1. 1 Greening the Campus Nilda Mesa Assistant Vice President, Office of Environmental Stewardship May 15, 2009

2. 1/12/20162 Columbia University Environmental Stewardship 2 What CU Stewardship Means Integrating environmental considerations into all aspects of the university’s planning and operations Academic Environmental Programs: 24 degrees in all Energy Efficiency: a top priority Columbia’s PlaNYC Challenge Commitment Green Buildings Manhattanville Commitments Green Roofs and other Faculty and Student Collaborations Future Trends and Issues 1/12/20162 Columbia University Environmental Stewardship

3. 1/12/20163 Columbia University Environmental Stewardship 3 Making the Grade: Sustainable Endowments Institute Columbia one of only 15 schools nationwide to score the highest grade: A- Only New York school on the list –Average grade of all schools surveyed was a C+

4. 1/12/20164 Columbia University Environmental Stewardship 4 LEED Buildings Underway Comer Geochemistry Building McVickar Hall Northwest Corner Building Faculty House Knox Hall Baker Field The 63,000-square-foot Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is designed for high energy efficiency.

5. 1/12/20165 Columbia University Environmental Stewardship 5 Existing and proposed view from West 130th Street and Twelfth Avenue Manhattanville One acre open square Exterior shading Atelier Ten helped design to reduce cooling costs at Yale University LEED-ND for master plan LEED Silver for buildings Sustainability Framework Construction and Demolition Debris MOU with Environmental Defense Fund construction air quality mitigation

6. 1/12/20166 Columbia University Environmental Stewardship 6 Collaborations Green Roof Project Urban Design Lab CTICE/Gateway Green Umbrella/Ecoreps Green audits Surplus Reuse –90.82 short tons of furniture kept out of the landfill with the Surplus Reuse Program –Waste Match – city collaboration

7. 1/12/20167 Columbia University Environmental Stewardship 7 30% reduction from 2005 levels by 2017 –Reductions are over gross square footage Conducted GHG Inventory 2005-06 Baseline Year Develop an emission reduction action plan Implement Monitor Review and adjust PlaNYC Challenge Commitment

8. 1/12/20168 Columbia University Environmental Stewardship 8 What we learned Building energy usage makes up over 90% of greenhouse gas emissions Different buildings exhibited different patterns Influencing planning

9. 1/12/20169 Columbia University Environmental Stewardship 9 What happens next

10. 1/12/201610 Columbia University Environmental Stewardship Where the GHG reductions will come from

11. 1/12/201611 Columbia University Environmental Stewardship 11 IT part of the plan….

12. 1/12/201612 Columbia University Environmental Stewardship 12 For more information: www.environment.columbia.edu