training, Higher Education Leadership Academy, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia)
詳細:http://www.eco-lead.jp/active/seminar/2013-2/
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The Sustainability Strategy - University of British Columbia
1. Inspirations and Aspirations
The Sustainability Strategy
Vancouver and Okanagan Campuses 2006-2010
The University of British Columbia
S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y Canada’s leader in campus sustainability
2. The University of British Columbia,
aspiring to be one of the world’s
best universities, will prepare
students to become exceptional
global citizens, promote the
values of a civil and sustainable
society, and conduct outstanding
research to serve the people of
British Columbia, Canada, and
the world.
Trek 2010: A Global Journey
3. Creating Value Today
for Tomorrow
At the University of British Columbia we recognize the
intrinsic link between sustainability leadership and our core
commitment to excellence in teaching and learning, research,
and citizenship serving British Columbia, Canada and the
world. This year, we are pleased to publish a new Inspirations
and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy 2006-2010 that
reflects the commitment of every unit at the UBC Okanagan
and UBC Vancouver campuses to continuous improvement in
social, environmental, and economic performance.
Ten years ago, a pioneering UBC Board of Governer’s Policy on
“sustainable development” mandated the creation of an action
plan that identified targets for enhancing sustainability across
the campus. Inspirations and Aspirations embodies that goal
and demonstrates that every unit on campus is dedicated to
improving sustainability. Commitments without operational
plans and strategies often amount to little, so this document We remain committed to sustainability
articulates the strategies and targets that support our pledge to leadership. We will continue to embed
sustainability and identifies the responsible Vice President. sustainability within our overall
management systems. Our annual report
I take great pride in the early efforts of UBC’s Board of will use the triple bottom line to provide an
Governors, staff, faculty, and students to innovate and lead, annual update on our financial, social and
efforts that have resulted in significant changes on campus both environmental performance, and the Vice
in how we do things and - perhaps more significantly - in how Presidents will report annually to the Board
we evaluate new and existing programs and activities. of Governors on their progress.
And our successes have not been unnoticed.
Ultimately, UBC’s mission is to “prepare
UBC is the only Canadian campus to receive a Green Campus students to be exceptional global citizens,
Award from the US-based National Wildlife Federation and the promote the values of a civil and sustainable
only Canadian campus to receive a Sustainable Campus Award society, and to conduct outstanding research
from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in to serve the people of British Columbia,
Higher Education. Canada and the world.” The goals set out
in the following pages are a crucial step in
Most recently, the Life Sciences Centre, home to the expanded fulfilling this mission.
UBC medical program and the Life Sciences Institute, was the
largest structure in Canada to be certified LEED™ (Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold. The U-Pass
program at the Vancouver campus has reduced the number of Stephen Toope
cars coming to campus by 22% since 1997, while the number President
of students grew by 27%. A similar program has just been June 2007
approved for the Okanagan campus. Compared to the year
2000, our ECOTrek and ELECTrek initiatives have generated
energy savings of 24% per square metre annually, as well as
reduced water use by 42% annually.
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy 1
4. Canada’s Leader in Campus
Sustainability
UBC is among more than 300 leading In 2002, UBC was pleasantly surprised to
educational institutions around the world discover that our unique initiatives had
that signed the 1990 Talloires Declaration, made UBC Canada’s leader in campus
a 10-point action plan for incorporating sustainability. These iniatives include Social,
sustainability into higher education. Ecological, Economic Development Studies
These institutions have pledged to make (SEEDS); the ECOTrek energy and water
sustainability the foundation for campus reduction program; a groundwater heat
operations, research, and teaching. They are exchange system at the Okanagan campus;
encouraging their faculty, staff, and students the development of green buildings; and
to factor ecological, social, and economic the implementation of the U-Pass to reduce
consequences into all of their personal and traffic. In 2003, UBC became Canada’s
professional decisions. first and only university to receive Green
Campus Recognition from the U.S.-based
To date, UBC stands out as a leader in National Wildlife Federation. Since then,
putting its commitment into practice by we’ve won the award two more times, and
creating a culture of sustainability. This others as well.
journey began back in 1997 when UBC
became Canada’s first university to adopt What’s more, UBC’s new University
a sustainable development policy. A year Town is becoming one of the most livable
later, we became Canada’s first university to communities in Canada. To reduce
open a campus Sustainability Office. traffic, at least half of the households will
have one member who either studies or
works on campus. University Town also
offers progressive building designs, the
preservation of green spaces, a unique
governance model, and access to a wide
variety of academic, cultural, and athletic
facilities and programs.
On the academic side, UBC hosts
internationally renowned scholars in a
variety of sustainability areas including
ecological footprinting, green building, clean
energy, community and regional planning,
political ecology of water use, globalization,
and biotechnology. The university
offers more than 400 courses related
to sustainability and is home to several
research centres that focus on this topic.
Professor William Rees, from UBC’s School of Com-
munity and Regional Planning, invented ecological
footprinting analysis.
2 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
5. UBC is also the first and only university
in Canada to create a comprehensive
sustainability strategy. Inspirations and
Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
2006-2010 was produced in 2006 in
response to the university’s sustainable
development policy, which calls for clearly
targeted action plans in all departments to
improve performance in key sustainability
areas. The strategy outlined UBC
Vancouver’s goals, objectives, and action
plans for improving the institution’s social,
economic, and ecological performance over
the next five years. This revised strategy,
in 2007, includes the targets for both the goals for sustainability. Next, these groups
Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. identified objectives and set specific targets.
The result is that each of the objectives
In preparing this plan, a stakeholder listed in Inspirations and Aspirations: The
consultation process was carried out with Sustainability Strategy has at least one UBC
more than 40 departments, all faculties, unit that has assumed responsibility for
and all major student organizations at achieving it.
the UBC campuses. Together these groups
developed a framework and identified major However, the UBC community as a whole
must recognize that these objectives are
interdependent. The plan will succeed
only if we all take steps to achieve the
targets identified in all three areas: social,
economic, and ecological. Inspirations
and Aspirations: The UBC Sustainability
Strategy AND YOU is a companion
document that outlines the various targets
that we, as individuals, can strive for in our
own work, study, and research at UBC. Our
hope is that Inspirations and Aspirations
will guide us in this vital journey and serve
as a model and inspiration for institutions
around the world.
The Liu Institute for the Study of Global Issues is a
green building.
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy 3
6. Sustainability Goals
SOCIAL - Improve Human Health and Safety
- Make UBC a Model Sustainable Community
- Increase Understanding of Sustainability Inside
and Outside the University
ECONOMIC - Ensure Ongoing Economic Viability
- Maintain and Enhance the Asset Base
- Maintain and Maximize the Utilization of the
Physical Infrastructure
ECOLOGICAL - Reduce Pollution
- Conserve Resources
- Protect Biodiversity
The UBC Life Sciences is the first LEED™ Gold
building on campus.
4 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
7. SOCIAL GOALS
Social Goals
Goal: Improve Human Health and Safety
Objective: Objective:
Develop and implement a holistic Enhance campus safety and security.
Health and Wellness framework
designed to enhance personal and Action Plan:
organizational health and well-being. • Decrease frequency of time-loss accidents
per year by establishing annual unit-based
Action Plan: risk assessment and behaviour-based
• Establish measurements and set targets for safety training
health promotion and wellness • Deploy crime prevention strategies to
• Develop and implement an early increase personal awareness of safety
intervention program to support the and security issues
recovery and return to work of ill or • Increase awareness of services provided by
injured faculty and staff Campus Security through specially
• Determine effectiveness of existing designed events and publications
Health Needs Assessment tools • Designate UBC as a “Safe Community”
• Upgrade software and data collection and initiate a set of targets and action
systems for disability management plans to involve the whole UBC
programs Vancouver community in this program
• Expand and increase current programs
and publications that promote health
• Enhance immunization services (including
establishment of medical monitoring and
surveillance initiatives)
• Establish a comprehensive safety
management system with structured
programming focused on injury and
illness prevention
SPROUTS serves up affordable, organically grown, local,
and fair trade foods.
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy 5
8. SOCIAL GOALS
Social Goals
Goal: Make UBC a Model Sustainable Community
Objective: Objective:
Create a truly livable campus Meet ethical and environmental
environment in which people may purchasing standards.
flourish at work, at home, and at play.
Action Plan:
Action Plan: • Ensure that all Supply Management
• Develop and implement a human purchasing continues to be in accordance
resources plan that enhances the work with the Purchasing Management
environment Association of Canada’s Code of Ethics
• Ensure that the health and safety needs • Ensure campus-wide compliance with the
of all members of the UBC community UBC Purchasing Policy
are met by means of regular inspections • Ensure that all clothing purchases meet
and assessments of academic and non- the requirements of the UBC Bookstore
academic buildings Conduct Policy for Clothing Vendors
• Expand and increase programs and events • Use triple bottom line procurement at the
designed to educate the UBC community unit level
about human rights issues such as racism • Expand offering of “fair trade” products
and homophobia on campus
• Ensure that disabled students, faculty, • Continue formal communication links
and staff are able to achieve with students and the Food Services
their potential through appropriate Director
accommodation of their needs
• Provide on-campus housing for 25% of
full-time undergraduates
• Plan a “residential campus” at UBC
Okanagan
• Create a vibrant, culturally rich, healthy,
equitable, and diverse community by
working to meet the Official Community
Plan goals that: 50% of new market and
non-market housing serves households
where one or more members work or
attend university on the UBC (Vancouver)
campus; 40% of new residential dwellings
are ground-oriented; and 20% of new
residential dwellings will be rental
housing (of which not less than half will
be non-market housing that may include
staff, faculty, cooperative, social, or other
special housing needs)
• Develop recruitment processes that
meet the needs of families with respect to
housing, schooling, daycare, and
The Feeley family live and work on the
recreation
Vancouver campus.
6 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
9. SOCIAL GOALS
Goal: Increase Understanding of Sustainability Inside
and Outside the University
Objective: • Create new international learning
Strengthen the UBC community’s opportunities for students, and ensure
awareness and understanding of that they have access to a range of courses
sustainability, global citizenship, and and activities that provide information
civil society through learning, research, and ideas about all parts of the world
and community service.
Objective:
Action Plan: Connect with the larger community
• Develop ways to incorporate to promote sustainability, global
sustainability into teaching, learning, and citizenship, and civil society through
research as appropriate outreach programs, partnerships, and
• Expand the Sustainable Leaders tri- collaborations.
mentoring program that connects students
with professionals in the community Action Plan:
• Develop coordinated information • Create community-university groups to
programs, projects, and exhibits to identify possible areas for joint activity
heighten student, staff, and faculty in such areas as local health and
awareness of sustainability issues education needs
• Increase the number of students signing • Continue to develop community-based
the Sustainability Pledge to 20% programs in partnership with Aboriginal
• Expand Community Service Learning communities
(CSL) programs so that 10% of the • Assist Aboriginal peoples to meet their
student body will be involved in CSL learning needs and aspirations, including
• Explore opportunities for international the preservation of indigenous languages
Community Service Learning through • Profile global citizenship activities by
student, staff, and faculty exchanges with UBC’s faculty, staff, and students in the
similarly disposed institutions abroad local and national media
• Partner with the Indigenous people of • Establish the Okanagan Sustainability
the southern interior of British Columbia Institute to address sustainability
(under MOU of 2005 with the Okanagan issues in the Okanagan region, and
Nation Alliance) in order to continue also to make a significant contribution
to development programs and courses to our understanding of rapid growth
on Okanagain Indigenous culture, and developement, and its planning and
history, philosophy, and knowledge that management for sustainability, in similar
are collaborative, mutually respectful, regions globally
complementary, and authentic • Establish working relationships with
• Increase number of courses and groups in emerging countries to address
enrolments in courses on Aboriginal local problems in health, agriculture,
issues and perspectives social infrastructure, education, and
• Expand community service and volunteer sustainable development
programs for faculty and staff • Keep alumni informed about
• Develop and promote publications, sustainability and global citizenship
exhibits, and events on global citizenship initiatives at UBC, and encourage their
and civil society for audiences both on participation
and off campus • Offer flexible programming options to
respond to the needs of Indigenous
students and communities
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy 7
10. ECONOMIC GOALS
Economic Goals
Goal: Ensure Ongoing Economic Viability
Objective: Objective:
Keep tuition fees consistent with Ensure ongoing financial viability
educational costs.
Action Plan:
Action Plan: • Continue to use the Planning Framework,
• Ensure total revenues (tuition combined which ensures break-even operations
with other revenues) reflect the true cost • Implement recommendations of Provincial
of education Review Funding
• Develop a cost framework at the faculty • Work with government to secure
level sustainable funding levels
• Develop a communications strategy to • Work within the budget as over-
keep students, government, and the public expenditures are not permitted without
aware of the costs and benefits of learning prior approval
and research
• Inform tuition levels by comparing with
similar institutions
Objective:
Increase research support in all areas.
Action Plan:
• Ensure that UBC obtains a greater
proportion of federal funding for research
• Develop strategies to persuade the
provincial government to participate more
fully in research through increased
funding
• Actively promote sustainability research
at the provincial and national levels,
and pursue new sources of funding for
sustainability research in both the public
and the private sectors
• Ensure appropriate guidance and support
for research grant applications
• Encourage research partnerships with
governments and institutions in
developing countries
Amanda Vincent is the Canada Research Chair in Marine
Conservation at UBC.
8 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
11. ECONOMIC GOALS
Goal: Maintain and Enhance the Asset Base
Objective: Objective:
Make the best use of available assets. Develop reserve levels to protect against
economic risks.
Action Plan:
• Ensure that debt capacity is available for Action Plan:
future generations • Determine appropriate reserve levels
• Develop a prioritization process to ensure • Develop strategies to obtain the targeted
that debt is utilized in areas of strategic levels of reserves for the university
capital growth
• Utilize debt capacity to increase the asset
base to fulfill the mission of the university
• Maintain an appropriate credit rating
level from Moodys and Standard & Poors
which ensures ongoing financial viability
• Use a specially developed fiscal planning
framework to enhance decision making
• Ensure highest and best use of campus
lands with economical costs of
development
Objective:
Increase the Endowment Fund to
$1 billion by 2010.
Action Plan:
• Continue to build productive long-term
relationships with donors
• Increase our activities related to
identifying, approaching, and maintaining
contact with donors
• Increase our fundraising goals to reach
$150 million annually by 2010
• Manage endowment funds to ensure that
the annual income continues at an
adequate level to support the quantity and
quality of projects and programs they
were initially established to provide
• Endow and invest the proceeds from any
long-term leasing for market residential The University Town development is transforming UBC
or commercial use of real estate on the Vancouver from a commuter campus into a more com-
Point Grey campus as a component of plete community by providing staff, faculty, and student
the endowment investment portfolio and housing and community amenities.
spending
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy 9
12. ECONOMIC GOALS
Economic Goals
Goal: Maintain and Maximize the Utilization of the Physical
Infrastructure
Objective:
Control space and infrastructure costs,
and reduce deferred maintenance
Action Plan:
• Seek provincial government support for
Phase 2 of “UBC Renew” for UBC
Vancouver
• Develop strategies to ensure adequate
budgets for maintaining buildings and
assets based on life-cycle costing
• Complete Core Density study to confirm
adequacy of space for research and
academic growth over the next decade
• Increase space utilization by at least 5%
when renovating existing buildings
• Develop and implement an equitable
space allocation policy to encourage
downsizing, the sharing of space, and
more efficient use of under-used space
The Buchanan building was upgraded and retrofitted
through the UBC Renew Program, Phase I.
10 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
13. ECOLOGICAL GOALS
Ecological Goals
Goal: Reduce Pollution
Objective:
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and Objective:
improve air quality. Reduce all forms of waste and improve
waste disposal processes.
Action Plan:
• Complete the ECOTrek program to cut Action Plan:
CO2 emissions by 25% and reduce NOx • Develop new programs to educate the
emissions from the steam plant by 80% community about the importance of waste
at the Vancouver campus management
• Plan for the use of geohermal heating • Ensure that there is formal tracking and
and cooling for all new buildings at UBC reporting of all disposal of demolition and
Okanagan to prevent CO2 emissions construction waste
• Purchase BC Hydro green energy • Establish clear criteria for waste
certificates management and use of recycled materials
• Develop a transportation plan to maintain • Reduce waste sent to landfill from
annual average automobile traffic on the institutional and residential construction
Vancouver campus at 1997 per capita by at least 50%
levels or below • Maximize quantity of organic operational
• Convert at least 10% of UBC vehicle fleet waste sent to Vancouver’s on-site
to super-ultra-low-emission composter
(SULEV) standard • Expand programs to reduce amount of
• Expand U-Pass program to include hazardous waste generated
faculty, staff, and community residents at • Expand the Sustainability Coordinator
UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan program
• Encourage the purchase of local products
or services wherever possible
Objective:
Improve stormwater quality.
Action Plan:
• Establish criteria for the measurement
of water quality, and include these in the
UBC Stormwater Management Plan for
the Vancouver campus and University
Town
• Improve on-site quality of stormwater
at UBC Okanagan with bioswales and
retention ponds
• Establish best management practices for
stormwater volumes and quality control,
including the use of biofiltration systems
UBC is Canada’s first university to launch an in-vessel
compost system which digests waste from campus food
outlets and residences.
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy 11
14. ECOLOGICAL GOALS
Ecological Goals
Goal: Conserve Resources
Objective: Objective:
Reduce non-renewable energy Reduce water consumption.
consumption.
Action Plan:
Action Plan: • Reduce water consumption by 40% in
• Plan for the use of geothermal heating and UBC Vancouver’s institutional buildings
cooling at appropriate sites • Design new buildings to minimize the use
• Complete the ECOTrek program to of water
reduce energy use in existing buildings • Reduce irrigation needs through
by 30% landscape design, composted mulch, and
• Make all new institutional buildings other programs designed to conserve
25% more energy-efficient on average water
than national standard (Model National
Energy Code 1997) Objective:
• Retrofit all existing buildings at UBC Reduce paper use.
Okanagan that can be more energy
effecient Action Plan:
• Maximise passive solar opportunities
• Use a variety of consultation processes to • Reduce per capita purchase of virgin
invite input by students, faculty, staff, and paper by 20%
community residents on ways of reducing • Develop and implement campus-wide
energy consumption on our campuses protocols for switching from paper to
• Explore the use of renewable sources on-line communications for most internal
of energy such as hydrogen power, micro operations
hydro, ground source heat pumps, and • Expand options for purchasing paper with
integrated photovoltaic technology recycled content
• Ensure new building designs, both
residential and institutional, consider
future conversion to alternate energy
sources
Our ECOTrek program has contributed to significant
reductions in emissions and consumption.
12 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
15. ECOLOGICAL GOALS
Goal: Protect Biodiversity
Objective: Objective:
Ensure that hazardous materials are Ensure that the University community
handled safely and used sparingly. understands the value and importance
of a healthy ecosystem, and follows the
Action Plan: principles and practices articulated in
• Eliminate the use of pesticides for the University’s policies on sustainable
“cosmetic” purposes development, environmental protection,
• Promote the introduction of plants that and the management of hazardous
need little maintenance materials.
• Set targets for the reduction or
elimination of hazardous materials and Action Plan:
hazardous waste • Plan a series of publications (electronic
• Enhance programs to reduce and recycle and print) on UBC’s contributions to
hazardous materials research and policy development on
• Encourage the evaluation and use of the preservation and enhancement of the
“green” cleaning options for custodial environment
work • Develop innovative projects and designs
in each of the neighbourhoods of
University Town to show the value
Objective: of environmentally-friendly design and
Ensure that university housing design sustainable building practices
respects the needs of a healthy and • Design permanent buildings that are
sustainable ecosystem. flexible and adaptable to changing use
• Increase publication and distribution of
Action Plan: information for the benefit of all members
• Ensure that all residential building of the University community, including
projects on the UBC Vancouver residents, concerning the proper use and
campus meet the standards set out in disposal of hazardous materials
the university’s Residential Environmental • Implement a purchasing policy to guide
Assessment Program (REAP) Food Services in the procurement of
• Evaluate mechanisms to certify new sustainable fish and seafood
buildings under the “Leadership in Energy • Xeriscape grounds, using native and
and Environmental Design” (LEED™) drought tolerant plants, where feasible
program
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy 13
16. 8 Appendix: Targets established in 2005
Appendix
• Targets 2006-2010
“Do your little bit of good
where you are; it’s those little
bits of good put together that
overwhelm the world.”
Desmond Tutu
17. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Social Targets
Goal: Improve Human Health and Safety
Objective
Develop and implement a holistic Health and Wellness framework designed to
enhance personal and organizational health and well-being.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Develop a comprehensive Health 2007 Human Resources Okanagan
Promotion Framework DVC OKANAGAN
Establish measurements and set 2008 Health, Safety & Environment, Okanagan &
targets for health promotion and Human Resources Vancouver
wellness VP ADMIN & FINANCE
VP ACADEMIC
DVC OKANAGAN
Objective
Enhance campus safety and security.
Targets Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Decrease frequency of time-loss 2006-2010 Health, Safety & Environment, Vancouver
accidents by 10% each year Land & Building Services,
Housing & Conferences
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
VP STUDENTS
Implement a comprehensive safety 2008 Health, Safety & Environment Okanagan
management system with structured VP ADMIN & FINANCE
programming focused on injury and DVC OKANAGAN
illness protection
Decrease campus property theft 2005-2010 Campus Security Vancouver
incidents by 20% each year VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Increase awareness of Campus 2005-2010 Campus Security Vancouver
Security services by 15% per year VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy 15
18. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Social Targets
Objective
Enhance campus safety and security (continued)
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Establish tracking system for security 2006 AVP Campus Operations Okanagan
management DVC OKANAGAN
Designate UBC Vancouver as a “Safe 2006 Campus Security
Community” Campus & Community Planning Vancouver
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
VP EXTERNAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
VP STUDENTS
Provide training on field safety 2007 Health, Safety and Environment Okanagan
guidelines for all faculty DVC OKANAGAN
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Capacity. Create. Connect. Sustainability themed student art from Professor Barbara
Zeigler’s visual arts class, displayed in the AMS Art Gallery at UBC Vancouver.
16 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Campus Strategy
19. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Social Targets
Goal: Make UBC a Model Sustainable Community
Objective
Create a truly livable campus environment in which people may flourish at work, at
home, and at play.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Develop a series of targets, priorities, 2006 Human Resources Okanagan &
action plans, and measures for VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
enhancing the work environment at UBC VP ACADEMIC
Implement and review the targets, Ongoing Human Resources Okanagan &
priorities, action plans, and measures for VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
enhancing the work environment at UBC VP ACADEMIC
Work to maintain at least at least Ongoing Campus & Community Planning, Okanagan &
a 25% ratio of housing provided Housing and Conferences, Vancouver
specifically for full-time undergraduate UBC Properties Trust
students (UBC Vancouver) VP EXTERNAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
(UBC Okanagan will be 20% by 2010 working VP STUDENTS
towards 25% or more long term) VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Build a “Collegium” (home base for 2008 AVP Students Okanagan
commuting students) in each new DVC OKANAGAN
academic and student building
Work toward the Official Community Ongoing Campus & Community Planning, Vancouver
Plan goal that not less than 50% of UBC Properties Trust
new market and non-market housing VP EXTERNAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
serves households where one or more VP ADMIN & FINANCE
members work or attend university on
the UBC (Vancouver) campus
Plan for the Official Community Plan Ongoing Campus & Community Planning, Vancouver
goal that 20% of new residential UBC Properties Trust
housing will be rental housing, of VP EXTERNAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
which not less than half will be non- VP ADMIN & FINANCE
market housing that may include
staff, faculty, cooperative, social or
other special housing needs
Ensure designs meet the Official Ongoing Campus & Community Planning, Vancouver
Community Plan goal of 40% of new UBC Properties Trust
residential dwellings will be ground VP EXTERNAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
orientated housing VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Campus Strategy 17
20. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Social Targets
Objective
Meet ethical and environmental purchasing standards.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Use triple bottom line for procurement 2007 Supply Managment Okanagan &
at the unit level VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
Offer “fair trade” coffee at all eligible 2007 Food Services Okanagan &
Food Service units VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
Implement sustainability iniatives Ongoing Housing and Conferences Okanagan
proposed through the link with AVP Students
students and the Food Services VP STUDENTS
Director as feasible DVC OKANAGAN
Students have been improving ethical Seafood Purchasing Policies through SEEDS projects.
18 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
21. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Social Targets
Goal: Increase Understanding of Sustainability Inside
and Outside the University
Objective
Strengthen the UBC community’s awareness and understanding of sustainability,
global citizenship, and civil society through learning, research, and community service.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Develop new programs with methods 2006 Deans Okanagan &
and materials assisting faculty Centre for Teaching & Academic Vancouver
members to incorporate sustainability Growth
into their teaching as appropriate VP ACADEMIC
Issue recommendations from 2006 Sustainability Office Okanagan &
stakeholder consultation for expanding VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
teaching and research related to VP ACADEMIC
sustainability at UBC VP RESEARCH
Adopt a model of “common 2008 Dean of Arts & Science Okanagan
experience” courses undergraduates Dean of Health & Social Development
that includes sustainability Dean of Creative & Critical Studies
DVC OKANAGAN
Establish an integrated research 2007 Dean of Arts & Science Okanagan
community through research themes DVC OKANAGAN
that include sustainability
Increase the number of students signing 2010 Student Development Office Okanagan &
the Sustainability Pledge to 20% VP STUDENTS Vancouver
Involve 10% of students in Community 2010 UBC Learning Exchange Okanagan &
Service Learning Programs Deans Vancouver
Student Development
VP EXTERNAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
VP ACADEMIC
VP STUDENTS
Increase participation in student 2006 Go Global Okanagan &
mobility programs by 15% VP STUDENTS Vancouver
Broaden Okanagan content course 2010 Dean of Arts & Science Okanagan
offerings of the Indigenous Studies Arts Dean of Education
baccalaureate degree program, using Dean of Creative & Critical Studies
the En’owkin Centre as a cultural AVP Students
resource (as outlined in 2005 MOU) DVC OKANAGAN
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Campus Strategy 19
22. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Social Targets
Objective
Strengthen the UBC Community’s awareness and understanding of sustainability, global
citizenship, and civil society through learning, research, and community service (continued)
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Increase percentage of Aboriginal 2010 Deans Okanagan &
students in curricular and co-curricular First Nations House of Learning Vancouver
courses VP ACADEMIC
VP STUDENTS
Increase nmber of courses and 2010 Deans Okanagan &
enrolment in courses on Aboriginal First Nations House of Learning Vancouver
issues and perspectives VP ACADEMIC
DVC OKANAGAN
Objective
Connect with the larger community to promote global citizenship and sustainability
through outreach programs, partnerships, and collaborations.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Position 10% of undergraduates to 2010 Alumni Office Okanagan &
become future leaders of UBC alumni, AVP Students (Okanagan) Vancouver
helping them to connect with each VP STUDENTS
other and with UBC after graduation
Establish the Okanagan Sustainability 2007 Dean of Arts & Science Okanagan
Institute for research DVC OKANAGAN
Award first master’s degrees in 2007 College of Graduate Studies Okanagan
Summer Institute for Interdisciplinary DVC OKANAGAN
Indigenous Graduate Studies
Offer at least two UBC Indigenous 2006 Deans Okanagan
Studies courses at En’owkin Centre DVC OKANAGAN
sites each academic year
20 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
23. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Economic Targets
Goal: Ensure Ongoing Economic Viability
Objective
Keep tuition fees consistent with educational costs.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Strive to keep tuition rates at 25-30% Ongoing Finance Okanagan &
of education costs for domestic VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
students VP ACADEMIC
Objective
Increase research support in all areas.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Be one of the top recipients of Ongoing Associate VP Research Okanagan &
government research funding for VP RESEARCH Vancouver
Canadian universities
Develop strategies to increase Ongoing VP RESEARCH Okanagan &
government and granting agency’s VP ACADEMIC Vancouver
funding for research in sustainability
Objective
Ensure ongoing financial viability
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Continue to use the Planning Ongoing Finance Okanagan &
Framework which ensures break-even VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
operations
Implement recommendations of Ongoing Finance Okanagan &
Provincial Review Funding and work VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
with government to secure sustainable
funding levels
Work within the budget because over- Ongoing Finance Okanagan &
expenditures are not permitted unless VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
prior approval is obtained for research
and specific purpose trust projects /
grants (as per university policy)
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Campus Strategy 21
24. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Economic Targets
Goal: Maintain and Enhance the Asset Base
Objective
Make the best use of available assets.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Develop a prioritization process to 2007 Treasury Okanagan &
ensure that debt is utilized in areas of VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
strategic capital growth
Utilize debt capacity to increase the Ongoing Treasury Okanagan &
asset base to fulfill the mission of the VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
university
Ensure any long-term university Ongoing Finance Okanagan &
borrowing from an external third VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
party to replenish working capital
can neither result in an increase to
the university’s debt burden ratio
such that the projected rate over time
would exceed 5.5%, nor shall such
a borrowing provoke a downgrade
of any one of the university’s credit
ratings
Maintain an appropriate credit rating Ongoing Treasury Okanagan &
level from Moody’s and Standard and VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
Poor’s, which ensures ongoing financial
viability
22 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
25. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Economic Targets
Goal: Maintain and Enhance the Asset Base continued
Objective
Increase the Endowment Fund to $1 billion by 2010.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Increase the Endowment Fund to 2010 Treasury Okanagan &
$1 billion Finance Vancouver
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Increase our fundraising goals to reach 2010 Development Office Okanagan &
$150 million annually Deans Vancouver
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
VP ACADEMIC
Manage endowment funds to ensure Ongoing Treasury Okanagan &
that the annual income continues at an VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
adequate level to support the quantity
and quality of projects and programs
there were initially established to
provide. Only by preserving the
constant value of capital is it possible
to maintain the purchasing power of
income over time
Ensure the proceeds from any long- UBC Properties Trust Vancouver
term leasing for market residential 2010 Treasury
or commercial use of real estate on VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Point Grey campus shall be endowed
and invested as a component of the
endowment investment portfolio
and spending administered under the
terms of this policy, unless otherwise
approved by the Board of Governers
Objective
Develop reserve levels to protect against economic risks
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Determine appropriate reserve levels 2006 Treasury Okanagan &
VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
Develop strategies to obtain the 2007 Finance Okanagan &
targeted levels of reserves VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Campus Strategy 23
26. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Economic Targets
Goal: Maintain and Maximize the Utilization of the Physical
Infrastructure
Objective
Control space and infrastructure costs, and reduce deferred maintenance.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Seek provincial government support for 2010 Land and Building Services Vancouver
Phase 2 of “UBC Renew’ VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Study feasibility of retrofitting UBC 2008 AVP Operations Okanagan
Okanagan buildings constructed before DVC OKANAGAN
2006
Maintain operating budgets for new Ongoing Plant Operations (Vancouver) Okanagan &
and renovated buildings at Associate of AVP Operations (Okanagan) Vancouver
Physical Plant Administrators (APPA) VP ADMIN & FINANCE
level 2 standard or higher
Increase space utilization by at least 2010 Facilities & Capital Planning Vancouver
5% from 2000 levels VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Complete Core Density Study to 2007 Facilities & Capital Planning Vancouver
confirm adequacy of space for research VP ADMIN & FINANCE
and academic growth over the next
decade
Develop and implement a space 2008 Facilities & Capital Planning Vancouver
allocation policy VP ADMIN & FINANCE
24 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
27. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Ecological Targets
Goal: Reduce Pollution
Objective
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Reduce CO2 and equivalent emissions 2010 Sustainability Office Vancouver
from institutional and ancillary VP ADMIN & FINANCE
buildings by 25% from 2000 levels
(adjusted for growth)
Reduce steam plant NOx emissions by 2007 Sustainability Office Vancouver
80% from 2000 levels Utilities
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Plan for use of geothermal heating and 2010 AVP Operations Okanagan
cooling to replace the existing natural DVC OKANAGAN
gas plant, to save 30,000 tonnes of
CO2 emissions
Implement updated Strategic Ongoing Community and Campus Planning Vancouver
Transportation Plan TREK Transportation Management
Department
VP EXTERNAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Maintain annual average automobile Ongoing Community and Campus Planning Vancouver
traffic at or below 1997 per capita TREK Transportation Management
levels Department
VP EXTERNAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Expand U-Pass to include community, 2007 Community and Campus Planning Vancouver
faculty, and staff TREK Transportation Management
Department
VP EXTERNAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Develop a comprehensive sustainable 2007 TREK Transportation Management Okanagan
transportation strategy for UBC Department
Okanagan AVP Operations
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
DVC OKANAGAN
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Campus Strategy 25
28. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Ecological Targets
The UBC U-Pass program has helped to reduce
GHG emissions related to transport.
Objective
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality (continued).
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Convert at least 10% of UBC 2010 Plant Operations Okanagan &
Vancouver vehicle fleet to super-ultra- AVP Operations Vancouver
low emission (SULEV) standard VP ADMIN & FINANCE
DVC OKANAGAN
Increase Food Services purchases from 2007 Food Services Okanagan &
local producers Sustainability Office Vancouver
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Objective
Reduce all forms of waste and improve waste disposal processes.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Divert 50% of campus waste from Ongoing UBC Properties Trust Okanagan &
construction of new institutional VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
buildings from the landfill
Divert 75% of campus waste from Ongoing UBC Properties Trust Vancouver
construction, demolition, and land Sustainability Office
clearing for new residential buildings VP ADMIN & FINANCE
from the landfill
Divert 55% of annual operational 2010 Plant Operations Vancouver
waste from the landfill VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Measure how much waste is being 2007 AVP Operations Okanagan
diverted from landfill with the DVC OKANAGAN
recycling program
26 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
29. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Ecological Targets
Objective
Reduce all forms of waste and improve waste disposal processes (continued).
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Expand organics collection to include 2007 Plant Operations Okanagan &
all Food Services retail outlets Food Services Vancouver
Housing and Conferences
AVP Operations (Okanagan)
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Continue to effectively manage the 2006 Health, Safety & Environment Okanagan &
disposition of hazardous waste and set Sustainability Office Vancouver
targets to reduce harzardous waste VP ADMIN & FINANCE
VP RESEARCH
DVC OKANAGAN
Objective
Improve stormwater quality.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Establish stormwater quality guidelines 2006 Health, Safety &Environment Vancouver
Utilities
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Campus Strategy 27
30. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Ecological Targets
Goal: Conserve Resources
Objective
Reduce non-renewable energy consumption.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Reduce non-renewable energy 2010 Sustainability Office Vancouver
consumption in institutional & VP ADMIN & FINANCE
ancillary buildings by 30% (adjusted
for growth) from 2000 levels
Make new institutional buildings 25% Ongoing UBC Properties Trust Okanagan &
more efficient (on average) than the Plant Operations (Vancouver) Vancouver
Model National Energy Code (MNEC AVP Operations (Okanagan)
1997) VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Design new residential buildings (four Ongoing UBC Properties Trust Vancouver
stories or more) to meet or exceed Sustainability Office
Model National Energy Code (MNEC VP ADMIN & FINANCE
1997)
Implement three demonstration 2007 Sustainability Office Vancouver
projects to produce energy off the grid Utilities
for the campus UBC Properties Trust
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
Establish geothermal heating and 2006 AVP Operations Okanagan
cooling for all new buildings at UBC DVC OKANAGAN
Okanagan that is 40% more energy
efficient than conventinal systems
Complete feasibility study for solar 2009 AVP Operations Okanagan
heating of water in residences DVC OKANAGAN
28 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Campus Strategy
31. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Ecological Targets
Goal: Conserve resources (continued)
Objective
Reduce water consumption.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Reduce water consumption in 2010 Sustainability Office Vancouver
institutional buildings by 40% VP ADMIN & FINANCE
(adjusted for growth) from 2000 levels
Phase in a computerized sequencing 2010 AVP Operations Okanagan
irrigation system that reduces water DVC OKANAGAN
usage by 30%
Xeriscape, using native and dought- 2007 AVP Operations Okanagan
tolerant plants, in areas allowed in DVC OKANAGAN
the UBC Okanagan Wildllife Fire
Management Plan
Objective
Reduce paper use.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Reduce volume of paper purchased per 2010 Sustainability Office Okanagan &
capita by 20% from 2000 VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Campus Strategy 29
32. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Ecological Targets
Goal: Protect Biodiversity
Objective
Ensure that hazardous materials are handled safely and used sparingly.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Elimate the use of pesticides for 2008 Plant Operations Vancouver
“comestic” purposes (as defined by VP ADMIN & FINANCE
GVRD)
Set target to reduce hazardous 2007 Health, Safety & Environment Okanagan &
materials purchased Sustainability Office Vancouver
Supply Management,
VP ADMIN & FINANCE
VP RESEARCH
Objective
Ensure that University housing design respects the needs of a healthy and
sustainable ecosystem.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Implement the Residential 2006 UBC Properties Trust Vancouver
Environmental Assessment Program Sustainability Office
(REAP) for all new residential VP ADMIN & FINANCE
buildings
Evaluate mechanisms to certify 2010 Sustainability Office Okanagan &
new institutional buildings under VP ADMIN & FINANCE Vancouver
LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design)
Design all new buildings to achieve 2007 AVP Operations Okanagan
LEED™ Gold ratings DVC OKANAGAN
30 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
33. Appendix: Targets 2006 - 2010
•Ecological Targets
Goal: Protect Biodiversity (continued)
Objective
Ensure that the University community understands the value and importance of
a healthy ecosystem, and follows the principles and practices articulated in the
University’s policies on sustainable development, environmental protection, and the
management of hazardous materials.
Target Timeline Responsible Portfolio Campus
Incorporate one innovative Ongoing UBC Properties Trust Vancouver
sustainability project or design in each Sustainability Office,
of the neighbourhoods of University Campus & Community Planning
Town VP ADMIN & FINANCE
VP EXTERNAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
Devise and issue a series of publications 2007 Sustainability Office Okanagan &
on major UBC (including AMS and Public Affairs Vancouver
GSS and UBC Students’ Union) VP ADMIN & FINANCE
contributions to sustainability VP EXTERNAL & LEGAL AFFAIRS
Implement a purchasing policy to guide 2006 Food Services Vancouver
Food Services in the procurement of VP ADMIN & FINANCE
sustainable fish and seafood
Inspirations and Aspirations: The Campus Strategy 31
34. UBC at a Glance
The UBC Vancouver campus lies a few kilometres from downtown Vancouver. It is located on the tip of the Point
Grey peninsula and is surrounded by 763 hectares of forested parkland providing a green belt between the campus
and the city. UBC also has campuses in downtown Vancouver at Robson Square and Great Northern Way, and a
larger campus in Kelowna, the south Okanagan.
Incorporated by the British Columbia government in 1908, the University of British Columbia offers undergraduates
a wide variety of learning experiences, including innovative interdisciplinary programs such as Arts One,
Foundations, and Science One, as well as co-op work terms and Community Service Learning opportunities. UBC
has consistently ranked among the top 50 universities in the world, thanks to the pioneering work of leading
researchers like the late Michael Smith, a Nobel Laureate in 1993.
In addition to exceptional academics, UBC Vancouver students enjoy popular intramurals, the world-famous
Museum of Anthropology, and Pacific Spirit Park, as well as performances at the Chan Centre for the Performing
Arts and the Frederic Wood Theatre, and exhibitions at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Students also
have access to an authentic Japanese garden, fine athletics facilities (including indoor and outdoor pools), and
forest trails.
The UBC Okanagan campus, located in Kelowna, was opened in September 2005. A relatively small, intimate
campus, UBC Okanagan is currently expanding facilities and staff as it moves toward a total enrolment of 7,500
students.
FACTS ABOUT UBC VANCOUVER FACTS ABOUT UBC OKANAGAN
Academic programs Academic programs
500+ 22
Annual research funding Annual research funding
$350 million $6.9 million
Students Students
43,000 4,700
Faculty & staff Faculty & staff
10,000 500+
Alumni Alumni
212,000 490
Campus buildings Campus buildings
412 14
Residence beds on campus Residence beds on campus
(largest in Canada) 720
8,300
Economic impact on Okanagan economy
Spin-off companies created $300 million
115
All figures for 2006/07
Economic impact on B.C. economy
$4 billion
All figures for 2006/07
32 Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy
35. Inspirations and Aspirations
Available for download at: Published online to conserve resources
www.sustain.ubc.ca November 2007
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UBC Sustainability Office
2329 West Mall
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E-mail: sustain@interchange.ubc.ca Photographers: Martin Dee, Darin Dueck,
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