Timeline of Activities
9:00-10:30 Jonathan Schell’s Speech
11:00-12:30 International Webcast
12:30-12:35 Grand Prize Giveaway
12:30-1:00 Luncheon
1:00-1:15 Steve Arndt “Greening of UWO”
1:15-1:45 Environmental Audit Presentation
1:45-1:55 Chip Bircher from WPS
1:55-2:00 Green Power Presentation
2:00-2:30 Discussion: “The Greening of UWO”
The Environmental Audit at the
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Presented By:
Angela LeNoble
Michael Greene
Iryna Depenchuk
The Origins of the Audit
 The first Earth
Charter
Community
Summit
 Administration’s
encouragement
and assistance
Education
 major and a minor in
Environmental Studies
 Approximately 42
courses offered
 Earth Charter
 Environmental
Organizations
Recommendations
 University wide requirement
 Workshops to train professors how to add
green content to their courses
 Teach by example
 Organize and attend events
Energy
 Heating Plant
 WPS energy sources
 Green Power
 ECO’s
Consumption
Total KWH Consumption
 Last year:
Millions
3,049,350Therms
$ 1,186,490.04
35
30
25
20
1996- 1997- 1998- 1999- 2000- 2001- 20021997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
 31,464,000 KWH
Total Electricity Cost
 Energy Cost per
Student $244.65
Thousands
$ 1,339,655.46
$3,000
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,000
$500
1996- 1997- 1998- 1999- 2000- 2001- 20021997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Plant
FMC
Blackhawk
River
Elmwood
Reeve
Oviat
Scott
Grunhagen
Evans
Stewart
Nelson
Fletcher
Taylor
Breeze
Donner
Clemens
Webster
NE
A&C
Kolf
Clow
pollock
Swart
Radford
Polk
Harrington
Halsey
Dempsey
Albee
Consumption (cont.)
 Electrical Efficiency
Electrical Efficiency by Building 2002-2003
Recommendations
 Create excitement around
energy conservation on campus
 Take advantage of free training and
benchmarking tools
 Require conservation training for CA’s
 Educational campaigns
 Encourage students to come up with
energy saving ideas
Dining Services
 Sodexho’s company-wide reputation
 Sodexho at UWO
 Waste created by packaging
 Ultimate Dining program
 Organic and vegetarian food options
 23% of food purchases
are meat
Recommendations
 Request product information from all
companies that supply Sodexho food
 Conduct a waste stream audit
 Revitalize vegetarian options on
campus
 Purchase and make
available more organic
options to students
Water
 Consumption totaled 76,738,068 gallons
 Scott Hall, Gruenhagen, And Blackhawk
account for the highest consumption
 Account for 1.75% of the Wastewater
Treatment plant’s total inflow
cubic feet in 100's
The University's Total Water Usage
40000
37000
34000
31000
28000
25000
22000
19000
16000
13000
10000
2/25/005/25/00
5/25/008/24/00
8/24/00- 11/29/00- 2/2320111/29/00 2/23/01
5/25/01
5/25/018/27/01
8/27/01- 11/26/01- 2/22/0211/26/01 2/22/02
5/23/02
5/23/028/23/02
Recommendations
 Develop and implement a
comprehensive water conservation
program and policy
 Reuse gray water
 Landscaping
 Teach students about the importance of
water conservation
 Take a personal initiative to reduce
consumption and improve water quality
Transportation
 Cars:
 Around
3,083 parking spaces are available
 7,350 students get to campus by cars
 2,000 carpool permits were sold in 2002-03
 Buses:
 Cooperation
with Oshkosh Transit
 20 % increase (26, 291 rides)
 Bicycles:
 38
bike racks
Problems
 Shortage of parking spaces:
 400
resident and 500 commuter spaces
 300-500 students on the waiting list
 Around 500 cars parked in the outside
areas
 Bus system runs only till 6 p.m.
 Shortage of bike racks, problems with
safety
Recommendations:
 Encourage carpooling:
Flex time
 Multiple licenses on one permit
 Motorist assistance program
 Faculty: workday/workplace routine
 Emergency Ride Home program
 Update rideshare board

 Use buses
 More and better bike
racks
Waste
 960.86 tons a year
 mixed paper, cardboard, co-mingled
materials and trash.
Total amounts of solid waste generated in 2002
co-mingled
mixed paper
cardboard
trash
Current situation
 Recycling program was created in 1992
 A downward trend is observed
UW Oshkosh recycling
1000
900
800
700
600
tons 500
400
300
200
100
0
Co-mingled
Mixed paper
Corrugated cardboard
Trash
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
year
Recommendations
 Put recycling bins in every classroom
 Buy more recycled products
 Encourage use of 100% recycled
paper
 SEAC-recycling campaign:
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“Clothing mountain” campaign
Surveys
Art, Music, Literature
Field trip
Resolutions
Future of the Audit
 Continue to research and analyze other
university operations and activities
 Continue to Identify cost and waste
saving opportunities and formulate
programs to address them
 Inform the campus and community
about findings and
recommendations
 Institutionalize the audit
process