Elizabeth Kiss ACUPCC Steering Committee September 26, 2013 Agnes Scott: Changing Institutional Behavior & Culture Agnes Scott: Changing Institutional Behavior & Culture

Population 922 students 325 faculty/staff Footprint 29 buildings – 900,000 sq ft. 100 acre campus 2,000 trees Agnes Scott 125 years

NOT coherent or integrated Lost Opportunities: The David Orr Story Fragile Efforts: Environmental Studies (Here Today, Gone Tomorrow) Lonely & Scattered Champions Where We Were…

College Mission: We educate women to think deeply, live honorably, and engage the intellectual and social challenges of their time. (Sustainability key to all 3 components) Strategic Plan: Engaging a Wider World (Sustainability key to Goal #4: Living Honorably) Alignment

Director of Sustainability Reports to President with dotted line report to VP for Business & Finance Sustainability Fellows (funded through grants, donations, and partnership with City of Decatur) Sustainability Steering Committee Includes Faculty, Staff, Students, Senior Administrators, Trustees, Alumnae Green Team, Environmental Residents, ESS Committee, GRF Committee Staffing & Governance

 Charter Member of ACUPCC (American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment)  Charter Member of the Billion Dollar Green Challenge  Green purchasing & waste reduction policy  LEED building policy – Silver or higher  Temperature Set Point Policy Institutional Policies

Waste Management  Single stream recycling  Composting  Cartridge World Recycling  Print management system Waste Management WASTE Diversion From 24% in 2008 to 75% in 2013 RECYCLEMANIA 2012 In Georgia: # 1 for Food Service Organics # 2 in Per Capita Classic Nationally: # 5 Food Service Organics # 73 Per Capita Classic

Transportation  Supply used cooking oil for bio-diesel  Purple Bike Program  Zip Car  Reduced MARTA passes  Clean Air Campaign partnership  No idling policy  Future Plans: Electric car charging station Transportation

Curriculum  Environmental & Sustainability Studies Minor (first three graduates May 2012)  Azalea Project for Faculty: Sustainability Across the Curriculum (Two faculty now certified trainers)  Student internships Curriculum

Student Life  Green Team  Environmental Residents  Eco-House  $10 Student Green Fee  Garden Project  Beehive Project  And Much More!! Student Life

Energy & Climate  GHG Emissions Inventory (16% reduction to date)  Climate Action Plan  Building Dashboard  Green Revolving Fund  Energy Retrofit Projects in off-campus houses w/Oak Ridge Nat’l Labs & Southface  52,000 sq ft Geothermal Building renovation – opening Fall 2014  Hopefully coming soon…..Solar Power!! Energy & Climate

$1 million by 2015 $500,000 committed to date by individual donors and foundations – First Project (Campus-Wide Lighting Retrofit) Completed and Returning Income to Fund – $175,000 commitment toward cost of Geothermal of Campbell Hall – GRF to be incorporated into fundraising for next major renovation project Case Study #1: Agnes Scott’s Green Revolving Fund (GRF) Case Study #1: Agnes Scott’s Green Revolving Fund (GRF)

Supports environmental & financial sustainability Elegant vehicle for structuring (and highlighting) institutional commitment to efficiency Powerful interdisciplinary learning tool Appeals to donors (even those who are not Tree- Hugger types!) Provided a chance for Agnes Scott to be a leader – inspired leadership from CFO and others GRF as a Catalyst for Institutional Change

May 2013: Agnes Scott approved for two 98 kW solar arrays through Georgia Power’s Advanced Solar Initiative, GPASI GA Power will contract with college to buy power for 13 cents per kW for 20 years Payback period of 7 years with tax incentives Opportunity to be a solar leader & shape policy conversation in our region Now seeking investors/funding sources Case Study #2: Solar Power

 Making Sustainability part of Agnes Scott’s Institutional DNA Looking Beyond a Single President, CFO, Faculty Champion, Sustainability Director  The WWSD Experiment  Key Steps: Institutional Positioning Board Governance Dedicated Staff & Faculty The Challenge: Looking Toward 2139