Copyright (c) 2009 California Polytechnic State University All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf Recent documents in Sustainability Conference 2008 en-us Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:26:03 PDT 3600 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/103 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/103 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:29:42 PST Vehicle and fuel technologies are advancing rapidly, and new low-emission choices for vehicles and fuels are becoming more available. This session will overview current advanced fuel choices including biodiesel derived from campus-generated waste oil, and explore a variety of alternative fueled vehicles including hybrid buses. Steve Hahn Transportation http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/102 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/102 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:29:40 PST Vehicle and fuel technologies are advancing rapidly, and new low-emission choices for vehicles and fuels are becoming more available. This session will overview current advanced fuel choices including biodiesel derived from campus-generated waste oil, and explore a variety of alternative fueled vehicles including hybrid buses. Rick Sikes Transportation http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/101 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/101 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:29:36 PST Vehicle and fuel technologies are advancing rapidly, and new low-emission choices for vehicles and fuels are becoming more available. This session will overview current advanced fuel choices including biodiesel derived from campus-generated waste oil, and explore a variety of alternative fueled vehicles including hybrid buses. Eric Veium Transportation http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/100 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/100 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:29:34 PST Keynote Speaker - Closing Plenary Debra Rowe http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/99 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/99 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:29:32 PST Over 450 chancellors and presidents have signed the Presidents Climate Commitment. This was done with the best intentions, and with the strong encouragement of students, staff, faculty, and facilities staff; it feels like the right thing to do. However, making the commitment and implementing a program that meets its goals represent two very different tasks. This workshop will review current programs for addressing the climate challenge; identify their many obstacles; and explore strategies for overcoming these obstacles and achieving carbon neutrality. The format for this workshop will be simple. A matrix based on the most common issues and their possible solutions will be reviewed. In addition to our own information, we will use data collected from a handful of institutions as a guide. During the workshop, which will include the participation of key Signatories, we will solicit additional input from attendees regarding the solutions they have developed. This will be a highly interactive session. Issues and solutions will be recorded at the meeting and results will be distributed to participants. Lisa McNeilly Micro-workshop http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/98 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/98 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:17:53 PDT An essential element of Ecocomposition is local knowledge-engagement with one's own particular place and time. Preparation for Ecocomposition requires teachers to be interested in their surroundings--the academic institution as not an ivory tower, but rather a physical, economic and political entity in history, situated on the land and in the community.This paper describes two first-year writing courses, "Exposition: Writing About Place," and "Reasoning and Argumentation: Issues of Sustainability with special reference to the Cal Poly Campus," that combine students' skill development in analysis, exposition and persuasion with learning about the physical and educational dimensions of their university. Steven Marx Curriculum and Research http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/97 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/97 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:34:58 PDT Each year, classrooms and laboratories across all college campuses are renovated. By setting priorities, taking advantage of cost-effective techniques that are also sustainable, and using students to research greening of renovations, the impact of these renovations has been reduced. Additionally, older resource intensive technologies or products are being replaced with more efficient products. Two case studies from UC Berkeley and UCSF will clearly illustrate the innovative design strategies in green renovation. UC Berkeley will focus on examples of classroom renovations and UCSF will highlight a laboratory renovation project which came in 37% under budget and four months ahead of schedule. LaVern Lazzereschi Green Building - Operations, Maintenance, and Renovations http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/96 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/96 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:34:55 PDT Over 450 chancellors and presidents have signed the Presidents Climate Commitment. This was done with the best intentions, and with the strong encouragement of students, staff, faculty, and facilities staff; it feels like the right thing to do. However, making the commitment and implementing a program that meets its goals represent two very different tasks. This workshop will review current programs for addressing the climate challenge; identify their many obstacles; and explore strategies for overcoming these obstacles and achieving carbon neutrality. The format for this workshop will be simple. A matrix based on the most common issues and their possible solutions will be reviewed. In addition to our own information, we will use data collected from a handful of institutions as a guide. During the workshop, which will include the participation of key Signatories, we will solicit additional input from attendees regarding the solutions they have developed. This will be a highly interactive session. Issues and solutions will be recorded at the meeting and results will be distributed to participants. Genevieve Bertone Post-conference http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/95 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/95 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:23:14 PDT To engage the UCSD Foundation's Board of Trustees in the campus's sustainability vision, UCSD developed an inspiring presentation that has since also been given to the UC Regents and other audiences. Once you have a vision, you need the funds to realize it, and UCSD's Director of Constituent Relations will teach you "How to Work With Your Development Office to Support Campus Sustainability." James T. Shea Institutionalizing Sustainability http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/94 http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/susconf/94 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:48:51 PDT This all-day workshop provides a setting in which participants learn to use handheld instruments, conduct a building performance case study through structured methodology, develop hypothesis and investigation strategy formulation, are allowed behind-the-scenes building investigations, and make team presentations of study results to the workshop participants. Participants gain understanding of objective and subjective procedures for performing post-occupancy evaluations of building performance. Bill Starr Pre-conference