Sustainability and RIT’s Climate Commitment Making Sustainable Tracks

“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”

Earth Image: NASA Population chart: SUSPS

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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

Outreach Clinton Global Initiative Commitment NYSP2I Community/University Partnership Future Stewards Program International Campuses Rochester City Scholars Program Clean Energy Incubator

Operations Climate Commitment Waste Reduction Local Foods Active Transportation Initiatives Green Cleaning FSC Certified Print Shop Metrics within Procurement LEED Buildings

From: US Green Building Council, 2008

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

Goals LEED-NC 2009 Credit Goals SS Sites23/26 WE Water10/10 EA Energy30/35 MR Materials7/14 EQ Indoors10/15 ID Innovation6/6 Re Regional4/4 90/110 LEED Certification Levels points Golisano Institute for Sustainability Rochester, NY Gross Area: 83, 670 SF Source: SWBR Architects

Campus Size (ft 2 )

Campus Utilities compared to Size

RIT GHG INVENTORY MT eCO2 Scope 1 On-Campus Stationary Fleet Refrigerants and Chemicals Agriculture Scope 2 Purchased Electricity Scope 3 Faculty/Staff Commuting 7115 Student Commuting Air Travel Solid Waste T&D Losses (from Scope 2) Offsets RECs Totals Scope Scope Scope All Scopes Net Emissions

Emissions Trends

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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 AP Senior Sustainability Advisor to the President Rochester Institute of Technology