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PAISBOA Annual Meeting Strategies for
Greening Our Independent Schools How
Independent Schools Are Responding to a 21st
Century Challenge 16 April 2008
Wynn Calder Principal, Sustainable Schools,
LLC Director, Association of University Leaders
for a Sustainable Future
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• Sustainable Schools A Concept Whose Time Has
  Come
• Wynn Calder, Principal, Sustainable Schools LLC,
  Washington, DC

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From Steffen et al. 2004
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UNsustainability?

• Houses - doubled in size since 1970
• Bottled Water - spent 15 billion in 2006 38
  billion bottles thrown out
• E-waste - dispose of 250 million computers each
  year 200 million active cell phones
• Self-Storage Facilities - gross revenues for 2007
  20.1 billion

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Our Great Challenge

• We are the first generation capable of
  determining the habitability of the planet for
  humans and other species.  
• -Tony Cortese, Second Nature

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Global Transition

• From
• Fossil powered
• Take, make, waste
• Living off natures capital
• Market as master
• Loss of cultural biological diversity
• Materialism as goal

• To
• Solar powered
• Cyclical production
• Living off natures income
• Market as servant
• Increased cultural biological diversity
• Human satisfaction as goal

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Education for Sustainability A New Perspective
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Higher Education and Sustainability- Headlines -

• Arizona State U Implements Green Purchasing
  Policy
• Humboldt State U to Install 2 Solar Projects
• San Diego State U Students Vote for Green Fee
• U Utah Offers Organic, Fair Trade Coffee
• Colorado State U President Calls for Increased
  Sustainability Research
• Louisiana State U Converts Local Cooking Oil to
  Biodiesel
• Maharishi U Dining Hall Goes 100 Vegetarian, 90
  Organic
• Over 500 college/university presidents have
  signed the Presidents Climate Commitment

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• Sustainability is no longer an elective.
• - David Skorton, Cornell President

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Physical Operations
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Herndon High School (Herdon, VA) Students
Against Global Abuse

• School Recycling Center
• Recycle waste from school and local businesses
• Receive 1.5 - 6.5 cents per pound of white
  paper
• Earned over 250,000 since 1989
• Reinvests college scholarships, greenhouse
  for growing and replanting natives in developed
  areas, reforestation

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New Canaan Country School (New Canaan, CT)

• Recycling
• Printing on recycled stock
• Environmentally preferred cleaning products
• Hazardous waste removal
• Lighting retrofit Campus energy audit
• LCD panels in IT Dept.
• Sustainable landscaping

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Northfield-Mount Hermon (Northfield, MA)
Green Cup Challenge

• 2006 NMH saved 45,960 kwh (10.73)
• 5,643.89/ month
• 51,972.71/ year
• /- 393,870 lbs. CO2 prevented by three
  schools

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Berkshire School(Sheffield, MA)

• Green Campus Initiative - 2004-05
• Carbon emission reductions - 2006-07
• Climate Action Plan (emissions inventory)
• Conservation Studies elective Conservation
  Committee
• Green Cup Challenge (energy audits)
• Focus areas
• On-campus stationary sources
• Electricity
• Transportation
• Solid waste

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The Miquon School (Conshohocken, PA)

• Green Grant Program
• Project Rainbarrel Installation
• Water conservation
• Erosion mitigation
• Gardening
• Health of creek

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William Penn Charter School (Philadelphia, PA)

• Green Grant Program
• Project Eliminating Disposable Plastic
• Reduce plastic disposable items, Styrofoam
  take-outs, paper cups
• Purchase an additional set of silverware
• New website to host information

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Education and Sustainability Benefits to Schools

• Provides greater relevance and purpose
• Students better prepared for citizenship and work
• Attracts students, faculty and funding
• Saves and other resources
• Improves school reputation
• Improves town/gown relationships
• Fulfills moral and social responsibility
• Shows leadership on issues of national and global
  importance

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Resources/Opportunities

• PAISBOA
• Green Schools Resource Packet
• NAIS
• Institute for Leadership in Sustainability
• Woodward Academy, June 2008
• www.nais.org/go/sustainability
• Green Schools Alliance (GSA)
• Climate Commitment (Pledge)
• www.greenschoolsalliance.org

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• Energy Efficiency Practical Tips and Cost
  Saving Measures
• Tom Sahagian, Manager, Energy Division at Power
  Concepts LLC, New York, NY

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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools

• Expand routine maintenance and staff training
• Tune up the boiler/burner annually, with
  instruments
• Upgrade lighting and controls
• Commission all heating/cooling controls
  (setpoints, schedule etc.)
• Reduce infiltration and control ventilation
• Insulate all bare hot or cold surfaces

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• Energy Management The Benefits of Using
  Building Control Systems
• Lawrence B. Eighmy, Founder and Managing
  Principal, The Stone House Group, Bethlehem, PA

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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Quick History of Control Systems

• Valves
• Pneumatics
• DDC
• Proprietary BMS
• Open-Source ATC/BMS

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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Concepts

• Off is Better
• Reset Schedule
• Sequence of Operations
• Demand Control Ventilation (CO2 control)
• Economizer Control Free Cooling
• Morning Warm-up Cycles

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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Current Marketplace

• BACnet
• Tridium (now acquired by Honeywell)
• Others (Open Framework)

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Honeywell Proprietary Control System
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Allerton Bacnet Open Protocol System
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• Green Building Design How It Applies to
  Building Renovation
• Daniela Holt Voith, Principal, Voith Mactivish
  Architects LLP, Philadelphia, PA

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LEED for Schools
LEED focuses on educational buildings

• Classroom Acoustics create an environment in
  which teachers and students can communicate

• Temperature Control enhance teacher and
  student capabilities by allowing individual
  comfort zones

• Master Planning a commitment from the school
  to continue efforts of sustainable design
  practice

• Teaching Tool teach students of a sustainable
  lifestyle as well as building design through
  scheduled classes

• Indoor Air Quality improve health via low
  VOCs, supplying fresh air, mold prevention

• Joint Use of Facilities promote community use
  and involvement

• Daylight Views improve performance with
  managed daylight and sight lines to the outdoors

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Tanenbaum Phase II Existing Interiors
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Tanenbaum Phase II First Floor
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Major renovations LEED NC

• Maintain 75 of existing
• building structure shell

• Increased energy efficiency
• by 25

• Provide 1 operable window
• lighting control zone per
• 200 sf within 15 of perimeter
• wall

• 5 post-consumer
• recycled content or
• 10 (post-consumer
• ½ post-industrial)

17,000sf _at_ 179/sf including sitework
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Considerations for green renovations

• Energy saving strategies
• Selected upfront investments
• Water Use Reduction
• Energy Modeling
• Paperless Submittals

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• Green Purchasing A Guide to Theory and
  Practice
• Kevin Lyons, Director, Purchasing Dept, Research
  Professor, Supply Chain Environmental Archeology,
  Rutgers, The State University of NJ, New
  Brunswick, NJ

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Green Purchasing
In order to be good stewards of the environment,
we should buy products that conserve energy and
other precious resources. Green Purchasing

• minimizes negative environmental effects through
  the use of environmentally friendly products and
  practices.
• is a way of adding environmental considerations
  to the price and performance criteria that
  businesses use to make purchasing decisions.
• attempts to identify and reduce environmental
  impact and to maximize resource efficiency.
• More energy efficient, less toxic, less
  polluting, the generation of less waste overall

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Positive Environmental Attributes

• Recycled content
• Recyclability
• Product disassembly potential
• Durability
• Reusability
• Take-back
• Biobased
• Energy efficiency
• Water efficiency
• Reconditioned or remanufactured

• Maintenance
• Disposal
• Raw materials acquisition
• Production
• Manufacturing
• Packaging
• Distribution and transportation methods
• Operation

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Green Purchasing Policy
Changing the Mindset Inside the Campus
http//purchasing.rutgers.edu/green/

• Consumption (is it needed?)
• Cradle-to-Cradle concepts (more than price!)
• Green Buildings (Design, Construction,
  Renovation)
• BioBase, Biodegradable, etc.
• Fleets and Transportation
• Energy
• Corporate Social Environmental Reporting

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Changing the Mindset Outside the Campus

• Criteria we will be considering when we procure
  an item will be
• The availability of the item the potential
  impact of procurement on the solid waste stream
• The economic and technological feasibility of
  producing the item and
• Other uses of the recovered materials used to
  produce the item.
• Ethics and Socially Responsible policies and
  practices

• Items you may want to share could include
• Company/Corporate annual report (current or prior
  year) highlighting current green initiatives
• Documents presenting ideas for new green
  initiatives
• Company/Corporate policies regarding office
  recycling, reducing packaging, etc.

If your company does not have a policy or
initiative in place currently, we would be happy
to work with you to develop a plan that fits your
companys specific needs.
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The Rutgers Green Purchasing Cooperative

• Sample Green Contracts
• Recycled Content Paper
• Green Cleaning Chemicals and Custodial
  Maintenance Products
• Bulk PC/Laptop Purchasing Program
• Phone/ VoIP Services
• Biodiesel Fuel
• Bulk Printer Purchasing Program
• Recycled Content Trash Bags
• Emergency Notification System
• Ice Melt
• Office/Conference Room Furniture
• NJ State Green Contracts
• EI Green Contracts

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• Sustainable Food A Practical Guide to Buying
  Locally
• Joseph Ducati, Williamson Hospitality
  Services/CulinArt Food Service Director, George
  School, Newtown, PA

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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Focusing on Food Sustainable Solutions
A Practical Guide to Buying Locally Joe
Ducati Food Service Director for CulinArt at
George School in Newtown, Bucks County
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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Local Food Purchasing - Key Steps

• Start small, slow and determined
• High exposure events
• Luncheon for Nancy Pelosi
• ABOPS
• Graduation, Alumni Day
• Holiday Dinner, Opening and Closing Banquets
• Meet your grower
• see the farm
• arrange field trips for the students
• Be concise with your expectations
• price quality, quantity
• delivery system
• Label and advertise all your efforts

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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Local Food Purchasing - Sources

• Snipes Farm
• 10 miles from the school with community ties
• 10 of the total produce purchases
• Second year relationship
• Happy Farm, Kintnersville, PA
• Chicken, Eggs Turkeys
• Anchor Run Farm, Wrightstown, PA
• CSA- community supported agriculture
• WAWA Farms
• Hormone free milk
• Bucks County Food Shed Alliance
• Local resource for local farms market
• Philadelphia Common Market
• Project of White Dog Community Enterprises

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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Food Related Initiatives

• Composting
• All food waste in kitchen and dining hall is
  composted
• Compost used in garden returned to farms
• Reduced disposable paper use by 25
• Recycling
• Fryer oil on campus for bio-diesel
• Bulk food containers
• Campus wide efforts

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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Food Related Initiatives - cont.

• Community Garden
• Use Energy Center to germinate seeds for
  community garden
• Plant a 7000 square foot garden with
  horticulture class
• Garden uses water from the windmill well.
• Train staff
• to understand why the extra effort is important
• Protect local jobs and land

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• Sustainable Land Planning Making the Best Use
  of Your
• Environment
• Mami Hara, Principal,
• Wallace Roberts Todd, LLC, Philadelphia, PA

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• Sustainable Site Development Measures
• Water stormwater management, graywater
• Planting lawn, habitats, trees
• Agriculture sustenance and education
• Energy generation, trees
• Curriculum outreach and education

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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Water stormwater management
Wetland Benefitsreduce or eliminate need for
storm water management infrastructure reduce
flooding provide habitatfilter
pollutantsprovide a recreational and educational
resource
Milton Hershey School, Hershey, PA (WRT)
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Water graywater
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Changing regulations and environmental mandates
are rapidly increasing the value of onsite
stormwater management.
Water stormwater
Mount Tabor School, Portland, OR (Kevin Perry)
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Cost Benefitsenergy costs are 10-25 less than
the equivalent activated sludge systems
Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Water sanitary
Oberlin College Living Machine, Oberlin, OH
(William McDonough Partners)
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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Water stormwater management
Haverford Lower School, Haverford, PA (WRT)
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Meadow Benefitscarbon
sequestrationstormwater infiltrationeducationa
l resourcehabitat creation
Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Benefits of Native and Low Mow Lawnsrequire
less maintenance than traditional lawnsand
little/no irrigationgrow without
fertilizers/pesticidesadapt to local conditions
Planting lawn
Planting habitats
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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Planting trees
Benefitsimprove air qualityreduce runoff and
pollutants/improved water qualitycreate
habitatlower urban heat islandlower energy
consumptionincrease real estate values
In one square mile, 30 tree cover equates in
over 1 million in net benefits in energy
savings, pollution mitigation, stormwater capture
and carbon sequestration.
Haverford, Haverford, PA (WRT)
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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Agriculture sustenance and education
St. Andrews School, Middletown, DE (WRT)
Haverford Lower School, Haverford, PA (WRT)
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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Energy generation
Darrow School, New Lebanon, NY
Spirit Lake School, Spirit Lake, IA
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Strategies For Greening Our Independent Schools
Benefitselectric energy savings gained by
planting a tree is 63 kwH per yearenergy costs
are reduced by creating a barrier against winter
winds trees on individual building sites may
lower air temperatures 5 F
Energy trees
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Curriculum outreach and education
Sustainable initiatives include photovoltaic
energy productioncomposting/recycling
programsenergy conservation programliving
machineeducational programs for students and
the larger community
Darrow School, New Lebanon, NY