UNC and Sustainability Policy and Practice Fayetteville Fort Bragg

UNC and Sustainability What is sustainability and why do we care? Fayetteville Fort Bragg

Carbon Footprint: How do we know? Data from NASA:

UNC Policy Environmental Policies – Sustainability – Environmental Criteria under the NC Environmental Policy Act – Guidelines on Recycling

UNC Sustainability Policy Systematic Integration of Sustainability Principles Master Planning Design and Construction Operations and Maintenance

UNC Sustainability Policy Climate Change Mitigation and Renewable Energy Transportation Recycling and Waste Management Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)

Metric Baseline Current % Change Enrollment176,967224,915 27% Gross Square Feet55,832,21984,045,570 51% Btu per square foot per year 169,641120, % Cost per million Btu$12.98$ % Total Cumulative Avoided Energy Costs $482,335,640 Water gallons per square foot per year % Water cost per thousand gallons $3.68$ % Total Cumulative Avoided Utility Costs $589,786,186

UNC Energy Leadership Challenge Goals: 1.Educate our students to be the leaders of tomorrow 2.Reduce and stabilize the university’s average annual energy expenditures 3.Transform and stimulate the North Carolina economy 4.Position the University of North Carolina system as national leaders in sustainability 5.Create a culture of environmental and economic sustainability across the UNC system For more information -

Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS) is a transparent, self-reporting framework for universities to measure their sustainability performance. Over 700 universities world-wide 608 in the United States 22 in North Carolina 12 in the UNC System Rating LevelsMin. Score Required STARS Bronze25 STARS Silver45 STARS Gold65 STARS Platinum85 STARS 2.0 Academics (AC) Engagement (EN) Operations (OP) Planning & Adm. (PA)

Global-warming emissions 23,000 MTCO₂E - 4,800 cars - 8,300 tons trash - 2,100 homes - $3.4 million (utilities only) - 586,000 trees

1.The trash we throw into the landfill each year in NC…? 2.Every 70 days, North Carolinians throw away enough trash to fill Dumpsters lining…? 3.Recycling in NC is a job creator and a growing part of our state’s economy. Recycling employs more than…? Waste…

Expanded waste streams 9% 15% 20% Student interns manage the green bins

Reduce waste through friendly competition Overall Goals for RecycleMania Motivate students/staff to increase recycling efforts and reduce waste generation Generate attention/support for recycling programs Encourage colleges to measure and benchmark recycling Have a fair and friendly competition

Reduce waste and local hunger Food Recovery Network unites students on college campuses to fight food waste and hunger by recovering perishable food that would otherwise go to waste from their campuses and communities and donating it to people in need. It is the largest student movement against hunger and has recovered and donated over one million pounds of food that otherwise would have gone to waste. That's over 800,000 meals that's gone to those in need. UNCP’s chapter: over 600 pounds for 360 meals in four months. Run by students through the Civic & Community Engagement Office and Sodexo.

Help build NC’s local food economy Supports the Center for Environmental Farming System’s “Farm to Fork” program NC 10% Campaign: purchase at least 10% of your food from local farms Since July 2010: 7,806 people and 1,062 businesses have spent $70 million locally UNCP’s baseline: < 1%

Clean our air, provide shade, protect from wind and save energy Tree Campus USA – program helps universities around the country establish and sustain healthy community forests. Trees benefit the environment and people Reduce the amount of energy a campus needs to generate Reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere Green spaces give students and faculty a setting to relax with others Recognition creates a campus that benefits the people, the environment and instills pride in the students, faculty, and community

Reduce emissions from transportation The Workplace Charging Challenge aims to achieve a tenfold increase in the number of U.S. employers offering workplace charging by NC ranks 14 th among states in terms of public charging sites with 471, averaging 183 kWh per month or $18, assuming $0.10 per kWh.

Questions? Miriam Tripp Special Projects Officer UNC-GA Jay Blauser Sustainability Director UNC Pembroke