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Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Natural Environment Planning, AASHE 2011 Rochelle Owen, Director Office of Sustainability, rjowen@dal.ca. Dalhousie University. Dalhousie University Campus. 100+ buildings/houses on 79-acres in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada.

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Dalhousie University

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  1. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Natural Environment Planning, AASHE 2011 Rochelle Owen, Director Office of Sustainability, rjowen@dal.ca Dalhousie University

  2. Dalhousie University Campus 100+ buildings/houses on 79-acres in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. Includes 4.5 million gross square feet of building space. A campus population of approximately 23,000 Three Campus: Studley, Carleton, Campus District Heating System that is 2 km+ long

  3. What we aim to do Sustainable Transport Biodiversity Energy & emissions Water & waste Engaged People And a bunch of other stuff ….

  4. Created /Doing 2008 -2011 Developing 2012-2014 Both doing and developing Measurement & Monitoring Policy and Planning Behaviour Built &Natural Infrastructure • Rethink Sustainability On Campus • _____________ • Events and Campaigns • Social marketing tools • EcoOlympics • Green Residence Forum • Sustainability Teams and Challenges • Rethink Energy on Campus • STARS • Dalhousie Sustainability Plan • ________ • (c02e tonnes) • kWhe/sqf/person/cost • m3/sqf/person/cost • Commuting mode % • Canopy/green cover/biodiversity % • Engagement outputs • Building meters-integration with Metasys • Dashboard • Sustainability Plan and Policy • _____________ • Climate Change Plan • Natural Environment Plan • Procurement and waste Plan • Transportation Demand Management Plan • Campus Utility Master Plan • _____________ • Active Transport Guidelines • Green Building Policy • Natural Environment Guideline and Policy • Paper Policy • Vendor Code • Sustainability to Purchasing Policy • Lighting Retrofits • Full building Sustainability Upgrades • Trigengeration Project • Appliance and equipment upgrades • Bicycle infrastructure • LEED Gold NC • __________ • Natural areas/garden • More native trees and shrubs Energy Water, Air, Land Built Environment Waste & emissions Natural Environment Purchasing Transport

  5. Components • Natural Environment Plan & Policy and Guidelines • Natural Environment Inventory and Mapping (birds, trees, shrubs, soil, air, water) • Planting – tree, shrubs, plants (roofs , land, pots, …); swales, corridors …

  6. Natural Environment: Key values?

  7. Natural Environment Plan and Policy • Context • Values/objectives/indicators/targets • Inventory • Implementation • Replacement – DiameterBreast Height • Planting Guidance • Funding- carbon offset, memorial, donation

  8. Upper campus in the later 1930s – already cleared

  9. Inventory • Landscapes – Tree and shrub inventory; classification of outside areas • Water – archives, maps, stormwater flows • Soil - geology pit studies from building projects • Air - local government air station data • Birds– counts , meetings with birders, linking birds and campus habitat

  10. Tree and Shrub Inventory

  11. Tree and Shrub Inventory • Collect Data – Student arborist and team • Training is key • Lidar data for GIS from the city • Create maps and stastical baseline for various features • Using this and campus master plan to create tree and shrub master plan for next 10-20 years.

  12. Used to determine LEED EBOM credit – native species by building site

  13. Immediate Impacts • Trees coming down for projects, knocked down for construction – policy inacted so projects pay for replacement using diameter breast height • Transitioning data management and policy action to Grounds manager • Trees being saved for higher end-use

  14. Next Steps • Finalize plan and policy drafts • Submit data to I-Tree - http://www.itreetools.org/ for more analysis • Finalize long-term tree and shrub master plan • Transition process to Facilities completely with some extra training • Additional training of projects staff • Funding opportunities and plantings –stormwater management

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