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Addressing the Drought Through the Curriculum

Addressing the Drought Through the Curriculum. Michael D. Lee Dept. of Anthropology, Geography and Envt. Studies m ichael.lee@csueastbay.edu California Higher Education Sustainability Conference SDSU Tuesday June 17, 2014. Curriculum Contributions to Conservation Presentation Contents.

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Addressing the Drought Through the Curriculum

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  1. Addressing the Drought Through the Curriculum Michael D. Lee Dept. of Anthropology, Geography and Envt. Studies michael.lee@csueastbay.edu California Higher Education Sustainability Conference SDSU Tuesday June 17, 2014

  2. Curriculum Contributions to ConservationPresentation Contents • The context • Mechanisms for student and faculty involvement • Example projects • Restroom auditing • Irrigation assessment and data analysis • Turfgrass removal assessment • Student housing auditing

  3. Drought at East Bay • SFPUC (Hetch Hetchy) supplies City of Hayward • SFPUC has voluntary cutback goal of 10% • Campus Master Plan is to reduce long-term water use by 35-60% over do-nothing build-out • FD&O goal is to achieve ABx7.7 Water Conservation Act goal of 20% by 2020 • It’s the right thing to do…it’s a learning opportunity and…. there’s a simple business case ($$!).

  4. Hayward Campus Water Cost Data Current water savings from indoor conservation = $6.10 + $4.26 = $10.36 per CCF Per gallon water savings rate = $0.01385 per gallon (1.385 cents per gallon). • Volumetric tariff = $6.10 for each CCF >200 CCF. • Wastewater (sewage) charges (volumetric tariff) = $4.26 per CCF of building metered usage

  5. Conservation Project Selection • Must be suitable for group implementation • Should ideally result in significant savings, short payback (hence likely to be implemented) • Preferably a minimal need for equipment, expenditures, technical assistance • Executable in short time frame (5-6 weeks) • Relevant to student home/work life • Clearly part of a “sustainability skill set” • Approved by Facilities Management partners

  6. Restroom Auditing (Winter 13)

  7. Low Hanging Fruit About to be Picked • No of faucets with < 1yr payback = ~80/25% (~160/50% with <2yr payback) • Total 1st year net savings from retrofit of faucets with <1 yr payback = $35 per faucet • Estimated annual savings from <1yr retrofits = 279,000 gals

  8. Irrigation Assessment (Fall 13)

  9. Analytical Tools and Data (LDQU, Costing)

  10. Turfgrass Removal Screening (Spring 14)

  11. Student Screening/Decision Tool

  12. Student Housing Audit (Summer 14)

  13. Goal is 20% Reduction Over 2010 use • Will start tomorrow • All apartments to be audited • FD&O to retrofit showers and faucets with water misers based on flow data and estimated savings

  14. Thank you for your attention Prof. Michael D. Lee Ph.D. Department of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies California State University East Bay 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd. Hayward CA 94542 United States Email: michael.lee@csueastbay.edu Tel: 1 (510) 885-3155 Fax: 1 (510) 885-2353 Acknowledgements: Students of GEOG 4350 (Winter, Fall 2013) and ENVT 4800 (Spring 2014); Evelyn Lopez-Muñoz, Jim Zavagno, Robert Andrews, Derek Fisher and Manuel Ochoa of Cal State Facilities Development & Operations; Provost James Houpis.

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