SUSTAINABILITY AT JOHNS HOPKINSMT WASHINGTON CAMPUSWednesday, July 28, 2010

SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE: A BRIEF OVERVIEW

Established in 2006 Currently 4 full time staff Resource for ALL University divisions Coordinate the University Sustainability

Committee and the JHU Climate Implementation Plan

SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE GOALS FOR FY2011

Reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions by 51% by 2025

Annual Target: 7,300 MTCDE

(Roughly 3% per year)

SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE GOALS FOR FY2011

Increase University recycling rate to 40%

SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE GOALS FOR FY2011

Increase use of 30% post-consumer recycled content paper to 90%

Lifecycle Environmental ImpactThe following is a breakdown of the environmental impacts.

  Red Top Green Top Savings

 Wood Use 3 tons 2 tons 1 ton

 Total Energy 37 million BTU's 33 million BTU's 4 million BTUs

 Greenhouse Gases 5,479 lbs CO2 equiv. 4,952 lbs CO2 equiv. 527 lbs CO2 equiv.

 Wastewater 18,200 gallons 16,013 gallons 2187 gallons

 Solid Waste 2,166 pounds 1,885 pounds 281pounds

SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE GOALS FOR FY2011

Reduce total paper consumption

- 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000

University Paper Purchases

FY '07

FY '08

FY '09

Pounds of Paper Purchased

SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE GOALS FOR FY2011

Expand the deployment of 1E Nightwatchman

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

PC Power Consumption

Business as Usual1E Nightwatchman

kWh/Year

Garland Hall Annual Savings:

• 94,000 kWh• 56 MTCDE = 6,200 gal. of

gas• $10,000

SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE GOALS FOR FY2011

Launch “Every job is a green job” campaign

HOW MT. WASHINGTON CAN HELP SUPPORT JHU’S SUSTAINABILITY GOALS: Greenhouse Gas emissions

Use CLFs in task lighting Use natural light when possible Use energy saving power strips or plug

multiple peripherals into a regular power strip and turn off at the end of the day.

Use shades to block summer sun Do not use portable heaters Report problems

Recycling Recycle everything you can – including

toner cartridges, electronics, batteries Limit the use of disposables in break room Recycling challenge!

Purchasing Purchase at a minimum 30% post-

consumer recycled content paper Purchase office supplies with green

attributes like made from recycled content, nontoxic, reduced packaging, etc.

Reduce frequency of deliveries like Office Depot

Paper Reduction Set all copiers to default double-sided Distribute meeting materials

electronically and don’t print agendas, slides, etc.

Default print jobs to double-sided Reduce print jobs by sharing documents

electronically Paper challenge!

Deploy 1E Nightwatchman software Underway already Enable energy management settings on

computers Remove screensavers

Advocate Identify opportunities to reduce waste and

share with Sustainability Office Talk to your colleagues Become a Green Campus Rep

QUESTIONS? CONTACT.

Leana Houser, Sustainability Coordinator516-4002

lhouser@jhu.eduwww.sustainability.jhu.edu