The document discusses Stony Brook University's participation in Car Free Day Long Island 2014 to promote sustainability. It summarizes that SBU aims to encourage students, faculty, and staff to pledge to be "car free" or "car lite" on September 22nd by using alternative transportation methods. It mentions that SBU won an award in 2013 for having the most pledges on Long Island and provides details on how individuals can pledge online for the 2014 event.

1. Sustainability Brook is Stony Brook University’s sustainability focused news-
letter, which is published by the SBU Office of Sustainability. Content includ-
ed in the newsletter is based on current sustainability initiatives, programs,
outreach events and content submitted by the University community. To sign
up to receive Sustainability Brook, please submit your name, e-mail address
to the Office of Sustainability at: sustainability@stonybrook.edu.
Stony Brook University Aims for Success
in Car Free Day Long Island 2014
In an effort to promote alternate modes of transportation,
decrease vehicle emissions and ease congestion, Stony Brook
University is again joining other sustainable leaders on
Long Island by participating in Car Free Day Long Island on
Monday, September 22, 2014. The annual event encourages
participants to pledge and be “car free” or “car lite” for a day
by using alternate modes of transportation which include
utilizing trains, buses, bicycles, carpools, subways or walk-
ing. Members of the Stony Brook University community are
encouraged to complete a pledge form to go “car free” or “car
lite” on September 22 in an effort to reduce emissions
created from the use of single occupancy vehicles, reduce traffice and mitigate impact on the
environment.
Car Free Day is an international event which spans 1,500 cities and 40 countries. The local
effort is named Car Free Day Long Island and is organized by Transit Solutions, which is a
Long Island-based entity which strives to improve air quality, increase transit ridership and
raise awareness on alternate forms of transportation. Car Free Day Long Island was
launched in September 2013 and the program is affiliated with 511NYRideshare.
In 2013, Stony Brook University participated in Car Free Day Long Island and was able to
win the “University/College” category for having the most “car free” and “car free lite” pledg-
es on Long Island. This year, the University is looking for students, faculty, staff and affiliat-
ed to pledge to be car free on September 22, 2014, by visiting www.carfreedayli.com/pledge/
and submitting a pledge form. Individuals who pledge are elligible to win prizes and by being
car free on September 22 can help reduce traffic congestion, parking demand and their
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sustainability
In this Issue
SBU Adds Six Electric
Vehicle Charging Stations
SBU Aims for Success in
Car Free Day Long Island
Wolf Ride Bike Share
Gets Bigger and Better
Trim Trax Builds
Awareness & Minimizes
Impact of Food Waste
Natural Meadows
Beautify Campus &
Mitigate Environmental
Impact
Carbon FootprintTM
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September 2014

2. Stony Brook University will add six new electric vehicle
charging stations (EVCS) on main campus by this summer,
bringing the total number of EVCS on campus to 10. The
new charging stations compliment the University’s four
existing stations, which are located at the Advanced Energy
Center in the Research and Development Park installed
approximately three years ago.
These stations are being added to support a growing number
of students, faculty, staff and visitors who drive plug-in
vehicles and are seeking energy resources while on campus.
Each station will supply electricity to two parking spaces in the following parking lots:
Stadium parking lot; Administration parking garage (on the 3rd level); Life Sciences lot;
Heavy Engineering lot; and, near the Life Sciences 2 parking lot located off of Lake Drive.
The existing EVCS located in the Administration parking garage stations were provided to
the University through Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2013 Charge New York Initiative. The
goal of the initiative is to create a statewide network of up to 3,000 public and workplace
charging stations over the next five years and to put up to 40,000 plug-in vehicles on the road
during that period.
SBU charging station fee is $3 per hour, per space; instructions are located at the station,
and all vehicles parked in an EVCS space must be charging.
“The new charging stations have been installed in close proximity to the Academic Mall,
thereby encouraging our community to utilize plug-in vehicles which have less of an impact
on the natural environment,” explained James Ambroise, SBU Transportation & Parking
Site Manager.
SBU plans to evaluate electric vehicle charging station use and consider additional locations,
as warranted by demand and University feedback. For additional information, please contact
the SBU Office of Sustainability at (631) 632-6219 or via email at sustainability@stony-
brook.edu.
In order to minimize our impact on the natural environment, parking meters now exclusively
accept credit or debit card payments at solar powered metered lot pay stations. Discontinuing
the need to collect coins on campus will save approximately 560 gallons of gasoline annually.
SBU Adds Six Electric Vehicle Charging
Stations
impact on the environment.
Car Free Day Long Island 2014 has already yielded a success story at SBU. Lori Lyons,
assistant director of Graduate Admissions & Academic Services at the School of Professional
Development, recently won one of the weekly “early bird” pledge raffle prizes from Transit
Solutions after she chose to pledge to be car free on September 22.
“I’ve always thought that there is not enough good quality public transportation here on
Long Island, and hoped that this would bring that focus to the right people,” said Lyons.
Thanks to her pledge, Lyons won two tickets to a performance at the Long Island Comedy
Festival at The Gateway Performing Arts Center.
On Car Free Day Long Island, Lyons said she “will be making alternative arrangements so
that [she] will not have to use [her] car on Car Free Day, by carpooling with family mem-
bers.”
Stony Brook University is served by a number of alternate modes of transportation, includ-
ing Long Island Rail Road, Suffolk Transit, 7Bus and 511NYRideshare for carpooling and
vanpooling. Stony Brook University students, faculty, staff and affiliates are encouraged to
pledge to be “car free” or “car free lite” by visiting http://www.carfreedayli.com/pledge/ and
choosing to be car free on September 22, 2014.
Water Bottles Saved
546,529and counting
8,305
2548:08:19
Aug. RecyclingTotals
Paper lbs226,266
Bottles
&Cans
lbs15,153
Pre-consumer
foodwaste lbs6,050
ofwasterecycled
thismonth
lbs8,495,737
Carbon
Footprint
Update
Be Green & Save Green
SinceRothMarketFreshopened:
biodegradableto-
gocontainerssaved.
13,059
lbseliminatedfrom
SBU’swastestream.
1,183
refundedto
students.
$
26,118

3. Black Eyed Susan
Sweet Crone Flower
Brown Eyed Susan
Rigid Goldenrod
The Stony Brook University Division of Facilities &
Services partnered with the University Environment
Committee in order to create two separate, low main-
tenance natural meadows, which serve to beautify
campus and mitigate impact to the environment. The
first meadow, which measures 30,395 square feet in
size, was installed in summer 2012 near the Universi-
ty’s North Engrance. The North Entrance Meadow is
similar to the meadow located at Stony Brook South-
ampton and is comprised of a “native northeast mix,” which consists of a range of
northeast region wildflowers and of annual, biennial and perennial plants.
In the weeks leading up to the planting of the North Entrance Meadow, the Univer-
sity Environment Committee promoted the concept of natural meadows on campus
because they require little irrigation and limited maintenance.
“The meadow plantings help decrease maintenance expenses and when in bloom
really help beautify a location. In addition, parts of the meadows were installed with
the use of composted soil from the R&D Park Greenhouse,” explained Al Dwyer,
Facilities & Services Grounds Manager.
Currently, the meadow only requires maintenance (i.e. cutting, et.) twice a year;
once in the fall and once in the spring, which is significantly less than the mainte-
nance requirements found in other areas. The surrounding areas of the North
Entrance Meadow also benefit from the installation because the meadows’ root
structures prevent runoff by absorbing water that infiltrates the ground.
Building off of the achievements of the North Entrance Meadow, the Division again
partnered with the University Environment Committee in summer 2014 to install a
second meadow located at the corner of Gym and Cirlce Roads. The second meadow,
nicknamed the “West Side Meadow,” is located on the west side of the Gym Road
commuter parking lot and is approximately 16,149 square feet in size.
In order to maintain consistency with the North Entrance Meadow, the West Side
Meadow is also comprised of a “native northeast mix” of regional wildflowers and
plants. The West Side Meadow only requires biannual maintenance (i.e. cutting,
etc.), which is identical to the maintenance levels requried at the North Entrance.
Through the installation of native species natural meadows, the University has
decreased rainwater runoff and achieved Groundwater Guardian Green Site desig-
nation by the Groundwater Foundation.
The planting types located at the North Entrance and West Side Meadows include:
Eastern Red Columbine
Red Milkweed
Butterfly Weed
New England Aster
Partridge Pea
Lance Leaf Coreopsis
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Indian Blanket
Ox-Eye Sunflower
Blazing Star
Wild Perennial Lupine
Wild Bergamot
Evening Primrose
Natural Meadows Beautify Campus &
Mitigate Environmental Impact
Blue Sky Spotlight
Meet Tom Lanzilotta
In his two year tenure
as Campus Energy
Manager, he has already
been involved with
about 30 projects.
His goal is to beat a
NYS mandate to remove
20% energy use by 2020.
He is a member of the
campus’s Sustainability
task force and the
Association of Energy
Engineers.
Read more on our website.
Sustainability
Calendar
Chef’s Table: Farm
to Fork (Dinner at
Roth Cafe, West
Side Dining and
Student Union)
Sept
09
Vegetable Harvest
Day
Sept
12
Farmer’s Market:
SAC Academic Mall
at 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Sept
17
Apple Market /
Fall Harvest
(Homecoming
Kickoff Event)
Sept
24

4. In response to feedback received from students and
staff, the University’s Office of Sustainability and
Department of Transportation & Parking Operations
expanded Wolf Ride Bike Share in summer 2014 by
adding new stations to multiple areas on campus. Wolf
Ride was initially launched in April 2013 with a total
of 48-bikes and 3-stations, which were located at; the
Student Activities Center, West Apartments I and
South P Lot. Through July 2014, Wolf Ride has been
used by students, faculty, staff and visitors for over
8,200 total rides and 2,500 hours of total ride time. On average, Wolf Ride has been
used approximately 22 times each day.
In August 2014, a total of 4-new Wolf Ride stations were installed near the Academic
Mall and were located next to the Melville Library (next to Frey Hall and Graduate
Chemistry), Javits Lecture Center (next to Humanities), James College (in Mendel-
sohn and H-Quads) and next to the Life Sciences building. In addition to adding new
stations, the University also added a total of 15-additional Wolf Ride bicycles and
expanded the South P Lot bike station so that it could house additional bikes. By
choosing to grow bike share and add new stations/bikes, the University has made
bike share more convienent to the community, while enhancing sustainable services
overall.
Wolf Ride Bike Share stations are comprised of a cylindrical solar array, multiple
batteries and a kiosk, which result in the system being electric grid independent and
completely “emissions free.” The service is offered on a “per ride” basis, is available
throughout the year (weather permitting) and is an alternate form of transportation
that can be used in lieu of forms which consume fossil fuels. The service is offered to
students, faculty, staff and visitors as per the following;
Current SBU Students: Use their SBU ID Card. Free for the first hour and over one
hour subject to Additional Fees. Note: The “PIN” code for current SBU students is the
student’s birth date, using the following format MMDDYYYY (Month, Day, Year). For
example, a student who was born on January 1, 2014, would have the following PIN
code: 01012014.
SBU Faculty, Staff & Visitors: Purchase a Subscription with a credit/debit card, and use
that card to access a bike.
Additional Fees:
0 to 60 Minutes = Free ($0.00)
1 to 2 Hours = $2.00
2 to 3 Hours = $4.00
3 to 4 Hours = $8.00
4 to 5 Hours = $16.00
5 to 24 Hours = $32.00
1 to 3 Days = $64.00
Over 3 Days = Lost Bike Fee = $1,150.00
Subscriptions are available for Faculty, Staff and Visitors in the following different
terms: Annual, Monthly, Weekly, Daily.
Wolf Ride Bike Share was developed in consultation with the University’s Transporta-
tion & Parking advisory Group, which is a group of students and staff who meet monthly
during the academic year to discuss transportation, parking and biking services. The
Advisory Group is open to the University community and individuals who are interested
to help shape future services are invited to participate.
Wolf Ride Bike Share Gets Bigger and
Better!
Sustainability
Topics
Energy
Food
Green-
house
Gas
Green
Buildings
Recycling
Trans-
portation
Water
It can take up to 2 weeks
for produce imported out-
side of the U.S. to reach
your grocery store.
Eat local produce instead--
it is not only healthier, but
is better for the environment.
Green Tip

5. Trim Trax is a sustainable program for building awareness
and minimizing the impact of food waste
In some areas of the U.S., food waste accounts for more than 15% of the materials
going into landfills. Here, the food degradation process forms methane, a green-
house gas that’s 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide! The economic impact is
shocking, too. According to the EPA, our nation new spends an estimated $1 billion
every year to dispose of excess food.
Campus Dining participages in the Trim Trax program to not just increase aware-
ness of this issue, but to track, measure and minimize food waste at each location,
in four key categories:
1. Production Waste 3. Unused/Out-of-Date Inventory
2. Over Production 4. Open Catetory
This program is used with other product cost-containment initiatives, but Trim Trax is uniquely designed for our
front line associates. By giving them the tools, perspective and ownership they need to track and trim waste
during the production process, we reduce the costs and carbon footprint of disposal as well as on the front end,
where you have to factor in the energy to processing, packaging and delivery of the food in the first place. Trim
Trax is not a short-term initiative. It is a permanent way to improve the way we work--a sustainable program for
a sustainable environment.
The carbon footprint Toolkit is the easy solution for dining’s journey to go green. It
is a web-based program designed to engage our managers to build an extensive
carbon reduction strategy. The site is robust in science and supported with verifi-
able metris.
The dashboard feature of the Toolkit allows any user to track and manage the
success of the strategy on a monthly basis. By the nature of initiating the recom-
mended best practices; reducing the carbon footprint translates into reducing opera-
tional costs through menuing and ultimately to more efficient energy, water and
waste usage.
Why Carbon Footprint?
Provides proven solutions for a growing demand
Scalable and unique to each individual account
Definable metrics backed by data
Extends the reach and contributes to our overall success managing the dining
program
Sustainability Topic: Food
Carbon FootprintTM
TM
For More Information
For additional information or to suggest content for future newsletters,
please contact us at:
Office of Sustainability
Central Stores Warehouse
Stony Brook University
(631) 632-4438
sustainability@stonybrook.edu