Sustainability Matters: A Collaborative Discussion 10/28/12 Dr. Jay Antle, Johnson County Community College

The History of Galileo’s Pavilion  Student Sustainability Committee  Administrative Support  Board of Trustees

Galileo’s Pavilion/Studio 804

LEED Platinum Expectations

Construction

Living Walls

JCCC and Sustainability  Why?  Globalization and Competition  Preparing our Students for a New Century  Climate Change  Greening Skill Sets

History: 2008 Signing of the ACUPCC

Impact of ACUPCC  Signified Senior Leadership Support  Specific Initiatives: LEED, Recycling, Waste Minimization  Brought a “Top” to a Grassroots Effort  Led to Integration in JCCC’s Strategic Plan

Mission Mission:  JCCC shall lead through example in integrating sustainability into its curriculum and daily operations, transforming the physical campus into a living, learning laboratory. Being an environmentally, socially, and economically responsible institution shall benefit the college in terms of enhanced educational opportunities for our students, cost savings, and recognition as a regional leader.

Goals Educational Goals:  ›Integrate sustainability throughout the JCCC curriculum and student experience on campus  ›Increase student and community engagement in sustainability initiatives  ›Become a regional leader in providing green workforce training Operational Goals:  ›Become a zero waste to landfill campus by 2025  ›Make JCCC a 100% renewable energy campus by 2050 with 15% achieved by 2020  ›Become a net-negative energy consumer by aggressively pursuing energy efficiency  ›Develop a sustainable transportation plan that focuses on increasing the use of public transportation, carpooling, bicycling, and other lower- impact forms of transportation  ›Measure and monitor social, environmental, and economic sustainability metrics and performance indicators

Challenge: Green Jobs?  2009 ARRA Programs  Green Job Training Grants  No Federal Carbon Legislation  JCCC Programs- Energy Auditing, Solar Tech, Sustainable Agriculture  Sustainable Hospitality Internship Program  Continuing Education: Sustainable Business Leadership Certificate

National Leadership: Webinars and Conferences  / /

Campus as Learning Lab: Storm Water Project  ARRA/JCCC/Student Funding  50,000 Native Plants  Student Water Quality Testing

Sustainable Waste Management

Composting  Federal funding for in-vessel composting facility that is solar powered.  Full cycle composting on campus

Composting  ts-programs/composting/ ts-programs/composting/  43 of food tons since June 2011

Composting  Other options for composting around the country.  Benefits: Reduce landfill costs, much better option than creating methane in a landfill, discover inefficiencies in food production.

Recycling and Waste Management  Since 1994, revenue to student scholarships  Summer Single-Stream  Summer Centralized Office Recycling and Trash (CORT) program

 Added e-waste, metal, deconstruction materials, surplus furniture management.  Benefits over last 3 years  Increased revenue from recycling, $30k. $70k since 1994  Reduced landfill costs annually. $10k saved.  Analyze current system for schedule changes, etc. over $5k saved  Best for the environment. Recycling and Waste Management

E3 Sustainable Office Challenge  A “LEED” for Offices  ts-programs/e3-sustainable-offices/ ts-programs/e3-sustainable-offices/  20 offices in the challenge

Transportation

Total Vehicles Entering JCCC  12,925 daily – Spring 2011 – 12 th week  14,026 daily – Fall 2011 – 3 rd week  2001: 11,250 daily  24.7% increase from (Fall)  This percentage increase is nearly identical to the enrollment increase (24.4%) over the same time period  JCCC Commuters travel more than 55 million miles each year  That’s more than 7 trips around the Equator every day

 The highest peak occurs Wednesday at noon with 84% of total parking capacity used

 The highest peak occurs Wednesday at 10 am with 97% of total parking capacity used

Conclusions & Recommendations

Timeline Projections  Spring 2015 – 100% full, mid-day, mid- semester  Assuming 2% increase in vehicles per year – maintaining current linear relationship with the annual enrollment increase  Fall 2012 – 100% full 10am – 12pm, 3 rd week of semester

Why building additional parking is an unsustainable solution  JCCC average surface parking lot size = 440 spaces  Surface parking lot per space cost = $4,000  New 440 space surface lot = $1,760,000 ($880k/year + land use opportunity cost)  This buys less than 2 years of 2% enrollment increases with business as usual  Galileo Garage = 1,150 spaces  Parking garage per space cost = $15,000  New garage = $17,250,000 ($3.45 million/year)  This buys less than 5 years of 2% enrollment increases with business as usual  1,280 – Net parking space increase  2,776 - Vehicle increase

Express Bus Routes  Provide convenient, free-to-the-student alternative to commuting by car  Alleviate (or eliminate) parking problem indefinitely  Solution vs. Band-Aid  Much lower cost to the College than constructing additional parking

Parking Permits  Provide reliable funding source for transportation projects  Provide disincentive for single-occupant vehicle commuting

Other  Carpooling  Reserved parking for carpools  Bicycling  Safe bicycling paths  Covered, secure bicycle storage  Examine “non-transportation” solutions  Scheduling changes  Satellite campus locations  Hybrid/online classes  Update the Traffic & Parking study regularly  Confirm results, measure progress, and identify additional opportunities

JCCC Energy Brief Summary

Due to per kWh rate escalation outpacing electricity usage reduction

Estimated Savings JCCC has saved an estimated $445,747 from January 2010 – August 2012  Estimated using 2009 usage as baseline year

Curriculum: Sunflower Project  ts-programs/sunflower-project/ ts-programs/sunflower-project/

Students  nts/ nts/  Sustainability Initiatives Fund  Sustainability Sculpture Contest

What’s Next  Getting Serious about Mass Transit  Pushing for Additional Energy Efficiency Measures and Renewable Energy  Revisiting Board Policies/Procedures  Facilitating Conversations across Political Boundaries  Integrating Sustainability into Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment

Questions for Discussion  What does sustainability mean at your institutions?  What challenges do you face?  Does sustainability stand alone or is it integrated?  Implications of policy decisions?

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