Sustainability Forum

Fall 2019

Carrie Black

Director, Energy Conservation & Sustainability

cblack32@valenciacollege.edu

New Sustainability Faculty Fellow

• Dr. Edie Gaythwaite

Sustainable Operations Update

Energy Update

• Spring Break Shutdown Competition

Energy Update: Continued

• City of Orlando Building Energy & Water

Efficiency Strategy (BEWES)

• OSC CIT Building

– Green Building Initiative- Green Globes

– Tracking: 2 Green Globes

• Energy Efficiency Projects

Energy Update: Current and Upcoming

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGe)

Inventory: Fall 2019

– Update Climate Action Plan

Waste & Recycling: Graduation Gowns

Valencia’s Graduation Gowns Traditional Graduation Gowns

Waste & Recycling Continued

• Hand Dryers Project

• Food Scrap Program– Partnership with City of Orlando

– West Campus: Cafeteria Kitchen & Culinary Program

– New Initiative: Front of House in West Campus Cafeteria

Transportation

• Ridesharing

– ReThink Your Commute

• Matching, plan and ride your route, built-in incentives

• Emergency Rides Home

• Student Launch: Spring 2020

Transportation

• Downtown Campus

– Advertising alternative ways to get to campus

• Social Media

• Kudos: SunRail Passes

• Electric Vehicle (EV)

Charging Stations

Grounds

• Tree Campus USA (TCUSA)

– Tree planting & native plant labeling event

• Upcoming: November at East

– Need students for committee

• Osceola Landscape Master Plan

– Progress meeting in July with faculty and

staff representatives

– Finalizing over next few weeks

Students

• Campus Earth Day Events

Students

• Valencia Earth Studies Association (VESA)

Community

• Central Florida Higher Education

Partnership for Sustainable Development

– Interested faculty involvement opportunity

• Downtown Orlando Partnership- Lunch &

Learn Panelist

• City of Orlando & Orange County

Sustainability Departments

• US Green Building Council Florida Chapter

Sustainability Assistant

• Welcome Laura Betts!

Sustainable Operations

Vision, Metrics, &

Objectives

Sustainability Mission & Vision

• Mission: Promote and execute operational practices

in the service of environmental, economic, and social

responsibility, while effectively communicating and

educating about the significance of these practices for

people and the planet.

• Vision: Serve as a role model in our community by

accomplishing sustainability goals.

Where Do We Stand?Measurements College-Wide 2017/18 2018/19 Change % Direction

ELECTRICElectricity Usage KWH 32,511,989 32,763,902 251,913 0.77% Higher

Electric Usage kWh/SF actual 14.46 14.48 0.02 0.14% Higher

Normalized Electrical Usage kWh/SF 14.23 13.84 -0.39 -2.82% Lower

WATERWater Usage- Potable (1,000) gallons 48,916 49,731 815 1.67% Higher

Water Usage- Non-Potable (1,000) gallons 13,481 12,558 -923 -6.85% Lower

WASTE & RECYCLINGTotal Waste in tons (landfill and recycle) 792 618 -174 -21.97% Lower

Total Recycle waste in tons 125 138 13 10.40% Higher

Waste and Recycling $/SF 0.12$ 0.11$ -0.01 -8.33% Lower

Total Waste (Trash & Recycle) in lbs per FTE

(Spring EOT counts via Institutional Research) 37.9 27.6 -10.28 -27.12% Lower

Total Recycle waste in lbs per FTE 6.0 6.2 0.19 3.12% Higher

FTE

Spring 2018: 41,774

Spring 2019: 44,724

Sustainability Objectives

• Objective 1: Obtain Carbon Neutrality

• Objective 2: Reduce the waste the College Generates

• Objective 3: Improve Water Quality & Conservation

Source: MWRA

Objective 1: Obtain Carbon Neutrality

• Lower Energy Usage

• Pursue Renewable Energy Options and

Carbon Offsets

• Reduce Transportation Emissions

Measurement: Reduce consumption 20%

from baseline year by 2025.

Objective 2: Reduce Waste

• Establish day-to-day practices and guidelines that

reduce and eliminate landfill waste streams and/or

improve recycling rates.

• Identify opportunities that would change current landfill

waste items to recyclable or reusable items.

• Measurement: Reduce the waste the

College produces by 25% from baseline

year by 2025.

• Identify operational processes and capital projects to

improve water use efficiency and/or reduce usage.

• Stormwater Management- Design and construct

parking and landscaping to implement stormwater

runoff best management practices.

Measurement: Reduce potable water usage

by 5% from baseline year by 2025.

Objective 3:

Improve Water Quality & Conservation

Questions

&

Open Discussion

Carrie Black

Director, Energy Conservation & Sustainability

(College-Wide)

Phone: 407-582-1706

Email: cblack32@valenciacollege.edu

Office: West Campus, 14-104

Mail Code: 4-21

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