1. KSU SUSTAINABILITY 2017

2. From Kennesaw State University has been among seven Georgia Colleges & Universities named in the “Green Colleges List” issued by the Princeton Review in partnership with the U. S. Green Building Council.

3. Facilities
Numerous buildings on both the Kennesaw & Marietta campuses have received the USGBC’s LEED (leadership in energy & environmental design) certification at the Silver and Gold levels.

4. Prillaman Hall

5. Science Lab Addition

6. Social Sciences & the “Spaceship Earth” Sculpture

7. The Commons Dining Hall

8. What is LEED?
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a third party certification program developed by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2000.
The nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
LEED certification offers third party validation of a project’s green features and verifies that the building is operating exactly the way it was designed to.

9. LEED Certification
Building projects earn LEED certification and points for satisfying prerequisites within each of the LEED categories:
Sustainable Sites (SS), Water Efficiency (WE), Energy and Atmosphere (EA), Materials and Resources (MR) and Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
The number of points the project earns determines the level of LEED Certification the project receives:
Certified: 40–49 points
Silver: 50–59 points
Gold: 60–79 points
Platinum: 80 points and above

10. The KSU Commons Dining Hall is a nationally acclaimed model of sustainability
It has energy and water-conserving features, all food wastes are composted, and oil waste is sold as a biodiesel source

11. KSU’s Farm-to-Campus (-to-Farm) Program

12. KSU’s Farm-to-Campus Program Acres of organic farmland

14. AWARDS

16. Hydroponics (inside the Commons as well)

17. Apiary Course

18. (relatively) Free-Range Chickens

19. Hickory Grove Farm – located on an old GA DOT staging site

20. 1,000’s of truckloads of topsoil were needed

22. Farm-to-Campus Practices
Composting
Vermiculture/Vermicomposting
Rainwater reclamation
Recycling program for glass, plastic, cardboard, metal and aluminum cans, even used cooking oil for biodiesel conversion
Resulting in: Diversion of more than 43,800lbs of waste from landfill each month

23. KSU Farmers’ Market

24. KSU’s Farmers’ Market on the Campus Green

25. American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment
KSU has carried out 5 greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories – for fiscal years 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014,& 2016:
The FY 2014 inventory included data from the Southern Poly campus.

26. KSU’s 2016 GHG Inventory
Scope 1 = on-campus emissions (mainly natural gas) Scope 2 = electricity Scope 3 = travel & (mainly) commuting

27. Energy-Saving Measures
Combining Christmas & New Years campus shut-downs
Adding Energy-efficient LEED buildings
Setting 680 (winter) & 780 (summer)
Motion-detector light controls

28. Federal Stimulus funding awarded in 2010 have been used to increase energy efficiency in older buildings & to provide metering for most buildings.

29. “BOB” Shuttle Routes began in Spring, 2011
routes to remote parking lots & campus buildings
routes connecting nearby apartments

30. Shuttles reduce traffic congestion & pollution caused by prolonged vehicle idling times
KSU instituted a “No Idle” Policy in 2010

31. The Kennesaw campus is rapidly losing its natural areas, including a small forest that houses pink ladyslippers, a rare native orchid.
The Marietta Campus has natural areas that should be preserved.

32. Outdoor Gathering Places

33. Students have identified an area for creating a Bioswale to capture pollutants in campus storm water runoff

34. Recycling
KSU uses a “single source” (materials can be mixed) recycling system
KSU accepts paper, cardboard, aluminum cans, glass drink bottles, batteries, and plastics #s 1 - 7

35. Residence Halls
The newer buildings on the North side of campus have energy and water conserving features
Resident Assistants plan Sustainability Events (such as an “Earth Hour” celebration) on a regular basis

36. KSU’s Marietta Campus

37. Bicycle repair stations

38. Electric vehicle charging stations

39. Solar recharge station

40. Renewable energy

41. Green Engineering Research
Solar Oven Green Roof Study