| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 57.85 |
| Liaison | Chad Carwein |
| Submission Date | Jan. 17, 2023 |
East Carolina University
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Chad
Carwein University Sustainability Manager HSC Facilities Services |
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Sustainability committee(s)
Yes
The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
Our Mission
The ECU Sustainability Committee will serve as a resource and offer guidance to assure that the university community is engaged, responsible, and environmentally literate in the campus-wide development of a fully articulate vision for sustainability in research, curriculum, campus operations, and community. Our environmental stewardship will build on existing initiatives and strengths that align with the university strategic plan, as well as foster regional sustainability. The primary intent of the Sustainability Committee is to implement the ECU Sustainability Plan: 2019-2023 including the following four focus areas:
1. Climate Change Mitigation: This focus area crosses departments and fields and reaches to the core of ECU’s Sustainability Plan, greatly reducing the environmental impact of ECU. The CCM focus area broadly refers to the pursuit of outcomes designed to reduce ECU’s greenhouse gas emissions both on and off campus.
2. Academics and Research: This focus area includes integrating sustainability into the curriculum as well as tracking, supporting and expanding sustainability related research conducted by students and faculty on campus. This focus area also covers living laboratory initiatives, immersive experiences and sustainability literacy.
3. Campus Grounds: This focus area includes landscaping, gardens, incorporation of wildlife habitats, biodiversity preservation, aesthetics, water balance, stormwater and nitrogen flow.
4. Materials Management: This focus area includes the consumption and disposal of all products purchased on ECU’s campus. This includes recycling, composting, reusing, repurposing, donating and sending discarded materials to landfill.
The ECU Sustainability Committee will serve as a resource and offer guidance to assure that the university community is engaged, responsible, and environmentally literate in the campus-wide development of a fully articulate vision for sustainability in research, curriculum, campus operations, and community. Our environmental stewardship will build on existing initiatives and strengths that align with the university strategic plan, as well as foster regional sustainability. The primary intent of the Sustainability Committee is to implement the ECU Sustainability Plan: 2019-2023 including the following four focus areas:
1. Climate Change Mitigation: This focus area crosses departments and fields and reaches to the core of ECU’s Sustainability Plan, greatly reducing the environmental impact of ECU. The CCM focus area broadly refers to the pursuit of outcomes designed to reduce ECU’s greenhouse gas emissions both on and off campus.
2. Academics and Research: This focus area includes integrating sustainability into the curriculum as well as tracking, supporting and expanding sustainability related research conducted by students and faculty on campus. This focus area also covers living laboratory initiatives, immersive experiences and sustainability literacy.
3. Campus Grounds: This focus area includes landscaping, gardens, incorporation of wildlife habitats, biodiversity preservation, aesthetics, water balance, stormwater and nitrogen flow.
4. Materials Management: This focus area includes the consumption and disposal of all products purchased on ECU’s campus. This includes recycling, composting, reusing, repurposing, donating and sending discarded materials to landfill.
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
ECU Sustainability Committee 2022 Membership:
Climate Change Mitigation Subcommittee:
Griffin Avin - Staff (Chair)
Paul Carlson - Staff
Dan Durham - Staff
Fabian Wilkerson - Staff
Guy Iverson - Staff
Owen Bergquist - Student
Sammy Snead - Staff
Joseph Sutton - Staff
Academics and Research Subcommittee:
Chad Carwein - Staff (Chair)
Craig Becker - Faculty
Todd Fraley - Faculty
Erik Kneubuehl - Staff
Beth Bee - Faculty
Dennis McCunney - Staff
Tim Christensen - Faculty
Stephen Moysey - Faculty
Andrew Grace - Staff
Campus Grounds Subcommittee:
John Gill - Staff (Chair)
Carol Goodwillie - Faculty
Rob Howard - Faculty
Dale Aycock - Community Member
Josh Puckett - Staff
Charles Humphrey - Faculty
Mike O'Driscoll - Faculty
Erica Henry - Student
Materials Management Subcommittee:
Terry Little - Staff (Chair)
Aaron Lucier - Staff
Carl Thorell - Staff
Celia Daniels - Staff
Byran Tuten - Staff
Eniselina Tungafasi - Student
Susan Thomas - Staff
Gaelle Deshayes - Staff
Climate Change Mitigation Subcommittee:
Griffin Avin - Staff (Chair)
Paul Carlson - Staff
Dan Durham - Staff
Fabian Wilkerson - Staff
Guy Iverson - Staff
Owen Bergquist - Student
Sammy Snead - Staff
Joseph Sutton - Staff
Academics and Research Subcommittee:
Chad Carwein - Staff (Chair)
Craig Becker - Faculty
Todd Fraley - Faculty
Erik Kneubuehl - Staff
Beth Bee - Faculty
Dennis McCunney - Staff
Tim Christensen - Faculty
Stephen Moysey - Faculty
Andrew Grace - Staff
Campus Grounds Subcommittee:
John Gill - Staff (Chair)
Carol Goodwillie - Faculty
Rob Howard - Faculty
Dale Aycock - Community Member
Josh Puckett - Staff
Charles Humphrey - Faculty
Mike O'Driscoll - Faculty
Erica Henry - Student
Materials Management Subcommittee:
Terry Little - Staff (Chair)
Aaron Lucier - Staff
Carl Thorell - Staff
Celia Daniels - Staff
Byran Tuten - Staff
Eniselina Tungafasi - Student
Susan Thomas - Staff
Gaelle Deshayes - Staff
Sustainability office(s)
Yes
A brief description of each sustainability office:
The institution does not have a separate office for sustainability, but currently does have one FTE that is responsible for Sustainability and one FTE position that is responsible for Energy Management. Additionally, we have a Chief Sustainability Officer who is the Director for Facilities on our Health Sciences Campus and there are multiple student interns that also support the sustainability activities of the institution. Lastly, we have approval to post a Sustainability Outreach Specialist position in spring 2023.
Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
2.50
Sustainability officer(s)
Yes
Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Griffin Avin, Chief Sustainability Officer
Institution-wide coordination
Yes
A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
The University Environment Committee's responsibilities include the following:
A. The committee recommends policies to preserve and advance the general physical environment of the University, including traffic flow patterns, hardened sidewalk designs, speed limits, and parking facilities.
B. The committee recommends policies for maintenance of culturally historic landscape features and ground covers possessing aesthetic, historic, and/or environmental value and to mitigate the loss of displaced habitat.
C. The committee reviews effects of university projects upon water quality and quantity, runoff, and other physical impacts upon the community and provides recommendations when necessary.
D. The committee advises and works in coordination with the Sustainability Manager to promote sustainability efforts on campus, which include energy and resource conservation, recycling, waste reduction, and integration of sustainability issues into the curriculum.
E. The committee makes recommendations to promote appropriate management and use for education and research of ECU’s major natural areas.
F. The committee requests information as needed from Campus Operations, including Facilities Engineering and Architectural Services, and makes recommendations related to the following areas: University Master Plan, future land use, design and construction of new buildings, renovations of existing facilities, management and implementation of the utility infrastructure, and management of the University’s repair and renovation program.
G. The Committee serves as a communication link between Campus Operations and the Faculty Senate regarding issues outlined above.
A. The committee recommends policies to preserve and advance the general physical environment of the University, including traffic flow patterns, hardened sidewalk designs, speed limits, and parking facilities.
B. The committee recommends policies for maintenance of culturally historic landscape features and ground covers possessing aesthetic, historic, and/or environmental value and to mitigate the loss of displaced habitat.
C. The committee reviews effects of university projects upon water quality and quantity, runoff, and other physical impacts upon the community and provides recommendations when necessary.
D. The committee advises and works in coordination with the Sustainability Manager to promote sustainability efforts on campus, which include energy and resource conservation, recycling, waste reduction, and integration of sustainability issues into the curriculum.
E. The committee makes recommendations to promote appropriate management and use for education and research of ECU’s major natural areas.
F. The committee requests information as needed from Campus Operations, including Facilities Engineering and Architectural Services, and makes recommendations related to the following areas: University Master Plan, future land use, design and construction of new buildings, renovations of existing facilities, management and implementation of the utility infrastructure, and management of the University’s repair and renovation program.
G. The Committee serves as a communication link between Campus Operations and the Faculty Senate regarding issues outlined above.
Optional Fields
Job description (1st position)
University Sustainability Manager
Job description for the sustainability officer position:
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Job description (2nd position)
University Energy Manager
Job description for the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
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Job description (3rd position)
Sustainability Outreach Specialist
Job description for the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
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Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability coordination is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
SOURCE: Chad Carwein, University Sustainability Manager
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