SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING
May 16, 2014 10AM
Meeting Location: West AHS 218
Agenda
1) 9:45 am: Outdoor Classroom - MetroPlan Orlando’s Clean Air Award honorable
mention
2) 10:00 am: Call the meeting to order
3) Note taker
4) Mission statement: “The committee's charge is to research and investigate potential
processes and define a series of sustainable and energy savings measures that support
Valencia's mission and can benefit the College in on-going operations, renovations and
new construction”. (on website)
5) Purpose and function of the committee
6) STARS, CAP, and SAP gaps
7) Rotate campuses for meetings?
8) Transportation Task Force (need contacts and begin meetings again)
a. Shuttle proposals from LYNX, Mears, and Super Shuttle
b. Identify funding sources
9) Submitting articles to the Grove
10)Meetings with Felicia Williams and Keith Houck – Lake Pamela projects, West Campus
representative, and green revolving fund
11)Landscaping
solutions
–
butterfly
garden
design,
plants,
signage;
horticulture/grounds/culinary partnership – natives nursery and herb garden
expansion; dune sunflowers
12)Student engagement and recruitment
a. Partnering with existing events; leadership training; new student experience;
in classes; etc.
13)Green Apple Day of Service (September) planning: butterfly garden; herb garden; bird
boxes, what else?
14)Energy Education – Patti
15)Erosion control and fencing around the lake – Andy
16)New paths and damage - Josh
17)Committee member projects and new committee ideas – all
18)Next meeting June 20th
19)Adjorn
A. STARS Gaps
Co-Curricular Education:
ER-T2-2: Organic Garden
ER-T2-7: Outdoors Program
Curriculum:
ER-6&9: Continue to increase sustainability focused and related courses
ER-9: Sustainability Learning Outcomes
ER-13: Sustainability Literacy Assessment
Climate:
OP-T2-1: Air Travel
OP-T2-2: Local Offsets Program
Dining Services:
OP-6: Food and Beverage Purchasing
OP-T2-7: Preconsumer Food Waste Composting
OP-T2-8: Postconsumer Food Waste Composting
OP-T2-9: Food Donation
OP-T2-11: Reusable Container Discounts
OP-T2-12: Reusable To Go Containers
Energy:
OP-8: Continue adding clean and renewables
OP-T2-17: Vending Machine Sensors
Purchasing:
OP-12: Office Paper Purchasing
Transportation:
OP-14: Campus Fleet
OP-15: Student Commute Modal Split
OP-16: Employee Commute Modal Split
OP-T2-26: Bicycle Sharing
OP-T2-28: Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
OP-T2-29: Mass Transit Programs (don’t we have discounted LYNX student passes?)
OP-T2-31: Telecommuting
OP-T2-32: Carpool/Vanpool Matching
OP-T2-33: Cash-out of Parking
OP-T2-34: Carpool Discount
OP-T2-35: Local Housing
OP-T2-36: Prohibiting Idling
OP-T2-37: Car Sharing
Waste:
OP-T2-41: Chemical Reuse Inventory
Water:
OP-T2-44: Waterless Urinals
OP-T2-45: Building Water Metering
Planning, Administration and Engagement:
PAE-2: Strategic Plan
Diversity and Affordability:
PAE-7: Measuring Campus Diversity Culture
PAE-T2-2: Employee Training Opportunities
Human Resources:
PAE-15: Employee Sustainability Educators Program (how is this different than SAC?)
PAE-T2-4: Childcare
PAE-T2-6: Socially Responsible Retirement Plan
Investment:
PAE-16: Committee on Investor Responsibility
PAE-17: Shareholder Advocacy
PAE-18: Positive Sustainability Investments
PAE-T2-7: Student-Managed Sustainable Investment Fund
PAE-T2-8: Sustainable Investment Policy
PAE-T2-9: Investment Disclosure
Public Engagement:
PAE-24: Sustainability Policy Advocacy
PAE-T2-10: Graduation Pledge
PAE-T2-12: Farmers' Market
SUPPLEMENTAL:
SD-2: Food Education
SD-3: Food and Beverage Purchases
SD-4: Confinement-Free Food Purchases
SD-5: Vegetarian-Fed Food Purchases
SD-6: Hormone-Free Food Purchases
SD-7: Seafood Purchases
SD-8: Dishware
SD-10: Energy Use by Type
SD-12: Bike Sharing
SD-13: Water Initiatives
SD-14: Endowment
B. CAP Deadlines
Transportation
Strategy
Milestones
Goal
Target
Date
1.)
Expand
Expand
Task
to
Expand
group
Transportation
Force
Task Force
include
members,
representative
comprised
s from each
representatives
campus
and
from
Faculty,
staff
planning,
and students.
with
July 2014
5-8
of
master
campus
security,
institutional
research,
student
services,
communication
s
and
the
sustainability
committee.
2.) Commuting
1.) Commuting
Track increases
Decembe
data collection
analysis report
in
r 2014
and analysis
through
transportation
institutional
alternatives,
research.
interest
used
of
in
2.) Additional
intercampus
transportation
shuttle,
surveys.
improve
and
accuracy
of
GHG reporting.
3.)
Carpool
Deployment of
1.)
Increase
transportation
workshops and
participation in
awareness
kiosks on all
reThink
campaign
campuses.
Commute to a
Your
minimum
of
500 by end of
2014.
2.)
Publicize
successful
carpools in the
Grove
and
Valencia Voice.
3.)
Secure
retching
staff
participation in
a minimum of 6
events
each
year on major
campuses and 3
events
each
year on satellite
campuses.
4.)
Keep
literature
stocked
in
Security
and
Atlas
labs
as
Decembe
r 2014
well as Student
Development.
5.)
Maintain
10%
annual
student
participation in
carpool
program
until
2060.
4.)
Promote
local
housing
Resources
listed
Connect
on
and
Decembe
students
and
staff
with
and day care
website
services
incorporated
resources
in orientation
nearby housing
materials
and day care
r 2014
on
facilities. Where
none
exist,
assess demand
and encourage
companies and
developers
to
fill need.
5.)
e-meeting
software
training
and
promotion
1.) e-meeting
1.) Aim for 100
Decembe
policy
e-meetings
r 2014
2.)
Software
in
2014.
employee
2.) Increase e-
training
meetings
workshops
100
by
annually
through 2020.
6.) Expand on-
1.)
campus
services
food
Approved
Develop RFP for
January
policy
food vendor(s)
2015
authorizing
with
private
sustainability
vendors
to
provide
food
on
campus
features
to June 2015
expiration
grounds.
current
2.)
contract.
Vendor
prior
of
selection
process.
7.) Commuter
1.)
List
challenge
participants
department
month as part
and 2.) VMT
participation in
of green office
reductions by
event
program
departments
8.) Long term
1.) Draft plan
Continue
to
transportation
2.)
participate
in
plan
transportation
planning
capital projects
transit agencies
List
of
of
Aim for 100%
June 2015
June 2015
with
and VC Master
Planning
Department
that
will
decrease
personal vehicle
miles
to
VC
campuses.
9.)
1.)
Approved
Aim for 5% staff
Telecommuting
telecommutin
participation in
program
g policy
2015
2.) Selection of
increase
1%
participants.
annually
over
June 2016
and
next five years.
10.)
Incentive
1.)
Parking
Decrease total
June 2015
system
fee/permit
number
of
implementatio
system
personal
n
enforcement
vehicles
on
policy.
campuses
by
2.)
5% in 2015 and
Collaborative
2%
programs
until 2030.
annually
developed
with
local
transit agency.
11.)
1.)
Feasibility
Intercampus
study
shuttle
2.)
program
schedule
Resubmit
June 2014
funding
Proposed
proposal
Transport
250
individual riders
daily in 2015
and
increase
ridership
as
needed.
12.)
projects
Capital
List
of
Implement
Ongoing
transportation
capital projects
through
related capital
identified
2060.
projects
long
and
in
term
funding
transportation
approval.
plan.
Energy
Strategy
Milestones
Goal
Target
Date
1.)
Green
Building
Policy
for
Existing
Buildings
1.)
List
of
environmentally
preferred
upgrades
Upgrade
25%
of
existing
buildings
every 3 years
December
2015
2.)
Recommissioning
plan
Draft plan with
proposed dates
of upgrades
3.) Evaluate
and
update
space
allocation plan
Consider review
and update
Re-evaluate
plan
in
coordination
with
benchmarked
utility
savings.
December
2014
4.) IT Power
Management
Solutions
1.) Select IT
Power
Management
Software
1.) Manage
all computer
equipment
through
a
program by
2014.
December
2014
2.) Draft policy
2.)
List
of
equipment and
configuration
status
5.)
Increase
1.)
Feasibility
June 2014
2.) Quarterly
audits
of
equipment to
ensure that
they
are
configured
for
power
saving mode.
Increase
June 2020
onsite
electricity
generation
study list
potential
projects
of
onsite
electricity
generation
20% every
10 years
2.) Issue RFI for
projects
6.) Renewable
energy
standard on
new buildings
Draft
and
approve policy
All
new
buildings
must meet a
minimum of
June 2014
10% of its
energy
demand
through
onsite
renewable
energy.
All
new
buildings
must be built
solar ready.
Waste
Strategy
Milestones
Goal
Target Date
1.
Composting
Program
1.) Education
program to
educate staff
and students
1.) Compost
>20%
of
food waste
on
West
Campus.
June 2016
2.) Expand
program to
all campuses
by 2017.
2.)
Waste
Reduction
Policy
Waste
reduction
policy draft
for review by
VC BOT.
Reduce
MSW
through
responsible
procurement
and
paper
use policy.
June 2017
Education and Outreach
Strategy
Milestones
Goal
Target
Date
1.)
Student
participation
in
the Sustainability
Committee
Recruit 3-5
students to
the
Committee
Achieve
equal
representation
of students,
faculty, and
December
2014
staff in the
Committee
2.)
Continue
sustainability
website and FB
page
1.)
Continually
update
2.)
Make
period posts
for
cross
posting FB
Maintain
interactive
educational
website and
FB page.
Ongoing
Sign up staff
for
appropriate
training
course(s) in
December
2014
content
on
VC FB page.
3.) Key personnel
training
and
certification
Identify key
staff
and
outside
training and
certificate
programs
2012-2013
academic
year
4.) Basic staff and
faculty training
Internal
training
program for
faculty and
staff.
100%
of
faculty and
staff
enroll
and pass basic
sustainability
course
December
2015
5.) Sustainability
curriculum
integration
Develop
curriculum
standards
Lesson plans
submitted by
100%
of
departments
for
review
and approval
by VP of
Academic
Affairs and
Planning and
Sustainability
Committee
June 2015
Research
topic areas
per
department
6.)
Update
strategic plan and
mission statement
to
include
sustainability
Work with
VP
Academic
Affairs and
Planning
Modify
strategic plan
and mission
statement to
include
commitment
to
sustainability
June 2015
7.)
Add
a
statement about
sustainability on
all
college
materials
Sustainability
statement or
motto
Presence of
motto
in
orientation
materials,
class syllabi
June 2015
and
signs
around
campus.
8.)
Install
conservation signs
Choose focus
areas
Create and
post signs
Three focus
areas
and
student
participation
in developing
the signs
December
2014
9.) Sustainability
training/certificate
programs
Program
approval
Offer
one
training
certificate
program
at
VC beginning
in academic
year
20152016
December
2016
10.)
Event launch
Collaborate
Ongoing
Establish
annually to
develop 1-2
events with a
local
organization
partnerships with
local
environmental
organizations and
government
agencies
11.) Green campus
awareness week or
competition
Planning
committee
Event plan
Dedicate
a
minimum of
one
week
annually to
raising
awareness
around
sustainability
topic (energy,
climate, etc.)
Ongoing
Sustainability Plan Initiatives (not listed in CAP update):
Transportation:
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Safer multi purpose paths/bike lanes plus bike racks
Collecting annual mileage per vehicle on VC campuses to improve accuracy of a fleet
analysis
LYNX express bus route (shuttle) between E and W campuses
Preferred parking places for LEV and FE
Electric vehicle charging stations
Tracking air travel
Energy:
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Analyze electricity consumption by building
Equipment retrofits, automation and controls
Energy savings through energy education
Reduce leakage of ozone depleting and global warming contributing refrigerants
Lighting retrofits
Solid Waste:
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Organize textbook recycling program
C&D recycling standard
Green office program
Education and Outreach:
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Energy heroes program
Support campus based clubs for co-curricular and extra-curricular activities
Continue to expand partnerships with student development (speakers, field trips,
events)
Provide speakers and facilitators for SkillShops, Visions and Voices, Leadership Valencia,
etc.
Water:

Reduce irrigation waste use by planting drought tolerant plants
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Indoor water use efficiency
Cooling towers
Grounds:

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Plant, inventory, and maintain trees
Fertilizer reduction
Campus as a living laboratory
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Improve wildlife habitat
Monitor water quality
Encourage professors to use the campus as a living laboratory
Financing:

Secure financing for GHG reduction related projects and other sustainability efforts
SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MINUTES
April 18, 2014 10AM
Meeting Location: AHS-218
Members Present: Andy Ray, Allen Bottorff, Clarence Canada, Jerry Reed, Patricia Smith, Sylvan
Vester, Larry Rosen, Josh Rittenberry, Earl Spatcher, John Letterman, Javier Garcies and Patti Riva
Old Business:
Minutes approved.
New Business:
1) Call the meeting to order at 10:02 am.
2) Introductions
3) Arbor Day: A suggestion was made to focus next year’s event a bit more and including
more service learning.
4) Discussion of Water refilling stations: Maybe distribution of water refilling station flyers at
orientation. Perhaps attempt to do that digitally rather than paper? Could we possibly use the
ATLAS website for sustainability “Do you knows”?
5) Bat Box, Osprey Nest, and Benches at Lake Pamela: We are currently moving forward with
the bat box, we need a 5-FT X 5-FT vinyl chain-link fence. We are having “issues” with campus
administration vision of the benches. Is there an opportunity to bring the library into the
outdoor Lake Pamela improvements? Should we create a graphic of all the good works
(endowed chair, improvements, etc..) for use in showing off what has been done and the
importance of the link to academics, students, and Lake Pamela.
6)
2014 Earth Day recap: East Campus is April 3 - Event was well attended and successful
Skillshops are going well and engage students (Monthly). It ties the students with behind
the scenes and services that support the sustainability mission
7)
Summer Activities: Traditionally no activities scheduled in summer due to low
enrollment.
8) Recycling: Do we actually dispose of recycling as a separate or single stream?
9) 2014 SACUBO Finalist and winner of Recyclemania: Finalist and winner of Recyclemania
for third (3) year in a row.
10) Healthy Vending: The financials show that the sales are supporting the deployment.
11) Presentation on outdoor areas of Valencia College West Campus: Is this open to cart traffic
for a reason? Plant Operations is going to replace the wood board fence to cut off “Roadways”.
Do we have plans for control burns? Let’s sign the lake buffer area to explain the areas that do
not get mowed; maybe some wood board fencing to sporadically delineate the area. The
committee members will discuss what might replace the desert sunflower that was removed
from behind building 8.
12) Next meeting – May 16, 2014.
13) Adjourn at 10:59 a.m.