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CWRU in Green GuideCampus ConservationNationalsRecycleMania RecapYear of Clean WaterCWRU Big Green EventThanks and So Long!Student JobsNew Farm Shuttle BusObserver CoverageUH's Sustainability ReportEventsLive Sustainable!In the NewsAbout UsWhy We Recycle Paper

Events

Sustainability Alliance / GLEI Talk w/ Energy Expert PhilFareseApril 23, 11:30 amGlennan 421No lunch provided

Cleveland Seed Bank Celebration

CWRU in Green GuidePrinceton Review Named Case Western AmongGreenest Schools.CWRU has been again named in The PrincetonReview’s sixth annual Green Guide. The University islisted as one of the 356 most environmentallyresponsible colleges of 2015. Case Western has beenincluded in the guide each year it has been published.Learn more at the Office for Sustainability's blog.

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April 25, 2:00-6:00 pmCleveland Public Library, Lorain Branch

Doan Brook Stream Clean-upApril 26, 1:00-4:00 pmRockefeller Park GazeboBring your friends or family and join the CWRU StudentSustainability Council to help clean-up our watershed, DoanBrook through Rockefeller Park, on Sunday, April 26th from1-4:00.Students can sign-up to volunteer here or just meet at the UglyStatue at 12:15pm or go directly to Rockefeller Lagoon Pavillion(on the corner of MLK and E 105th). Faculty and staff canregister to volunteer w/ the Doan Brook WatershedPartnership 216-325-7781 or [email protected].

ResCycleApril 27 - May 18Donate unwanted items from your res hall as you move out.

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Live Sustainable: Bring Your Own Mug! Try out this month's Live Sustainable challenge bygreening your drink. Carrying your own coffee mug cansave on plastic, cardboard, or styrofoam, and coffee spotson campus will even offer a discount for using it!

In the NewsCheck out this article about Cuyahoga County's newClean Energy Financing Hub to give businesses theopportunity to obtain loans for energy efficiencyinvestments for their buildings.(Photo Credit to Lynn Ischay, The Plain Dealer)

Campus ConservationNationalsCWRU is participating, for the first time, in athree-week national res hall energy competitionto reduce electricity usage, CampusConservation Nationals. The res halls have been split intothree competition groups to compete for prizesand glory. The Village vs. The Northwest Halls vs.Southside. So far, Southside is running away withthe cup having reduced usage over 10%.Check-out the standings poster here. You canalso check standings weeklyat buildingdashboard.net/case/.

RecycleMania 2015 RecapThe end of March marked the end of RecycleMania,the annual 8-week intercollegiate competition to see



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Why is it Important to Recycle Paper?As the Spring semester comes to a close, our desks,backpacks, and work bags are filling up with papers.Syllabuses and class papers, work memos, at home wemay receive the Sunday paper, or campus event flyers...Where does all this paper go? Every year, Americans throw 4.5tons of office paper "away" in the garbage, and every Sunday,500,000 trees are used to produce the 88% of newspapers thatare not recycled. This unrecycled paper contributes to CO2emissions and the masses of stuff collecting in landfills. Justone ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 4.6 cubic yards oflandfill space, and 54 million Btu's of energy. Help CWRU inlessening our impact on the environment by recycling paper oncampus and beyond!

About Us

The Office forSustainability isdedicated to creatingsustainable change oncampus by reducinggreenhouse gasemissions, improvingenergy efficiency,promoting local food,recycling, andsustainable purchasing,as well as advocating forindividual andinstitutional behaviorchange.

Questions/[email protected](216) 368-2196

which schools are reducing the most and recycling thebest. This is the fifth year that CWRU has participated,while we are not the most competitive school, wehave made significant strides. For this 8-week period,we:

Increased our paper recycling by almost apound per person, to 5.9 lbs/person.Increased our diversion rate to 16.8% - it was11% in 2011! This does not accurately reflectour total University diversion rate sinceRecycleMania only measures certain streams. Our FY14 diversion rate was 22%, and stilldidn’t include all of the streams we divert fromthe landfill.Overall reduced our greenhouse gas emissionsby 233 metric tons of C02 equivalent, or took 46cars off the road.

Ultimately, we encourage everyone to celebraterecycling daily by using less and recycling the rest.Think BEYOND the landfill!

Sustainable Cleveland 2019Year of Clean WaterIn Northeast Ohio, we are fortunate to have anabundance of clean water with Lake Erie andour many rivers and streams.Sustainable Cleveland 2019 is celebrating theseliquid resources in 2015 and there are lots ofways you can get involved.Encourage organizations and your family topledge to reduce bottled water at events,



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meetings and to not buy bottled waterpersonally. Attend a water related event for achance to win Cle related prizes or discovermore ways you can make positive change forclean water in our region.

Big Green Event AwardsStudents faculty and staff from CWRU’s campuscommunity came together at the Tink for CWRU’s firstannual Big Green Event. Twenty campus groups andseveral community guests gave attendees insight intotheir sustainability initiatives on campus and in thesurrounding community with short “popcorn”powerpoint presentations. The Office for Sustainabilityrecognized five CWRU Sustainability Champions &Climate Leaders. Congratulations to the followingindividuals:

Dr. Karen Braun, Associate Professor ofAccountancy, Weatherhead School ofManagementMischelle Brown, Masters Student, MS inPositive Organization Development and Change(MPOD), CWRU StaffSteven Cramer, Undergraduate Student,Cognitive Science and Economics, Class 2015,Chair of the Student Sustainability CouncilGene Matthews, Director of Facilities ServicesKathy O’Linn, HR and Facilities Manager, FPBSchool of Nursing, Green Team Leader

Read-up on the champions here.



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Thanks, So Long andWelcome!Facilities services has had two notableretirements recently. Dale Nenadal, ElectricalSupervisor for the past 35 years, finished out histenure at the end of February. Dale officiallyretired October 1st after 47 years of service to theUniversity, many of which were spent retro-fittingCWRU’s lighting to more sustainable options.Friday, April 3rd, Tom Bondra, Project Managerfor Facilities Services, shared his last lunch withhis crew. Tom started with CWRU 38 years agoas a plumber, and is regarded as the “go-to” guyto get major facilities projects done. CWRU andthe Office for Sustainability extends its heartfeltthanks and good wishes to them both! Readmore about Dale and Tom in their Dailyinterviews.

Welcome back to CWRUErika Weliczko, our newEnergy Manager! Erika, aCWRU School ofEngineering and Arts &Science alum isimplementing a retro-commisioing strategy forthe University to "tune-up"

existing buildings, tracking utilities and findingefficiency opportunities. Erika is a stalwartsustainability champion and renewable andenergy efficiency entrepreneur.



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Student Sustainability JobsGreen Lab Auditing TeamCWRU has a new green lab certification program andaudit checklist. We are gathering a team of studentauditors to directly with labs, facilities services and theoffice for sustainability. As a member of a Green LabAudit Team, members may be asked to perform any ofthe following tasks individually and collectively:

Set up audit time with interested lab managersand/or principal investigatorsPerform site visit with Green Lab Audit team tocampus laboratories to interview managersRecord objective and subjective informationaccording to investigation checklistInstall data loggers as required, download datafrom loggers and perform analysis to describetrendsCompile logged info with interview informationFollow-up in a timely manner with auditrecommendations and questionsDetermine potential for energy savings fromaudits if recommendations are followedWork with team to refine green lab checklist andfollow-up protocol Must be available at least 10 hours/week

Skills, Experience, and Personal Qualities Needed:

Successful completion of a science, engineeringor laboratory course at CWRUAccountable participant on a teamGood at making listsExcellent project follow-upInterest in implementing sustainability, energyefficiency, and recycling practices



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Efficient and professional communication styleboth in person and remotelyTechnically-oriented and project-focused

We need four students with immediate availabilityfollowing finals, May-early August. We currently planto start the program up again in September 2015.Email a few sentences about your interest and aresume to [email protected] asap.

Student Sustainability AmbassadorThe CWRU Office for Sustainability is taking the 2014pilot Student Climate Leaders into a yearlongprogram, kicking-off Fall 2015, now renamed StudentSustainability Ambassadors. If you are a CWRUundergraduate or graduate student passionate aboutsustainability, learning more about what CWRU isdoing to lower our greenhouse gas emissions andinterested in sharing with others how they canpersonally help, we hope you'll apply. If chosen for thisprogram, you will participate in three informationaltraining seminars early Fall semester, to learn moreabout sustainability and climate initiatives at CWRU,and then you will go out and deliver at least three10-20 minute presentations each semester to yourown CWRU network of classes, faculty/staffdepartment meetings, student organizations, etc.Spring semester you'll be asked to lead asustainability project. Student ambassadors whocomplete all of the program requirements will beprovided a cash stipend each semester. To apply,send an email to [email protected] with thesubject line “student sustainability ambassadorapplication” with the following information: 1. Yourname / 2. Your year in school / 3. Your major andminor / 4. Where you’re from / 5. A short paragraph onwhy you are interested in becoming a SustainabilityAmbassador, and why you think you would be a greatfit for the position.



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Introducing CWRU's FirstAlternative Fuel Shuttle BusCWRU recently purchased a 32-passenger shuttle bus that

runs on compressed natural gas (CNG), a clean, burning fuel

optimal for dense urban environments where air pollution is a

health and environmental concern. Standard Parking is

operating the shuttle for CWRU. The main role of this vehicle

is as a University Farm shuttle with a weekly schedule. The

shuttle is meant to provide students, faculty and staff with

more access to the University Farm for research, volunteering

and recreation.

Office for SustainabilityCovered in ObserverStephanie Corbett, CWRU Sustainability Director, wasinterviewed by the Observer about the Office forSustainability's efforts on campus this spring. A storyabout changes in recycling collection, RecycleMania,Campus Conservation Nationals and our new GreenLabs Program were covered on March 20.



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University Hospital'sSustainability ReportUniversity Hospitals recently released their 2013 annual

progress report on Sustainability. The UH sustainability team

is great partner and has really been making moves!

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