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Sustainability
Recommendations:
- Develop a Sustainable Development Policy with defined action plans and clear targets for all departments
- Create campus-wide sustainability committee on the model used by campuses like the University of British Columbia, UW-Stevens Point or Penn State
- Create a comprehensive Best Management Practices (BMP) guideline, to serve as a supplement to this 2005 Master Plan to address the following general points (from USGBC LEED Rating System) and any others specific to UW-Green Bay:
- Land/Sustainable Sites
- Erosion and sediment control
- Site selection
- Building and site synergies
- Increased development density, where appropriate
- Brownfield redevelopment or adaptive reuse
- Pedestrian and bicycle friendly environment
- Alternative transportation options
- Optimized land use - reduced site and footprint disturbance footprint
- Parking solutions
- Open space and habitat protection and restoration
- Storm water management and on-site treatment
- Minimized heat island effect, especially from parking lots
- Reduced irrigation practices
- Landscaping with native and non-invasive species
- Light pollution control through site fixture selection
- Energy and Atmosphere
- Building orientation, form and massing opportunities
- Optimized energy performance
- Fundamental building system commissioning
- Whole building commissioning
- CFC Reduction in HVAC and R Equipment
- Alternative renewable energy sources
- Minimized ozone-depleting chemicals
- Daylight harvesting
- Measurement and verification of building systems
- Promotion of life cycle cost analysis comparisons
- Energy Star equipment use
- Maximized energy conservation and promotion of Green Power
- Energy use modeling based on climatic data and occupancy characteristics
- Energy use sub metering and monitoring
- Natural/cross ventilation strategies, where applicable•
- Reduced heat island effect from roofs•
- Water
- Use of native plantings
- Rainwater harvest rainwater for irrigation purposes
- Open running water as a physical and aesthetic amenity for outer areas of drainage system as an alternative to piping underground
- Reduced water usage through low-low fixtures and metered faucets
- Innovative waste-water technologies
- Material resources and waste disposal
- Campus-wide accessible storage/collection areas for recyclables
- Adaptive reuse of campus buildings
- Construction waste management with a mini-mum 75 percent landfill diversion rate
- Material selection for durability
- Materials specifi cation with end use in mind
- Materials reduction
- Resource reuse – consider salvaged materials
- High recycled content material use
- Local and regional materials use–avoid excessive transportation
- Emphasize re-use instead of building new
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Minimum Indoor Air Quality indicator standards, over and above OSHA Standards
- Thermal, acoustic, and visual comfort
- Enforced tobacco smoke policies, perhaps above and beyond current state requirements
- Indoor chemical and pollutants source control
- Print and copy rooms isolation with exhaust
- Carbon dioxide monitoring
- Increased staff control of systems
- Ventilation effectiveness
- Pre-, post- and construction Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) management plans
- Low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emitting materials
- Permanent entryway systems, grills, grates walk-off mats
- Building flush-out period prior to occupancy
- Land/Sustainable Sites
Implementation:
Establish a campus sustainability committee whose charge might include:
- Developing Sustainable Development Policy with defined action plans and clear targets for all depart-ments on the UW–Green Bay campus
- Creating a comprehensive Best Management Practices (BMP) guideline specific to the UW-Green Bay campus