The "Sustainable University of Michigan" a s t u d e n t - l e d i n i t i a t i v e
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a) Environmentally-related
efforts at UM
(Results of two neccessarily incomplete inventories
in April 1999 and October 2000; focus was on physical campus management)
(Please also have a look at the new "Environmental
Stewardship" link at U of M's Occupational Health and Safety Dept's
web site, and at our prelimary assessment
of how environmental issues have been incorporated into U of M's curriculum)
- President's Office: Campus Master Plan development (Phase 1,
1998: Campus Master Plan Advisory Committee charged with considering
"issues of sustainability" and suggests the development and management
of UM properties to "support the ongoing processes that sustain life
and […] promote their continuing function."
- Plant dept.: Building Performance Team, Steam Waste Attack
Team (SWAT), Energy efficiency education web site (computers, lighting,
labs), Energy Conservation Project Account (ECPA)
- Plant dept., Grounds and Waste: The eXchange Files program,
Recycling program (paper, containers, transparencies, scrap wood &
pallets, textiles) Community outreach program (web site, Recycling Matters
newsletter), food waste composting program at residence halls, bicycle
racks program
- Plant dept., Facilities Planning & Desing: Sustainable-Building
coordinator (June 99 - June 2000)
- Plant dept., Facilities Planning & Design, Landscape Architecture
group: Several pilot projects on native vegetation; general policy
to avoid irrigation whenever possible; rainwater retention ponds for
all new parking lots
- Plant dept., Utilities and Maintenance: EPA's Energy Star Buildings
Program, Lighting retrofits, DDC Energy Management System, Energy Conservation
Measures fund
- Plant dept., Plant Engineering: Energy Conservation assistance
to depts., Indoor-Air-Quality assistance to depts.
- Plant dept., Transportation Services: Operation of vanpool
program for commuters (five 10 passenger vans provided for free); free
bus passes for faculty & staff; free park'ride off-site for all UM members;
all busses and trucks run on B20 (20% biodiesel, 80% regular diesel)
as of Nov 2000; electric vehicles pilot program (6 Ford Rangers); purchase
of more than 100 cars, which run on E85 (10,000 Gal E85-fuel tank installed
(E85: 15% gasoline, 85% ethanol)), all new cars/minin-vans/light pick-ups
to be purchased in the future will run on E85
- Housing Department: Development of Sustainability Program
- Center for Sustainable Systems: Development of Campus Environmental
Perfomance Metrics and Annual Report
- Property Disposition: Salvage, resale and disposition of equipment
- Dept. of Occupational Safety & Environmental Health: P2000, Pollution Prevention Program (chemicals, pests, mercury, transportation, waste), storm water management, soil erosion control, air pollution control, clean up of contaminated properties, environmental planning efforts rolled into the campus master planning, control of discharge to sanitary sewers, review of design plans for environmental issues, waste management and disposal, spill control and emergency response, mercury reduction in medical facilities and dental school, pollution prevention initiatives, education
- Purchasing Services: Re-manufactured printer cartridges program
. . . . .
- Center for Sustainable Systems: Pollution Prevention compendia for
inclusion in curriculums (Accounting, Agriculture, Architecture,
Business Law, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Coastal Zone Management, Environmental
Studies, Finance, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Industrial
Ecology, Marketing, Strategic Env'tal Mgmt.)
- School of Natural Resources and Environment: Green Renovation of
Dana building, Vermiculture program
- School of Engineering: Solar Car and Hybrid Vehicle program
- School of Arts and Architecture: Testing facilities for photo-voltaics,
daylighting, electric lighting, building materials thermal performance
. . . . .
- Environmental Issues Commission of the Michigan Student Assembly:
Increase cooperation among env'l groups at UM (ENACT, MARS, JEAP, SHH, SHARE,
SFSNRE, EJ, GreenGreeks, Proj. SERVE, [SORROW])
- ENACT (student group): Outreach, Recycled paper notebooks program
- Office of the President/Campus Master Plan Advisory Committee (campusplan@umich.edu):
Development of Campus Master Plan
- Steering Committee for Environmental Issues and Research on Campus
- Provost Advisory Group on the Environment (PAGE)
- Deans Council on the Environment
- as of late summer 2001
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