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Sustainability Conference Presentations

The following are some of the presentations from the Breakout Sessions of the Conference... More will come as they are received and the presentations will be linked to the speakers on the track sessions.

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Curriculum and Research
Energy
Sustainable Food Systems Track
Green Building EB/CI
Green Building NC Track
Institutionalizing Sustainability
Procurement
Student Affairs
Waste Reduction and Management
Transportation
Water and Landscaping
Best Practices
Beyond Fire
All Others

Curriculum and Research

Mapping Sustainable Curriculum
SEDE Survey: Sustainability Environmental
Design Education Project
Margot McDonald, AIA, Professor, Architecture, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (2.1mb)

Energy

Time to get Serious What UC Needs to Do to Move Toward Carbon-Neutral by 2020
Wendell Brase, Vice Chancellor, Administrative and Business Services, UC Irvine (8.58mb)

Energy Management for the 21st Century
Marine Science Research Building Energy Reductions at UCSB
Energy Benchmarking for a Monitoring-Based Commissioning Project
Jim Dewey, Associate Director, UCSB Facilities (3.5mb)

Energy Efficiency Partnership Program: Best Practice Awardees
HVAC Direct Digital Control Upgrades
Michelle Dyck-Turner, Administrative Support Coordinator, Energy & Waste Reduction Programs, Office of Heating & Air Conditioning, CSU San Bernardino (2.7mb)

Energy Management for the 21st Century
Building UC Merced - With Benchmarks! The first year of building performance data
John Elliot, Campus Energy Manager , Facilities Management, UC Merced (5.7mb)

Sustainable Food Systems Track

Next steps to Green Dining Certification and Energy Saving Initiatives
Clint Jeffries, Food Service Manager, UC Santa Cruz (4.4mb)

Green Building EB/CI

Lab Assessment and Management, Client Perspective
LARS Laboratory Assessments for Research Sustainability at UCSB
Allen Doyle, Lab Manager, UC Santa Barbara
Colin Dowling, Intern, Laboratory Assessments for Research Sustainability Program, UC Santa Barbara (33.9mb)

Purchasing Toward Leed™ Green Buildings and Toxics Reduction 62107
Cindi Deegan, Director, Purchasing, UC Merced (4.6mb)

LEED™ CI Case Studies
Robbins Hall Plant Genomics Lab Renovation (UC Davis)
Gary Dahl, Project Manager, Architects & Engineers Office, UC Davis
(15.2mb)

LEED™ EB Case Studies
LEED™ for Existing Building Process and Project Highlights from UC Office of the President LEED™ EB Project
Jubilee Daniels, M.L.A, LEED™ AP, LEED™ EB Project Coordinator, UC Office of the President (692kb)

Lab Assessment and Management; Client Perspective
Creating Sustainable Laboratories a broader ethic of stewardship in research
John C. Galland, Ph.D., Director, Laboratory Management Institute, UC Davis (1.6mb)

Green Building NC Track

Best Practices in Overall Sustainable Design
Central Plant / Classroom and Office Building
Mark Maxell, LEED™ Coordinator, UC Merced
John Elliot, Campus Energy Manager, UC Merced (4.6mb)

Day to Day Project Management Within Budget
Mark Maxell, LEED™ AP, LEED™/Sustainability Coordinator, UC Merced (15.8mb)

Institutionalizing Sustainability

Chancellor’s Sustainability Committees Session (Conference Handouts)

UC Santa Cruz Campus Sustainability Subcommittee (77kb)
UC San Francisco Environmental Sustainability Committee (134kb)
UC Davis Chancellor’s Sustainability Committees (122kb)
Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS), University of California, Berkeley (67kb)
UC Los Angeles Campus Sustainability Committee Overview (19kb)
UC Riverside Chancellor’s Committees on Sustainability (115kb)
UC Santa Barbara Chancellor’s Sustainability Committees Session (146kb)

The Making of UC Berkeley’s Climate Action Plan
Catherine Koshland, Ph.D., Vice Provost, Academic Planning and Facilities, UC Berkeley
Nathan Brostrom, Vice Chancellor Administration, UC Berkeley
Fahmida Ahmed, Sustainability Specialist, UC Berkeley (1.1mb)

Sustainability Indicators and Benchmarking
Candice Carr Kelman, Student, Planning, Policy and Design, UC Irvine (2mb)

Next Steps to Full Sustainability
California State University Sustainability Advisory Committee for Education and Research
Margot McDonald, AIA, LEED™ AP, Professor, Architecture, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (58kb)

Putting Policies into Practice
Len Pettis, Chief of Plant, Energy & Utilities
Capital Planning, Design and Construction (2.6mb)

Putting Policies into Practice
Los Angeles Community College District Policy / Implementation
Larry Eisenberg, Executive Director, Facilities, Planning and Development, Los Angeles Community College District (210kb)

Putting Policies into Practice
Review and Implementation of University of California's Sustainable Practices Policy
George Getgen, Director, Facilities Management, UC Office of the President (11.1mb)

Procurement

Purchasing Toward LEED™; Green Building and Toxics Reduction
Cindi Deegan, Director, Purchasing, UC Merced (685kb)

Purchasing Toward LEED™; Green Building and Toxics Reduction (Color version) (1.8mb)
Purchasing Toward LEED™; Green Building and Toxics Reduction (Gray Scale version) (1mb)
Alicia Culver, Executive Director, EnviroSpec, Inc.

Breaking Down the Silos; Collaboration, Communication, and Commitment
Paige L. Macias, Associate Vice Chancellor, Administrative & Business Services, UC Irvine (3.7mb)

Breaking Down the Silos, Collaboration, Communication, and Commitment
Lesley Clark, Commodity Manger, Strategic Sourcing, UC Office of the President (1.1mb)

Breaking Down the Silos, Collaboration, Communication, and Commitment
Scott MacKenzie, Sustainability Coordinator, UC Santa Barbara (5.6mb)

A Vehicle for Sustainability; Electronic Procurement
E-Procurement: Making the Right Thing to Do...the Easy Thing to Do
Linda Collins Director Procurement and Contracts, UC San Diego (728kb)

Purchasing Toward LEED™ Green Buildings and Toxics Reduction
Cindi Deegan, Director, Purchasing, UC Merced (5.6mb)

A Vehicle for Sustainability; Electronic Procurement
E-Procurement: a More Sustainable Process; Overview of the Current Applications at the University of California
Haggai Hisgilov, Executive Director, Strategic Sourcing, UC Office of the President (220kb)

Student Affairs

Residential Life and First Year Experience
Abby Horn: Co-Chair Associated Students Environmental Affairs Board, Student, Physics,
College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara (5.8mb)

Student Government
Incorporating Environmental Sustainability into Graduate Student Government
Becca Jones, Student, Materials Science, UC Berkeley (5.3mb)

Waste Reduction and Management

Best Practices Session in Construction and Demolition Waste
Waste Diversion from Construction Projects at CSULB
Lee Johnson, Recycling Coordinator, ASI Recycling Center, CSU Long Beach (29mb)

Best Practices Session in Construction and Demolition Waste
Lin King, Program Manager
Cameron Wilson, Staff Assistant (3.6mb)

Best Practices Session in Construction and Demolition Waste
Reusing in Construction and Demolition Projects at UC Berkeley
Jonathan Wright, Manager, Re-USE Campus Materials Exchange (11.1mb)

Transportation

Session: Marketing Sustainable Transportation
Brodie Hamilton, Director, Parking and Transportatin Services, Stanford University
Andy Chow, Commute Specialist, San Jose State University
Brian d’Autremont, Director, Transportation, UC San Diego

Session: Advanced Fuels Panel
Peter F.Ward, Policy Advisor to the Vice Chair and Commissioner, California Energy Commission
Richard Bettendorf, Dean of Instruction, School of Technical Careers, San Diego Miramar College
Marc Melaina, Ph.D., Project Scientist, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis

Session: “And the winners are…” Sustainable Transportation Awards
Susan Rains, Commuter and Access Services Coordinator, University Police Department. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
B100, Ronald Fleming, CCSP Associate Director, Parking and Transportation, UC Irvine
Transportation Demand Management, Ronald Fleming, CCSP Associate Director, Parking and Transportation, UC Irvine
Peggy Menton, MBA, Associate Director, Communication and Commuter Services, UC Los Angeles

Session: Campus Bike Planning
Richard Demerjian, LEEDTM AP, Director, Campus and Environmental Planning, UC Irvine
Matt Benjamin, Associate, Alta Planning + Design
Sam Corbett, Assistant Director, Transportation & Parking Services, UC San Diego

Session: Tackling Bigfoot, the Carbon Footprint of Transportation
Daniel Salazar, Student, Geography, CSU Chico
Sherry Lewis, Associate Director, Transportation Services, Fleet and Transit, UC Los Angeles
Nicholas Linesch, Sustainability Transportation Intern, UC Office of the President, Student, Civil Engineering, UC Davis

Water and Landscaping

Clean Water Programs
Stanford University's Water Conservation Program
Marty Laporte, Manager, Water Resources and Environmental Quality, Utilities Department, Stanford University
Larry Hoffman (510kb)

Water Conservation and Metering with Best Practice Awardees
Water Savings from smart irrigations controls
Dennis Mitchell, CLIA, Irrigation Association CLT, Irrigation Specialist, San Diego State University
Bill Lekas, Energy Manager, Physical Plant, San Diego State University (4.3mb)

Water Conservation and Metering with Best Practices Awardees
Dennis K. Elliot, P.E., Manager, Engineering and Utilities , Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (6.2mb)

Best Practices

UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference Best Practices
Campus-wide High Efficiency Lighting Retrofits
Michelle Dyck-Turner, Administrative Support Coordinator, Energy & Waste Reduction Programs, Office of Heating & Air Conditioning, CSU San (1.5mb)

Water Conservation and Metering with Best Practices Awardees
Dennis K. Elliot, P.E., Manager, Engineering and Utilities, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (6.2mb)

Award Winner: Student Sustainability Program
Fee Referendum
Alex Hofmann, AURUM Consulting Engineers, California State University Monterey Bay (2.1mb)

Beyond Fire

Beyond Fire Post Conference training membership letter July 17
(86kb)

Beyond Fire Post Conference training novel introduction july 17
(79kb)

Beyond Fire Post Conference Workshop What on Earth is a SUN
(77kb)