SUNY Buffalo

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SUNY Buffalo

• University Presentation

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Definition of Sustainability

• The idea of environmental sustainability is to
  leave the Earth in as good or better shape for
  future generations than we found it for
  ourselves. Since our campus operations, like our
  own personal lifestyles, consume natural
  resources and result in some forms of pollution,
  they are not sustainable.By a strict
  definition, human activity is only
  environmentally sustainable when it can be
  performed or maintained indefinitely without
  depleting natural resources or degrading the
  natural environment.

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Campus Organization
Environmental Task Force
Environment and Society Institute
Environmental Task Force Support
Student Environmental Education Project

• UB Green Office

The Environmental Hall Contact Network
UB Environmental Network (UBEN)
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UB Green Library

• books, magazines, videos, vertical files
• contains materials written by UB staff

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Student Reports

• UB Environmental Audit 1995
• Buffalo City Hall Audit 1997
• Residential Hall Energy and Recycling Audit
  1998
• Trash Stream 1998
• UB Pesticide Report 2000

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Green Purchasing

• Environmentally Sound Products Procurement
  Policy
• UB Swap Internal Supply and Equipment Exchange

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Recycling

• UB's "Campus Work/Production Processes Policy"
  states that the university "will constantly
  strive to promote and publicize the
  implementation of work/production processes which
  maximize the use of recycled products, minimize
  or eliminate waste, seek economies and
  efficiencies, and reduce the consumption of
  energy." The NYS Solid Waste Management Act of
  1988 set a statewide waste reduction goal of 50
  by 1997 and calls on state agencies to recycle at
  least 50 of their solid waste.
• Envirographic 100! (Super Recycled Paper)
• The Environmental Hall Contact (EHC) Network
• Newspapers

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Energy

• Temperature
• Green Power
• Conserve UB
• Sustainable Energy Policy
• Ban On Halogen Torchiere-type Floor Lamps
• Alternative Fuels

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Research

• Industrial Engineering Product Life Cycle Design
• Department Of Geology Climate Change
• UB Climate Action Initiative

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Green Design

• Facilities Managers Guide to Green Building
  Design
• LEED green building design rating system
• 20 New Construction
• 10 Renovation
• Design Conferences

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Miscellaneous

• Campus Mail
• Bulk-rate
• Telephone Directory
• Analytical Chemistry
• Questions?