Sustainable Development Initiatives SUSTAINABILITY AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

Sustainable Development Initiatives SUSTAINABILITY AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO Dean Tarek Shawki (SSE) Associate Provost Ted Purinton Dubai, 27 March 2014 BCBCB Consortium

Sustainable Development Initiatives • • • ABOUT AUC Founded 1919 Approx. 5, 300 undergraduate students Approx. 1, 300 graduate students Just over 500 faculty members Programs: humanities, social sciences, sciences and engineering, education, global affairs, public policy, and business.

Sustainable Development Initiatives INSTITUTIONAL EFFORTS • Office of Sustainability • Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment • Center for Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Initiatives CAMPUS COMMITTEES • Clean and Green Committee • Sustainable Campus Committee • Energy and Resource Conservation and Efficiency Working Group

Sustainable Development Initiatives ACADEMIC PROGRAMS • Sustainable Development M. Sc. Degree – Soon with a dual degree option in Engineering with Politecnico di Milano • • • Environmental Science Minor Community Based Learning Professional Pro-Green Diploma John D. Gerhart Field Station, El Gouna Engineering and Science Services

Sustainable Development Initiatives NOTABLE CAMPUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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Sustainable Development Initiatives During the first two years of our energy saving program (20112013), we reduced AUC’s energy consumption overall by 1/3 and our energy expenses by two million dollars annually

Sustainable Development Initiatives Base Year (Sept. 1, 2010 to Aug. 31, 2011) Year 1 (Sept. 1, 2011 to Aug. 31, 2012) Year 2 (Sept. 1, 2012 to Aug. 31, 2013) Year 3 (Sept. 1, 2013 to Aug. 31, 2014) One Year Saving Comparison Year 1 to Base Year 23% Year 2 to Year 1 16. 16% Cumulative (Year 2 to Base Year) 35. 45%

Sustainable Development Initiatives Water

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Sustainable Development Initiatives Replacing the Flush Valves

Sustainable Development Initiatives SUSTAINABLE TRASH MANAGEMENT: REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

Sustainable Development Initiatives Locations of Main Sorting Stations and Future Mini Sorting-Stations

Sustainable Development Initiatives Main Sorting Stations

Sustainable Development Initiatives Carpooling

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Sustainable Development Initiatives Carpoolers park for free

Sustainable Development Initiatives Carpooling Website Anyone from AUC will be able to look for a ride and be matched with others going to and from their desired destinations or nearby locations.

Sustainable Development Initiatives M. Sc. Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Initiatives M. Sc. Sustainable Development Participants who join the program will be: • Among the first group studying sustainable development in the region • One of few green entrepreneurs in the Middle East and Africa • Desired in the local and international job market • Taught by international professors from four different schools at AUC • Active in helping the community while studying • Taking classes with students from different backgrounds

Sustainable Development Initiatives Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment The newly established Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) serves as a multidisciplinary institute dedicated to promoting research in sustainable environments in Egypt, the Middle East and North Africa. Housed on the New Cairo campus, RISE is carrying forward the legacy of the Desert Development Center (DDC), which has recently closed due to the expiration of a lease agreement with the government for its land in South Tahrir.

Sustainable Development Initiatives Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment One of the primary projects is the Living Learning Laboratory, which is a campus-based research model that engages students from different disciplines in various sustainability research projects. These include the maintenance of plants and vegetables on the University’s first green roof; the design of a solar roof for parking areas, as well as a solar-powered greenhouse; and the monitoring of water quality on campus. Through these projects, students get a hands-on appreciation of sustainability in their everyday lives. Another major on-campus event is Sustainable Campus Days, which aims to raise awareness of environmentally friendly initiatives at the University.

Sustainable Development Initiatives Education for Sustainable Development Beyond the Campus The AUC promoting sustainable development nationwide in the Egyptian public schools

Sustainable Development Initiatives Education for Sustainable Development Beyond the Campus 21 EU and Egyptian Partners Development kits for grades 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 Developed teachers‘ training program on ESD TOT for preparing teachers‘ trainers Established seven ESD Centers in Egypt

Sustainable Development Initiatives ESD Kits covering: Water, Energy, Agriculture and Biodiversity for grades

Sustainable Development Initiatives ESD Kits also as…. i. Book

Sustainable Development Initiatives Knowledge Triangle Platform for Water-Energy-Food Nexus Tri. Nex EU funded project between European and Egyptian Universities

Sustainable Development Initiatives Objective 1 – Tri. Nex aims to develop a national Water-Energy-Food strategy and collaboration platform for researchers and decision makers Objective 2 – Develop a Water-Energy-Food training program for officials from different ministers and raising the awareness of policy makers. Objective 3 – Training junior researchers on interdisciplinary waterenergy-food research and offering Ph. D Summer Schools Objective 4 – Developing a web-based knowledge-sharing system to enable all the stakeholders (universities, research centers, ministers, NGOs) to share knowledge and exchange experience.

Sustainable Development Initiatives Tri. Nex Partners

Sustainable Development Initiatives Graduate Program in Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Initiatives Offering dual degree in Sustainable Development between

Sustainable Development Initiatives This MSc Program is supported by the

Sustainable Development Initiatives Desalination Using Renewable Energies