Sustainability+at+BMCC+--+Plan


 * **Pillar Area** || **Objective/Goal Summary** ||
 * **Energy** || Reduce energy consumption, power down: ||
 * ^  || Perform energy audit and update or install sensors in all rooms / offices at BMCC (Chambers street, one year per floor) ||
 * ^  || Equip all computers/ copiers with energy saving capabilities so they shut down after a certain idle time ||
 * ^  || Building Management System (BMS) front end DASHBOARD ||
 * ^  || Install modern sensor system, thermostats (Chambers) for air temperature ||
 * ^  || Install and retrofit to LED lighting elements, Chambers Building ||
 * ^  || Modify escalators to use less power; encourage stair use; skip stops at Fiterman ||
 * ^  || Change turbines from steam only to electric/steam ||
 * ^  || Encourage use of revolving doors at main entrance Chambers ||
 * ^  || Replace individual servers with energy efficient blade servers ||
 * ^  || Implement "Flip a Switch, Kill a Watt" program by placing stickers on electronic devices ||
 * ^  || Train BMCC's staff on energy management principles. Engineering staff. ||
 * ^  || Install green roof, green spaces: = ||
 * ^  || Install green roof at Fiterman (grass) ||
 * ^  || Install green roof of Theater One, Chambers building ||
 * ^  || Research installation of green wall on Theater Two, Chambers bulding ||
 * ^  || Research installation of garden area on Theater One Plaza/ slope ||
 * ^  || Identify spaces and ownership for the installation of Greenhouse (3rd floor plaza), small garden areas. ||
 * ^  || Install Greenhouse, small garden areas. ||
 * ^  || Determine requirements for open-air experiments use of roof and plaza spaces ||
 * ^  || Install solar panels and possible wind turbines : ||
 * ^  || Replace roof system with enhanced supports ||
 * ^  || Install 300KW dispatchable solar PV system on the roof of the main college building ||
 * **Water** || Water conservation and purity activities: ||
 * ^  || Add hydration stations with faucets to fill water bottles. Fiterman first, followed by Chambers. ||
 * ^  || Encourage students and faculty to report leakages ||
 * ^  || Encourage alternatives to bottled beverages on campus ||
 * ^  || Research and pilot a flushless urinal, monitor maintenance and chemical issues ||
 * ^  || Install automatic flush campus-wide ||
 * ^  || Conduct feasibility study for potential green roof to collect / recycle storm water ||
 * ^  || Set all sanitary facilities to conform to ADA requirements ||
 * ^  || Install aerators in all bathrooms ||
 * ^  || Install caps or sensors on faucets in bathrooms ||
 * **Transportation** || Bikes and Cycling, Transportation Alternatives: ||
 * ^  || Encourage utilization of the bike racks around the campus (Web) ||
 * ^  || Distribute bike maps, apps, and Guides (Web ||
 * ^  || Provide information and advocate car pooling on BMCC website ||
 * ^  || Measure the number of students not traveling to campus to take classes as a result of online options ||
 * ^  || Encourage the use of more environmentally friendly vehicles by BMCC's community ||
 * ^  || Draft policy that prioritizes 1. zero emissions 2. hybrid vehicles 3. fossil fuel efficiency (or reduction) for newly purchased / leased BMCC vehicles ||
 * **Waste & Recycling** || Reduce the use of non-recyclable materials; completely recycle all recyclable materials: ||
 * ^  || Have stats provided regularly on a central database or website (Web) ||
 * ^  || Institute a computer and technology disposal and recycling program for all components ||
 * ^  || Institute a Sustainabililty Fair annually on campus, advertise city sites for E-waste ||
 * ^  || Pair trash containers with recyclable containers, in every classroom ||
 * ^  || Pair trash containers with recyclable containers in the cafeteria ||
 * ^  || Develop reliable data tracking system for recycling and waste ||
 * ^  || Replace promotional refillable water bottle with a stainless steel bottle ||
 * ^  || Initiate on-campus composting program ||
 * ^  || Stop using balloons for campus events ||
 * ^  || Go PAPERLESS: ||
 * ^  || Monitor paper usage per capita, by department (including reprographics) ||
 * ^  || Eliminate the printing of Advisement Data Sheets ( will be gone by CUNYFirst) ||
 * ^  || Train faculty to use DegreeWorks ||
 * ^  || Allow and advocate the utilization of double sided copying and printing centers. ||
 * ^  || Eliminate the unnecessary "cover page" and the follow-up page printed with every print out. ||
 * ^  || Encourage recycling one sided printouts and using unprinted side. ||
 * ^  || Support phasing out of textbooks and handouts. ||
 * ^  || Encourage all faculty and students to collect and reuse waste paper ||
 * ^  || Can be used for syllabus, notes, handouts, rough drafts, scratch paper etc. ||
 * ^  || Make online collaborative software available to all, e.g. Sharepoint, Blackboard, etc. ||
 * ^  || Sell inexpensive reusable bags in the student bookstore. Use reusable bags for school sponsored events. ||
 * ^  || Default BMCC computers with double-printing system ||
 * ^  || Pre-set the bottom of all outgoing emails with text: "Do you need to print?" ||
 * ^  || Specify preference for electronic product catalogs to vendors and suppliers ||
 * **Procurement** || Procurement: ||
 * ^  || Purchase paper products that use chlorine and bleach free post consumer recycled content. ||
 * ^  || Purchase low VOC paint ||
 * ^  || Establish policy to purchase only soy ink cartridges ||
 * ^  || Eliminate plastic straws and lids from campus (or replace with biodegradable straws and lids) ||
 * ^  || Establish policy requiring all future supplies to be energy efficient ||
 * ^  || Purchase micro fiber mops for cleaning ||
 * **Sustainable Dining** || Sustainable Dining, Health and Wellness: ||
 * ^  || Develop informational campaign (re: physical activity, healthy foods, international, agribusiness) ||
 * ^  || Implement informational campagn ||
 * ^  || Enhance stairwells to encourage use of the stairs ||
 * ^  || Research vendor decision making ||
 * ^  || Research about choices in the vending machines, background research on snacks, portions, marketing ||
 * ^  || Enhance healthy food options in the cafeteria and vending machines, at events ||
 * ^  || Provide support groups for increasing healthy behaviors (e.g. Health and Wellness Club) ||
 * ^  || Tobacco free campaign ||
 * ^  || Install fruit and salad vending machines ||
 * ^  || Establish discount program for those bringing reuseable cups into the cafeteria ||
 * **Outreach and Education** || Create an interactive, simple-to-understand web-site: ||
 * ^  || Design and create content for the BMCC Sustainability web site ||
 * ^  || Collaborate on formatting, look and feel of web site ||
 * ^  || Create sustainability web site to inform of BMCC's sustainable actions ||
 * ^  || Establish a recyling, energy, and water baseline analysis program; regularly update on web ||
 * ^  || Publish a snapshot of the energy consumption on BMCC's sustainability webpage ||
 * ^  || Green the Curriculum, expand the environmental course options ||
 * ^  || Contact Chairs and solicit departmental Sustainability Council Liaisons; inform campus leaders ||
 * ^  || Develop alternative energy education exhibit displaying wind turbines ||
 * ^  || Create a Sustainability FIG (Faculty/Staff Interest Group), offer presentations ||
 * ^  || Assess and audit the integration of sustainability-related topics and pedagogy into courses ||
 * ^  || Encourage and support the creation of new sustainability-oriented courses and pedagogies ||
 * ^  || Connect with associations and learned societies, e.g., AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Millennium Alliance for Humanity & the Biosphere) ||
 * ^  || Support conference attendance for Sustainability Curriculum Project (SCP) coordinating faculty ||
 * ^  || Promote one-off lectures, symposia, and workshops. Faculty Sustainability Day ||
 * ^  || Forge working relationships with NYC sustainability-oriented institutions and programs to develop joint programs and activities. ||
 * ^  || Research adding sustainability/ecological literacy to the BMCC Gen. Ed. Learning Goals & Outcomes ||
 * ^  || Establish a Sustainability Across the Curriculum program (modeled, in part, on WAC) ||
 * ^  || Develop a Sustainability Studies major/minor/concentration ||
 * ^  || Establish a Center for Sustainability Studies ||
 * ^  || Establish a Department of Sustainability Studies ||
 * ^  || Include courses addressing sustainability in college bulletin ||
 * ^  || General Education committee will infuse the principles of sustainability in the newest proposed curriculum ||
 * ^  || Establish a minor in environmental sciences, open to all students and majors ||
 * ^  || Encourage collaborative and interactive projects on or near campus: ||
 * ^  || Build an exhibition Solar Panel. A photovoltaic mobile cart for demonstration purposes ||
 * ^  || Implement an informational campaign for all student clubs -- Greening the clubs ||
 * ^  || Secure financial support for sending representatives to workshops, conferences, institutes, etc. ||
 * ^  || Implement speaker's series ||
 * ^  || Include representatives from the Sustainability Club on the Sustainability Committee ||
 * ^  || Create green students club making products from recyclable materials ||
 * ^  || Form Green partnerships and collaborations with external organizations. ||
 * ^  || Reach out to Washington Market park, other city and community groups ||
 * ^  || Reach out to other educational institutions, elementary, middle and high schools ||
 * ^  || Reach out to Green businesses ||
 * ^  || Green Career Fair ||
 * ^  || Bring in training programs, ATE Grant possibilities ||
 * ^  || Organize Sustainability Fair event annually ||
 * ^  || Gifts and give-aways given by BMCC administration should be sustainability-related ||
 * ^  || Host a regular Sustainability Conference at BMCC: ||
 * ^  || Design multi-day, multi-disciplinary conference plan, secure facility and funding ||
 * ^  || Call for proposals ||
 * ^  || Implement Sustainability Conference ||