| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.84 |
| Liaison | Andrew Horning |
| Submission Date | Dec. 19, 2022 |
University of Michigan
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Andrew
Horning Managing Director Graham Sustainability Institute |
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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:
The University Units Leadership Council (UULC) informs implementation pathways for U-M’s carbon neutrality efforts, with its members facilitating contributions and buy-in from organizational units throughout the university. The UULC plays a critical role in providing university-wide perspectives and facilitating unit-level engagement and participation to foster culture change throughout the institution.
The UULC:
- Represents the breadth of organizational units spanning the university
- Reviews work plans and outputs produced by various working groups, with an eye toward assessing budgetary impacts, implementation challenges, and relationships to other U-M priorities.
- Provides input and guidance on complex organizational issues associated with implementing the many dimensions of the university’s carbon neutrality initiative
The UULC:
- Represents the breadth of organizational units spanning the university
- Reviews work plans and outputs produced by various working groups, with an eye toward assessing budgetary impacts, implementation challenges, and relationships to other U-M priorities.
- Provides input and guidance on complex organizational issues associated with implementing the many dimensions of the university’s carbon neutrality initiative
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
Hank Baier - Associate Vice President for Facilities and Operations, Business & Finance
Tim Barden - Assistant Director, Facilities and Operations, UM-Flint
Liz Barry - Special Counsel to the President
Andy Berki - Director, Office of Campus Sustainability, Business & Finance
Matt Comstock - Chief Operating Officer, Medical School, Michigan Medicine
Dilip Das - Assistant Vice Provost, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Heather Dawson - Executive Director, Research and Economic Development, UM-Flint
Tony Denton - Senior Vice President and COO, Hospitals, Michigan Medicine
Amy Dittmar - Senior Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs
Carol Glick - Executive Director for Facilities, UM-Dearborn
Drew Horning - Special Advisor to the President for Carbon Neutrality Strategy
John Kepley - Director of Executive Communications and Strategic Initiatives Communications
Kambiz Khalili - Associate VP for Student Life
Chris Kolb - Vice President, Government Relations
Eric Michielssen - Associate Dean, College of Engineering
Elizabeth Moje - Dean, School of Education
Brad Orr - Associate VP for Research
Chris Poulsen - Associate Dean, College of LS&A
Rob Rademacher - Executive Sr. Associate Athletic Director and COO
Brian Smith - Associate Vice President for Finance, Business & Finance
Nick Wigginton - Assistant VP for Research
Armen Zakarian - Vice Provost for Research, UM-Dearborn
Tim Barden - Assistant Director, Facilities and Operations, UM-Flint
Liz Barry - Special Counsel to the President
Andy Berki - Director, Office of Campus Sustainability, Business & Finance
Matt Comstock - Chief Operating Officer, Medical School, Michigan Medicine
Dilip Das - Assistant Vice Provost, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Heather Dawson - Executive Director, Research and Economic Development, UM-Flint
Tony Denton - Senior Vice President and COO, Hospitals, Michigan Medicine
Amy Dittmar - Senior Vice Provost for Academic and Budgetary Affairs
Carol Glick - Executive Director for Facilities, UM-Dearborn
Drew Horning - Special Advisor to the President for Carbon Neutrality Strategy
John Kepley - Director of Executive Communications and Strategic Initiatives Communications
Kambiz Khalili - Associate VP for Student Life
Chris Kolb - Vice President, Government Relations
Eric Michielssen - Associate Dean, College of Engineering
Elizabeth Moje - Dean, School of Education
Brad Orr - Associate VP for Research
Chris Poulsen - Associate Dean, College of LS&A
Rob Rademacher - Executive Sr. Associate Athletic Director and COO
Brian Smith - Associate Vice President for Finance, Business & Finance
Nick Wigginton - Assistant VP for Research
Armen Zakarian - Vice Provost for Research, UM-Dearborn
Sustainability office(s)
Yes
A brief description of each sustainability office:
1.The Office of Campus Sustainability (OCS) serves as a focal point for sustainable campus operations, and collaborates with academic and research units, auxiliaries, and student groups to further efforts toward reaching the campus wide Sustainability Goals. Additionally, OCS is responsible for tracking and reporting the progress toward these goals, and communicating with the campus and surrounding community to engage staff, students and faculty.
2. Special Advisor to the president for carbon neutrality strategy, with responsibility for leading and coordinating the university's efforts to proactively address climate change.
3. Graham Sustainability Institute - Mobilizes the expertise and passion of scholars, partners, and decision-makers to work together and bring world-class research to real-world sustainability challenges.
2. Special Advisor to the president for carbon neutrality strategy, with responsibility for leading and coordinating the university's efforts to proactively address climate change.
3. Graham Sustainability Institute - Mobilizes the expertise and passion of scholars, partners, and decision-makers to work together and bring world-class research to real-world sustainability challenges.
Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
41
Sustainability officer(s)
Yes
Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Andy Berki - Director, Office of Campus Sustainability, Drew Horning Special Advisor to the President for Carbon Neutrality Strategy, Jennifer Haverkamp - Graham Family Director, Graham Sustainability Institute,
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:
As efforts toward university-wide carbon neutrality progress, U-M continues to work toward its 2025 Ann Arbor campus sustainability goals in the areas of Greenhouse Gases, Landfill Waste, and Community Culture.
Activities and Accomplishments:
• Energy conservation: Development and execution of energy conservation measures in general fund buildings slowed dramatically with the pandemic, but increased in FY22 as new projects were funded and launched.
• Wind power purchase agreement: Began sourcing energy from new DTE wind parks in spring 2021, reducing
U-M’s emissions by more than 100,000 metric tons of CO2 annually.
• Central Power Plant expansion: A new highly-efficient turbine is expected to begin operation in early 2022, reducing emissions by approximately 400,000 metric tons of CO2 within the first 10 years of operation
• Purchased four electric buses to be delivered in 2022, as a step toward decarbonizing the U-M vehicle fleet.
• Expanded daily parking pass options to support remote work and reduced commuting.
• Launched “Adopt a Compost Bin” pilots to expand publicfacing compost bins.
• With Athletics and other campus partners, improved zero waste efforts at football games.
• Approved the construction of a geothermal exchange (geo-exchange) system near the Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building, and residence hall on North Campus
Activities and Accomplishments:
• Energy conservation: Development and execution of energy conservation measures in general fund buildings slowed dramatically with the pandemic, but increased in FY22 as new projects were funded and launched.
• Wind power purchase agreement: Began sourcing energy from new DTE wind parks in spring 2021, reducing
U-M’s emissions by more than 100,000 metric tons of CO2 annually.
• Central Power Plant expansion: A new highly-efficient turbine is expected to begin operation in early 2022, reducing emissions by approximately 400,000 metric tons of CO2 within the first 10 years of operation
• Purchased four electric buses to be delivered in 2022, as a step toward decarbonizing the U-M vehicle fleet.
• Expanded daily parking pass options to support remote work and reduced commuting.
• Launched “Adopt a Compost Bin” pilots to expand publicfacing compost bins.
• With Athletics and other campus partners, improved zero waste efforts at football games.
• Approved the construction of a geothermal exchange (geo-exchange) system near the Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building, and residence hall on North Campus
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
http://graham.umich.edu
http://planetblue.umich.edu/campus/goals/carbonneutrality/
http://planetblue.umich.edu/campus/goals/carbonneutrality/
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