Sustainability is...

Balancing the relationships between environmental stewardship, economic development, and social responsibility while meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations of people and ecosystems to meet their own needs.

 

 

Staff and Student Partnerships

Partnerships with the Office of Sustainabilty

Student Groups

The OS will be working with the student groups SEED, SPACE, SEPA and NetImpact to help them put together the various events planned as part of the nation-wide Focus the Nation on Global Warming Solutions for America project and other initiatives throughout the year.

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Individual Research Projects

Jiong Wang

Jiong is a MS student in Urban Planning who is performing the calculations needed to roughly estimate future greenhouse gas emissions by the campus.

Tianpin Wu

Tiapin is a Professional Master of Science and Technology student who will do a volunteer internship to learn how the health science campus operates and to assess options for helping that part of campus move towards a more sustainable future.

Brenden Kendall

Brenden is a PhD student from Communication who has centered his dissertation on studying the evolution of our campus network organization as we implement President Young’s vision for a more sustainable campus. 

Classes

Sustainability Practicum Class Spring 2008

In the spring 2008 semester students enrolled in the practicum have the exciting opportunity to plan, design, and implement sustainable enhancements to other U. campus structures and processes.

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Partnerships with Plant Operations

Classes

Urban Hydrology

Professor Steve Burian will lead a class in “Urban Hydrology” which will continue ongoing student projects aimed at developing and applying hydrologic models for water collection and transfer on campus

Thermal Systems

Professor Eric Pardyjak will lead a class in “” where students will likely design a future 2nd  chiller unit and compare their result to a recently developed chiller unit design. 

Sustainability Practicum Class Spring 2008

Bill Johnson and Steve Burian In the spring 2008 semester students enrolled in the practicum have the exciting opportunity to plan, design, and implement sustainable enhancements to other U. campus structures and processes.

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