Sustainability and RIT ’ s Climate Commitment
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Sustainability and RIT’s Climate Commitment
Making Sustainable Tracks
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“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
- Brundtland Commission, “Our Common Future”
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Earth Image: NASA
Population chart: SUSPS
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Source: http://www.vspop.org/htm/cartoons.htm
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Source: Capacity Evolution Blog http://ikan.biz/blog/sustainability-framework/the-value-web/
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Academics
• Degree programs and concentrations• Golisano Institute for Sustainability• Institute for Business Ethics and
Corporate Social Responsibility• Sustainable University IdeaLab• P3 Working Group• Journal of Environmental Sustainability
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Outreach
• Clinton Global Initiative Commitment• NYSP2I• Community/University Partnership• Future Stewards Program• International Campuses• Rochester City Scholars Program• Clean Energy Incubator
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Operations
• Climate Commitment• Waste Reduction• Local Foods• Active Transportation Initiatives• Green Cleaning• FSC Certified Print Shop• Metrics within Procurement• LEED Buildings
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From: US Green Building Council, 2008
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From: US Green Building Council, 2008
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From: US Green Building Council, 2008
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The Golisano Institute for Sustainability will be designed to maximize its energy performance and environmental goals to achieve a LEED-Platinum rating.
The building will serve as a teaching tool for the greater community, displaying its systems and processes and serving to attract worldwide talent to RIT.
Sustainability
Maximize Energy Efficiency / Minimize CO2 ▫
Daylighting ▫ Habitat Regeneration ▫
Promote Occupant Health ▫ Controllability of Systems ▫
Local Resources/Material ▫
Promote Alternative Transportation ▫ Indoor Air Quality
▫ Limit Light Pollution ▫ Performance M&V ▫ Thermal
Comfort ▫ Recharge Local Aquifer ▫ Rainwater
Management Teaching Opportunity ▫ Integrated with
Natural Environment ▫
Beyond LEED Platinum ▫ Renewable Resource Use ▫
Celebrate Integrated Recycling Process ▫
Source: SWBR Architects
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Goals
LEED-NC 2009 Credit Goals
SS Sites 23/26
WE Water 10/10
EA Energy 30/35
MR Materials 7/14
EQ Indoors 10/15
ID Innovation 6/6
Re Regional 4/4
90/110
LEED Certification Levels
points 40 50 60 80
Golisano Institute for Sustainability
Rochester, NY
Gross Area: 83, 670 SF
Source: SWBR Architects
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Campus Size (ft2)
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Campus Utilities compared to Size
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2009 2010 2011 2012
RIT GHG INVENTORY MT eCO2 MT eCO2 MT eCO2 MT eCO2
Scope 1 On-Campus Stationary 22337 18009 19159 16321
Fleet 481 455 513 443
Refrigerants and Chemicals 358 51 261 375
Agriculture 688 538 613 0
Scope 2 Purchased Electricity 14589 14408 10257 10285
Scope 3 Faculty/Staff Commuting 7115 7115 7115 7115
Student Commuting 5173 5306 5444 5536
Air Travel 6370 6529 6579 6579
Solid Waste 374 308 355 384
T&D Losses (from Scope 2) 676 668 671 673
Offsets RECs -44 -1411 -1539 -1534
Totals Scope 1 23864 19053 20547 17139
Scope 2 14589 14408 10257 10285
Scope 3 19709 19926 20164 20286
All Scopes 58162 53387 50968 47709
Net Emissions 58118 51976 49430 46175
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Emissions Trends
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Source: http://hotrock-sustainabilityeducation.blogspot.com
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“If you want to change government, change business…If you want to change business,
change the consumer.”
-Yvon Chouinard, Founder of Patagonia
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" We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein
Enid L. Cardinal, LEED APSenior Sustainability Advisor to the President
Rochester Institute of Technology585-475-7942