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Sustainability and RIT ’ s Climate Commitment

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 ”.

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Sustainability and RIT ’ s Climate Commitment

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  1. Sustainability and RIT’s Climate Commitment Making Sustainable Tracks

  2. “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”

  3. Earth Image: NASA Population chart: SUSPS

  4. Source: http://www.vspop.org/htm/cartoons.htm

  5. Source: Capacity Evolution Blog http://ikan.biz/blog/sustainability-framework/the-value-web/

  6. 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

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

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

  9. From: US Green Building Council, 2008

  10. From: US Green Building Council, 2008

  11. From: US Green Building Council, 2008

  12. 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 ▫ Sustainability 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. Source: SWBR Architects

  13. Goals LEED-NC 2009 Credit Goals SS Sites 23/26 WE Water 10/10 EA Energy 30/35 MR Materials 7/14 EQ Indoors 10/15 ID Innovation 6/6 Re Regional 4/4 90/110 LEED Certification Levels Golisano Institute for Sustainability Rochester, NY Gross Area: 83, 670 SF points 40506080 Source: SWBR Architects

  14. Campus Size (ft2)

  15. Campus Utilities compared to Size

  16. Emissions Trends

  17. Source: http://hotrock-sustainabilityeducation.blogspot.com

  18. -Yvon Chouinard, Founder of Patagonia “If you want to change government, change business…If you want to change business, change the consumer.”

  19. " 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 585-475-7942 Enid.Cardinal@rit.edu

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