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Living Green @
Wayne• Sustainability is longevity of vital human
ecological support systems
• Detroit ranked 43rd out of the top 50largest US cities for its capacity to achieve
sustainability.
• Wayne State University used the Forumon Contemporary Issues in Society to
create the Living Green Task Force.
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Living Green @
Wayne
• The Task Force was comprised of faculty,
students, and staff
• They created a set of guidelines on five
topics: Transportation, Recycling, Waste
Stream Analysis and Mass Balance,
Energy Conservation, and EnvironmentalSustainability.
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Living Green @
Wayne
• Other Campus initiatives include:
• College of Engineering offers Masters in
Renewable Energy
• Three courses are offered:
– IST 2310 Living in the Environment
– CE 6150 Hydrologic Analysis and Design
– CE 5150 Soils and Soil Pollution
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Living Green:
Campus Cleanup
• Ergonomically designed ashtrays outside
campus buildings
• Easy-to-use trash cans at parking
structures
• Signs to encourage pride and cleanup
• Designated outdoor smoking areas with
ashtrays to prevent cigarette butts.
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Living Green:
Transportation
• Reduce number of miles students, staff,
and faculty drive by encouraging
alternative means of transport
• Improve awareness of campus
transportation services
• Public Safety: Use of hydrogen powered
fuel cell vehicles.
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Hydrogen Powered Fuel Cell car
WSU Police Officer next to the prototype for the Hydrogen
Powered Fuel Cell Car.
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Living Green:
Recycling
• Create comprehensive plan for a recycling
program on campus.
• Identify existing programs
• Identify infrastructure necessary to support
campus wide recycling program
• Identify and contractual possibilities with
vendors
• Educate campus about recycling
programs
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Living Green: Waste
Stream & Mass Balance
• Minimize waste and chemical disposal
costs
• Reduce occupational risks, purchase of
chemicals, mercury pollution, and use of
toxic chemicals
• Donate waste paint
• Recycle solvents
• Create environmental advisory board
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Living Green: Energy
Conservation
• Incorporate additional energy
conservation measures into the planned
design of new Engineering DevelopmentCenter.
• Develop energy-efficiency policies to
guide all future construction• Design and implement the Wayne State
Energy Reduction Program and
Campuswide Lighting Initiative.
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Living Green:
Sustainability
• Establish an Academic Study Group to
indentify research, scholarship, and
instructional opportunities for industrialand urban sustainability
• Steamline administrative processes and
improve utilization of campus resources• Work with surrounding communities
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Living Green: What
Can Library Do?
• Put turn off light signs in all rooms that
have own light switch
• Recycle bound materials that are
withdrawn from the collection
• Recycle colored paper that is used for
instruction and workshops
• Turn off all computers at night
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