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Elizabeth KissACUPCC Steering Committee
September 26, 2013
Sustainability @ Agnes Scott:Changing Institutional
Behavior & Culture
Sustainability @ Agnes Scott:Changing Institutional
Behavior & Culture
Population• 922 students • 325 faculty/staff
Footprint• 29 buildings – 900,000 sq ft. • 100 acre campus • 2,000 trees
Agnes Scott College @ 125 yearsAgnes Scott College @ 125 years
NOT coherent or integrated
Lost Opportunities: The David Orr StoryFragile Efforts:Environmental Studies(Here Today, Gone Tomorrow)Lonely & Scattered Champions
Where We Were…Where We Were…
•College Mission:We educate women to think deeply, live honorably, and engage the intellectual and social challenges of their time. (Sustainability key to all 3 components)
•Strategic Plan:Engaging a Wider World(Sustainability key to Goal #4: Living Honorably)
AlignmentAlignment
•Director of SustainabilityReports to President with dotted line report to VP for Business & Finance•Sustainability Fellows (funded through grants, donations, and partnership with City of Decatur)•Sustainability Steering CommitteeIncludes Faculty, Staff, Students, Senior Administrators, Trustees, Alumnae•Green Team, Environmental Residents, ESS Committee, GRF Committee
Staffing & GovernanceStaffing & Governance
Charter Member of ACUPCC (American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment)
Charter Member of the Billion Dollar Green Challenge
Green purchasing & waste reduction policy
LEED building policy – Silver or higher
Temperature Set Point Policy
Institutional PoliciesInstitutional Policies
Waste ManagementSingle stream recyclingComposting Cartridge World RecyclingPrint management system
Waste ManagementWaste Management
WASTE Diversion
From 24% in 2008 to 75% in 2013
RECYCLEMANIA 2012
In Georgia: # 1 for Food Service Organics # 2 in Per Capita Classic
Nationally: # 5 Food Service Organics
# 73 Per Capita Classic
TransportationSupply used cooking oil for bio-diesel Purple Bike ProgramZip CarReduced MARTA passesClean Air Campaign partnershipNo idling policyFuture Plans: Electric car charging station
TransportationTransportation
Curriculum Environmental & Sustainability Studies Minor (first three graduates May 2012)Azalea Project for Faculty: Sustainability Across the Curriculum (Two faculty now certified trainers) Student internships
CurriculumCurriculum
Student LifeGreen TeamEnvironmental ResidentsEco-House$10 Student Green FeeGarden Project Beehive ProjectAnd Much More!!
Student LifeStudent Life
Energy & Climate
GHG Emissions Inventory (16% reduction to date)Climate Action Plan Building DashboardGreen Revolving FundEnergy Retrofit Projects in off-campus houses w/Oak Ridge Nat’l Labs & Southface52,000 sq ft Geothermal Building renovation – opening Fall 2014 Hopefully coming soon…..Solar Power!!
Energy & ClimateEnergy & Climate
• $1 million by 2015• $500,000 committed to date by individual
donors and foundations– First Project (Campus-Wide Lighting Retrofit) Completed and
Returning Income to Fund– $175,000 commitment toward
cost of Geothermal of Campbell Hall– GRF to be incorporated into fundraising
for next major renovation project
Case Study #1: Agnes Scott’s Green Revolving Fund (GRF)
Case Study #1: Agnes Scott’s Green Revolving Fund (GRF)
• Supports environmental & financial sustainability• Elegant vehicle for structuring (and highlighting)
institutional commitment to efficiency• Powerful interdisciplinary learning tool • Appeals to donors (even those who are not Tree-
Hugger types!)• Provided a chance for Agnes Scott to be a leader
– inspired leadership from CFO and others
GRF as a Catalyst for Institutional ChangeGRF as a Catalyst for Institutional Change
• May 2013: Agnes Scott approved for two 98 kW solar arrays through Georgia Power’s Advanced Solar Initiative, GPASI
• GA Power will contract with college to buy power for 13 cents per kW for 20 years
• Payback period of 7 years with tax incentives• Opportunity to be a solar leader & shape policy
conversation in our region• Now seeking investors/funding sources
Case Study #2: Solar PowerCase Study #2: Solar Power
Making Sustainability part of Agnes Scott’s Institutional DNA Looking Beyond a Single President, CFO, Faculty
Champion, Sustainability DirectorThe WWSD ExperimentKey Steps:
Institutional PositioningBoard GovernanceDedicated Staff & Faculty
The Challenge: Looking Toward 2139The Challenge: Looking Toward 2139