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Emory’s Sustainability Vision Sustainability is related to the quality of life in a community— whether the economic, social, and environmental systems are providing a healthy, productive, and meaningful life for community residents, present and future.
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Emory’s Sustainability Vision Benefits : n Reputation n Recruitment n Retention SOCIAL ECONOMIC n Risk Management n Research Opportunities ENVIRONMENT n Return on Investment
Emory’s Sustainability Initiatives • Green Buildings and Green Space • Healthy Commute Alternatives • Energy Conservation • Water Conservation • Sustainable Food • Waste Reduction, Reuse & Recycling • Curriculum & Research • Community Outreach • Health & Wellness • Climate Action
Sustainable Building Design • 2001 - Current and future construction to LEED Silver standards • Goizueta: 1 st LEED-EB Gold in U. S. • 1 st LEED building in Southeast • 30 buildings (plus 3 pending); Over 3 million gsf LEED-certified space • New goals: – All new construction carbon neutral by 2025 – Major renovations meet LEED Silver
Greenspace Protection • 2001 Land Use Plan-Over 50% of campus protected • No Net Loss of Forest Canopy Policy • Pollinator Protection • New goals: – Net Positive Forest Canopy – 200 Trees Planted by 2036 – Invasive species removed from 25% of forests by 2025 – Reduce turf by 15% – Reduce or eliminate use of herbicides and pesticides
Sustainable Living • Sustainability themed residence halls • Student and Staff Sustainability Representatives • Sustainability Incentives Grants • Green Labs @ Emory; Green Offices @ Emory • Tobacco-free campus • Green Cleaning program • New goals: – Expand Sustainability Champions – Staff learning outcomes & assessment
Energy Conservation & Renewables • Met goal to reduce energy use 25% / sq. ft by 2015 from 2005 levels • Saved over $25 million • New goals: – Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge- 20% by 2020 – 50%/sq ft by 2025 from 2015 – Self-generate 10% of energy – Sustainability Revolving Fund • Solar- 265 kw installed; . 5 MW in planning phase • Co-generation facility/Combined Heat & Power = 1 MW
Climate Action Goals By 2020: 20% reduction in total emissions; (35% per square foot) By 2036: 36% reduction in total emissions; (50% per square foot) By 2050: 50% reduction in total emissions; (85% per square foot) • • 2005 Baseline; new Vision calls for updated goals Includes Emory Healthcare facilities on Clifton Corridor Carbon offset program for air travel in new Vision Emory holds no direct stock in companies producing fossil fuels
Healthy Commute Options § 50% sustainable commuters § Shuttles run on biofuel made from used cooking oil & remove 3 million car trips/yr § Incentives for sustainable commuting: § Free Staff Transit Passes; Park ‘n Rides; Bike share; bike repair; car share; carpool matching § New Vision Goals: § Emory “Beltline” § Telecommute one day per week unless justification by 2020
Water Conservation • Rainwater & Greywater Reuse • Condensate capture • Native & drought-tolerant species • Low or no flow fixtures • New Goal: 50% reduction by 2025
The Water Hub: Water Reclamation Facility • Up to 400, 000 gallons/day; over 140 million gall/year (40% total water used) • Reuse to heat and cool campus buildings and toilet flushing • Biomimetic technology– 1 st in U. S. • Est. Millions in Cost Savings
Sustainable Food • 75% local or sustainable food goal by 2025; 50% by end 2017; 60% by 2019 • Weekly Farmer’s Market • Organic farm at Oxford; Eight Educational Food/ Herb Gardens • Fair trade coffee and tea; seafood watch compliant; hormone-free dairy
Waste Minimization • Met 95% construction waste recycling goal by 2015 • Met 50% diversion from municipal landfill to recycling or composting by 2015 • Goal of “zero waste” (95% municipal waste diverted from landfills) by 2025, including food waste & animal bedding • All University events will be zero waste by 2020 • All University functions plastic bottle free to extent possible
Greening Healthcare • Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge • Mercury elimination program • Reusable sterile surgical gowns & towels • Reusable Wrap on surgical trays • Consolidated freight providers to reduce traffic • Med. Share collection in hospitals • Sharps collection and autoclave & reuse of containers • Eliminating paper forms/electronic records
Integrating Sustainability into the Curriculum • Emory’s Piedmont Project — Faculty training • National faculty workshops for other colleges and universities • Sustainability Minor • 317 courses/ 57% of depts.
Emory and Community -Multiple partnerships -one of a few schools in the country to accept more than 20 percent low-income Pell students and have a graduation rate higher than 85 percent.
Better. Life Growers Project Led by Atlanta Community Foundation • • Large-scale grower and processor; creates jobs Grow approximately 3 million lbs of lettuce and herbs Emory is ALW’s first and largest customer. Goizueta students provided business plan and operational plans
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