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1 | President's Sustainability Advisory Council | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | 2020 Fall Snapshot of Sustainability Accomplishments and Activities | ||||||||||||||||||||
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4 | Project | Purpose of Project | Activities During This Time Period | Completion | |||||||||||||||||
5 | ZERO-IMPACT CAMPUS | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Assessment and Monitoring | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Greenhouse Gases | Annual tracking of greenhouse gases produced as part of campus operations | Awarded contract to Ecoshift to track greenhouse gasses for scope 1-3 and provide report to Second Nature | Apr 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Energy Conservation (savings support Revolving Green Fund) | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Campus Microgrid | Generate up to 4MW on-campus through solar power purchasing agreement (PPA), save up to $500K annually in electrical costs, and create backup power for Emergency Operations Center, Main Kitchen, & "Shelter in Place" locations during campus emergency events. | Letter of Intent has been issued to SunPower - Contract Pending. Summer 2021 (J-Lot Repairs & Tree Demo) - Solar Array Schedule Pending (PG&E Application & Permitting) | Dec 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | HVAC Efficiency - Building Automation System (BAS) | Reduce energy consumption of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC) with a BAS | Student Center, Rec Center, Student Health Center, Wine Spectator, and Green Music Center completed | Sep 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | HVAC Efficiency - Capital Outlay | Replace inefficient or end-of-life HVAC unit failures | Identified HVAC units that need to be replaced in Rec Center, Darwin, Salazar, Ives, Nichols, Rachel Carson, Art, International Hall, and PE. Requires initial "Multi Year (5-year) Capital Outlay Plan." Submitted June 2020. Funding approval pending. | pending | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Energy Metering | Expand metering for electricity, natural gas, and heating/cooling to 90% of academic buildings | Installation scheduled to start 2020 using 2017 funds from Chancellor's Office | Dec 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Lighting Efficiency | Create processes and funding mechanisms for reducing electricity used for lighting | Waiting on Chancellor's office to approve funding for prioritized list of projects for LED and lighting controls. (Information was collected by students auditors). | pending | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Tuscany Village Energy and Water Conservation Competition | Challenge students in dormitories to decrease power and water use. | Competitions on hold until students return to campus and new Director of Housing is hired. | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Hot Water Efficiency | Reduce GHG production by reducing peak temperature and leaks | Lowered hot water temperature from 230 F to 190 F across campus. Replaced water valves/fittings in Salazar to allow lower temperature settings. Added booster heater at Student Center for dishroom. Continued heat exchanger removals. Partial funding from Central Plant Phase 2. More funding needed to continue. | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Natural Gas Conservation | Reduce GHG release from natural gas leaks | Replaced natural gas steel lines and valves with durable plastic. 90% of work completed over last 10 years. Replacing continues on an ongoing basis (Potts) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
17 | Sustainable Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Stevenson Hall Renovation | Incorporate sustainability in design and operations of Stevenson Hall remodel | Broke ground on construction | Fall 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
19 | FIGR Learning Center, Osborn Preserve | Renovate Fairfield Osborn Preserve facilities to promote education on sustainability and resilience | Design and permitting in process. Construction scheduled to start August 2021 | Dec 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
20 | Water Conservation | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Leak Repair | Locate and repair significant leaks | Located and repaired chilled water system leaks south of the Art Building and near Zinfandel. | Sep 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
22 | Alternative Transportation | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Commuting Assessment | Quantify the commuting footprint of SSU staff, faculty and students for Tier 3 sustainability assessment | Prepared Qualtrics survey and plan to add it to parking permit purchase process when campus reopens | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
24 | SMART Train Transport | Develop a last-mile bike share program bridging SMART train, Rohnert Park Somo Village and campus | Collaborating with Sonoma County Transit Authority to develop plan. Zagster recently folded and loaner programs are in flux. Will determine options when campus opens | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
25 | Procurement | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | CSU Sustainability Procurement Policy | Promote environmentally responsible procurement practices | ongoing | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | Solid Waste | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Waste Diversion | Improve waste sorting to increase diversion of waste into recycling. | Contract issued to Recology, start date March 1st 2021. Goal - Improve upon our current diversion rate (-60/80+) Program will be supported by new 3-stream sorting bins. Also exploring opportunities with BioResources for a pilot program to create a database that provides information on costs and return on investment. | Summer 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
29 | Furniture Recycling | Reuse and recycle surplus furniture from dormitories | Waiting for students to return to campus and new Director of Housing to be hired | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
30 | Anaerobic Digester | Evaluate feasibility of anaerobic digester for campus compost waste | None | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
31 | Landscaping | ||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Pesticide/Herbicide Use | Reduce pesticide/herbicide use on campus to prevent impacts to water quality and health | Continuing to transform to GREEN/Organic herbicides/pesticides campus wide (Allan Goff) | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
33 | Native Habitat Restoration | Restore riparian zone on portion of Copeland Creek that crosses campus | Faculty and students engaged in riparian restoration with SSU Landscaping as part of WATERS Collaborative through Center for Environmental Inquiry. New three year contract awarded in May 2020 for removal of non-native species and planting natives. (Claudia Luke) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
34 | REGIONAL RESILIENCE | ||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Planning and Community Engagement | ||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Resilience Assessment | Enhance resilience to climate change with campus-community collaborations (part of Presidents' Climate Leadership Commitment) | Completed draft regional resilience assessment, based on data from 29 prior regional reports and initiatives. In Spring semester, will establish a community-campus working group to draft a regional Resilience Action Plan. | Apr 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
37 | North Bay Forward Lunch Series | Raise awareness of sustainability and resilience challenges in the North Bay in ways that lead to collaborations among faculty, students, and staff | Held weekly meetings with NB Forward during the Fall semester to gather input and ideas for Resilience Assessment. In Spring semester, will create guest speaker series surrounding in Resilience Action Planning. | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
38 | Regional Meeting Attendance | Increase connections with regional resilience agencies and planning groups by attending community meetings. | Attend monthly board meetings of Regional Climate Protection Authority (Frohlech) and Latino Leadership on Climate Change (Ford, Luke) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
39 | Campus Preparedness | ||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Emergency Back Up Generator | Increase reliability of electricity for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during climate change emergencies such as fire, flood and earthquake. | Approved and received funding as part of solar microgrid project | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
41 | Energy Reliability | Develop a 12 kV campus service with battery storage that is less susceptible to Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) than existing connection. | Began investigations for second 12 kV source with battery storage options from Rohnert Park Expressway to campus. | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
42 | Backup Water Source | Tie into domestic city water systems as a backup for existing campus well and reclaimed water supplies during emergencies | Secured existing plans for piping. Contacted Rohnert Park (Mary Grace Pawson) and SWA. Worked on construction documents with City of Rohnert Park (Kat Marian). Identified budget and scope of work to do feasibility study. Funding not yet identified. | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
43 | Water Reliability | Upgrade vulnerable/failing water lines and valves | Developed strategy and pricing. Capital outlay needed (Potts) | pending | |||||||||||||||||
44 | Alert North Bay | Improve ability of first-responders to fight fires in the North Bay | Camera tower at Fairfield Osborn Preserve transmits data from other towers in the region to the SSU Campus (Darwin Hall) where the data are streamed to the internet via the CENIC internet service. | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
45 | ACADEMIC & STUDENT LIFE | ||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Student Life | ||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Tuscany Village Energy and Water Conservation Competition | Raise awareness and create opportunities to sustainable living in the SSU dorms | Waiting for students to return to campus and new Director of Housing | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
48 | Student Orientation / Residential Life | Enhance student awareness and experiences practicing sustainable living | Waiting for students to return to campus, new Director of Housing, and new Recology zero-waste coordinator to launch recycling and compost campaign | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
49 | Student Internships | ||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Water & Land Use Planning Internship | Increase county coordination on integrating water issues into land use planning while preparing students for professional careers | CEI renewed 3-year WATER Collaborative contract (May 2020) that includes support for GEP to teach water planning course and develop a water and land-use planning internship with Sonoma Water and City of Santa Rosa (Luke, Goman, Wagner) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
51 | Fire Resilience Internships | Engage faculty and students in finding solutions to regional resilience challenges surrounding fire while preparing students for professional careers | Launched new spring fire internship training for students and community members; hosted fire-scape hardening virtual workshop (DeCoursey) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
52 | Funding for Research and Inquiry | ||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Water Grants | Fund faculty and students interested in working with community leaders on inquiry projects related to water and water management challenges | Fall call for proposals was cancelled due to Covid. $9K available for spring RFPs which are due Feb 2021. (Luke) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
54 | Rising WATERS | Engage faculty and students to find solutions to regional resilience challenges surrounding water | Hosted 2 workshops, and meetings with regional leaders in water, environment, social services and health to identify meaningful ways to engage faculty and students in finding solutions to water quality and homeless issues. Three $10K grants will be awarded this spring to faculty students teams. (Luke) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
55 | Applied Environmental Microbiology Funding | Give students experience developing microbiological based solutions for wastewater management, production of bioenergy and control of plant pathogens including sudden oak death | School of Science & Technology (Richard Whitkus, Julie Barnes, Lynn Stauffer) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
56 | Stephen Norwick Memorial Fund Grants | Support students conducting field research and create inquiry | Fall 2020 request for proposals was cancelled due to Covid. Spring RFPs are due Feb 2021. (Luke) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
57 | Fire Fund Grants | Support lecture and research series on fire planning and policy | Received $500K endowment to establish a fire lecture and research series starting Fall 2022. Planning will begin in Spring (Luke) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
58 | Student Climate Initiatives Grants | Support for students undertaking sustainability projects | Sufficient donations have not be secured to develop grant program (Tellez) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
59 | Curriculum and Degree Initiatives | ||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Sonoma Mountain Connection | Enhance student understanding of human-environment interactions and improve graduation rates of STEM majors | Began planning to engage cohort of STEM students at risk in outdoor research at the Osborn Preserve (Stauffer) | Jan 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
61 | SSU Sustainability Minor | Enable SSU students in all disciplines to specialize in sustainability | PSAC Academic Working Group is working on SSU Sustainability Minor. Currently identifying host department / coordinator, working on enrollment prediction, and learning objectives.(Perri) | May 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
62 | STRATEGY, COMMUNICATION AND ADVANCEMENT | ||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Planning | ||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Climate Action Plan | Draft Climate Action Plan with target dates, milestones, mechanisms and indicators to achieve carbon neutrality, resilience to climate change, and academic excellence (President's Climate Leadership Commitment) | PSAC has met all milestones have been met and the commitment is on schedule. Draft CAP outline provided to PSAC working groups. | Apr 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
65 | Resilience Assessment | Enhance resilience to climate change with campus-community collaborations (Presidents' Climate Leadership Commitment) | Completed draft regional resilience assessment (due April 2021), based on data from 29 prior regional reports and initiatives. In Spring semester, will establish a community-campus working group to draft Resilience Action Plan (due April 2022). | Apr 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
66 | Sustainability Communication Plan | Develop effective communication on campus sustainability and resilience activities | Drafted goals and approaches. Began alignment with SSU messaging the branding guidelines | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
67 | Sustainability Strategic Plan | Prioritize sustainability actions that support the SSU Strategic Plan and Presidents' Climate Leadership Commitment | Adopted vision and mission and crosswalked SSU strategic goals with President Climate Leadership goals. Effort on hold due to funding cuts | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
68 | Monitoring | ||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS) | Monitor existing and changing conditions in SSU sustainable operations and academics and strategically identify ways to improve | Finalizing STARS report (possible silver ranking) for submittal. Released RFP for contractor to assist SSU with Climate Action Plan which includes STARS reporting (Varnadore, Holdenfeld) | early 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
70 | Campus Communication | ||||||||||||||||||||
71 | K-12 Education | Infuse climate change into K-12 education via teacher credential programs | LIBS 320B Climate Change and Society created a Climate Change Lesson Plan Toolkit for SSU teaching credential students and local schools (Justine Law) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
72 | Sustainable SSU Website | Develop website with information about SSU's sustainability and resilience efforts. Includes utility dashboard and campus story map. | Alicia Holdenfeld Regular updates and sustainability news (Holdenfeld, Sustainability Communications Asst) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
73 | Public Kiosks | Install digital displays of building performance at Student Center, Rec Center, Salazar | First public kiosk scheduled for installation in Salazar | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
74 | Sustainability Listserv | Communicate with campus | Contacted IT to re-invigorate sustainability listserv. Announcement about signing up scheduled for Spring | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
75 | Media | ||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Climate Change Podcast | Solution-oriented discourse on Climate Change by SSU students | LIBS 320B Climate Change and Society created the podcast and class will be adding episodes in the spring (Justine Law) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
77 | Social Media | (2) The class also created a Climate Change Lesson Plan Toolkit for SSU teaching credential students and local schools. I can email it to you if you're interested. | Re-activated administration of Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat accounts | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
78 | Sustainable SSU Blog | Increase awareness of SSU sustainability accomplishments and events | Posted 9 stories on web blog (Holdenfeld, Meija) | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
79 | Sustainable SSU Hidden Heroes | Highlight quiet leaders across campus infusing sustainability into their jobs | Launched Hidden Heroes initiative and posted first two profiles (Ford, Myers) | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
80 | Sustainable SSU Alumni Sustainability Champions | Highlight alumni working in sustainability across the region | Launched Alumni Sustainability Champions' initiative and developed first three profiles (Ford, Myers) | on hold | |||||||||||||||||
81 | Events | ||||||||||||||||||||
82 | North Bay Forward Lunch Series | Engage faculty, students, and staff with community members in cross-disciplinary action-oriented discussion on sustainability and resilience topics | Held weekly meetings with NB Forward during the Fall semester to gather input and ideas for Resilience Assessment. In Spring semester, will create guest speaker series surrounding in Resilience Action Planning. | ongoing | |||||||||||||||||
83 | Earth Week 2020 | Support student-led campus sustainability events for Earth Week. | Planning began for virtual Earth Week includes social media video series, speaker series and other collaborative project with students | Apr 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
84 | Regional, State and National Communication | ||||||||||||||||||||
85 | American Association for Sustainability in Higher Education | Gather information on developments in sustainability and resilience in higher education | Attended AASHE, the leading national conference for sustainability in higher education (Varnadore) | Oct 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
86 | CEI Virtual Workshop Series | Increase student and community understanding and engagement in regional sustainability and resilience issues | Hosted 20 virtual workshops on environmental issues (Wininger) | Jun 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
87 | Project and Program Funding | ||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Instructionally Related Activities Grant ($15K) | Increase sustainability communication and other sustainability-related activities in ways that benefit student scholarship (Claudia Luke, Center for Environmental Inquiry, Megan Varnadore, Mark Perri) | Aug 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
89 | Sonoma Water ($280K) | Mobilize faculty, students and community to work on solutions for water-related resilience challenges (Claudia Luke, Center for Environmental Inquiry) | Jun 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
90 | Koret Foundation ($1M) | Increase student retention in STEM fields by building cohorts and student connections to local environments (Lynn Stauffer, School of Science & Technology) | Dec 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
91 | Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria ($2.8M) | Remodel facilities at the Fairfield Osborn Preserve to increase capacity for educational programs surrounding human-environment interaction (Kristi Marian, Facilities, Kirsten Tellez, Advancement, Claudia Luke, Center for Environmental Inquiry) | Dec 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
92 | Cotati - Rohnert Park Unified School District ($30K) | Create leadership experiences for SSU students and community members that simultaneously boost environmental literacy of K-12 students (Claudia Luke, Center for Environmental Inquiry) | Jan 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
93 | CPUC Self-Generation Incentive Program ($300K) | Purchase batteries that transfer electrical use to off-peak hours, provide backup power during emergencies and store energy from solar panels. Seed money secured from Chancellor's Office for $20M project. | Jan 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
94 | National Science Foundation: RAPID ($200K) | Enhance student connections with environments around the world (Claudia Luke, Center for Environmental Inquiry) | May 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
95 | TREE Fund ($104K) | Determine impacts of vegetation fire-safety management under transmission lines on plants and animals (Chris Halle, Center for Environmental Inquiry) | Jul 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
96 | Community Foundation ($20K) | Engage vulnerable Latinx populations in climate change planning (Judith Ford, Center for Environmental Inquiry) | Dec 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
97 | Bureau of Land Management Joint Fire Science Program ($24K), CalFire ($449K) | Develop accurate methods of quantifying ladder fuels in northern California to ground-truth fire risk models (Lisa Bentley, Biology and Matt Clark, Geography Environment and Planning) | Dec 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
98 | The Nature Conservancy ($60K) Anthropocene Institute ($51K) | Identify genetic and environmental factors needed to improve resilience of kelp forests (Brent Hughes, Biology) | Dec 2021, Jun 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
99 | Ocean Protection Council ($123K) | Assess the status of estuaries - one of the most productive ecosystems on earth - in Marine Protected Areas in the state of California. Work is in collaboration with Moss Landing Marine Labs, CSU Long Beach, UC Davis, UCLA, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, and the Bay Area Regional Water Quality Control Board (Brent Hughes, Biology). | Nov 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
100 | California State Coastal Conservancy ($60K) | Develop a predictive population growth model that includes food availability factors for declining sea otter populations. Work is in collaboration with the National Park Service, US Geological Survey, University of Virginia, and UC Santa Barbara. (Brent Hughes, Biology) | Jan 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||