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Meeting Agenda 4/8/2014

1:00 – 2:00

Small Administrative Conference Room

 

Review Last Meeting’s Minutes

 

Announcements

 

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

Policy and Procedure: employee reminders, education, and training needs (printing, recycling, supplies, computers, small appliance)

                *Rachel, Carol, Kristi, Chad

Sustainability Reporting/Benchmarking: GGI, ACUPCC, MnSCU Sustainability Reporting, Superior Compact, B3, publicizing info

                *Kristi, Aaron, Deanne, Bruce

Sustainability Kiosk: energy dashboard/demo, sustainability signage

                *Duane, Rachel, Student Senate Rep

Landscape Planning: annual flower planting, rainwater harvesting, no-mow areas, rooftop gardening

                *Kristi, Mike, Aaron, Theresa, maintenance rep, Wade

-planning update, burn planned

Sustainability in Curriculum

                *Theresa, Aaron, Kristi, Deanne

Garden Club update (Neldon, Aaron)

 

Other SE Updates (Neldon, Aaron)

Aaron: café benchmarking project, PTK, Student Senate: ISF Lake Superior Local Food Purchasing Toolkit

Real Food Challenge and the Real Food Challenge Calculator

 

New Business

Earth Day update, poster review

Time

What

Where

Month of April: weekly blog post featuring LSC Sustainability efforts in This Week in Student Life, Newsplash, and facebook

11:00-2:00

vendor tables

Council table featuring recycling options: plastics, cartridges, compost etc

Student Life hallway

11:00-1:00

Campus Clean-up w/ water bottle give-away

 

11:00-1:00

Student posters (also Wed) , herb planting, worm bin giveaway

Atrium

11:00-noon

Speakers: Chad Johnson (conf), Thousand Hills (conf), Food Farm (conf)

Lounge

noon-1:00

Lunch: Thousand Hills hot dogs (conf), Food Farm Rutabaga fries (conf), hummus (tent), compostable eatware and bins

I-net Cafe

12:00-1:30

“Fresh” movie, discussion (Kristi tent)

Lounge

(tent)=tentative    (conf)=confirmed   (alt)= alternate

 

World Water Week re-cap

Rotary Shred-a-thon

Silver Bay Victus Farms field trip update-April 25, motion to pay for bus

Compost and Concourse signs?

Grand Re-opening of Interpretive Trail

Minnesota Waste Wise Waste Sort (postpone for May meeting)

STP-LSC project “Strategic Sustainability Planning to Synergistic Results” submitted for consideration for annual AASHE Sustainability Case Study award

 

Ongoing Business

 

Old Business

 

Budget 

Request for heated foot rest for the Administrative Assistant to the VP ($52.64)

Bus to Silver Bay, tour Victus Farm ($300)

Purchase compostable plates, cups, and napkins for Earth Day (300 each for $76)

Purchase compostable cups for Development Day

Earth Day speaker, Chad Johnson ($75)

Posts/rope for H-bldg seeded area ($159.75/12 pk)x2

Bottle filling station for ERTC/LSC downtown

Interpretive Trailhead sign ($132)

               

FY14 Budget: $9,000 

Encumbrances to date:

MN Waste Wise membership 2013-2014: -$150

Open PO for Menards (landscaping supplies: azalea mulch, planter flowers): -$200

Open PO for Menards (Interpretive trail supplies) – $200

AASHE membership: -$280

Airpark plastic bag recycling program: -$208

Rene Fall (Int Trail GIS mapping): -$320

UMACS Kristi travel and registration: -$758.39

ACUPCC annual 2013-2014 membership: -$750

Eden Brothers (seed mix for S-bldg): -143.96

Grainger for faucet aerators: -$85

RSPT member dues: -$300

BALANCE as of 1/14/2014: $5618.65

 

FY14 potential budget items

·         Concourse lighting signage

·         Additional bike rack for main entrance

·         Outdoor recycling cans

·         Interpretive Trail bench, trash/recycling cans, exclosures

·         Parking lot info signs

·         Legacy: fencing for exclosures

·         Sustainability kiosk

·         MnSCU Sustainability Across Curriculum workshop host costs

 

Next Meeting

May 2nd, 2014  9:00 in Student Life Conference Room

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World Water Week @ LSC

LSC is working with the University of Minnesota, Duluth, University of Wisconsin, Superior, College of St. Scholastica, and Fond du Lac College to celebrate World Water Week!  Events at LSC will take place on Tuesday wwd-week's eventsin the Atrium  from 10:00-2:00.  Bring your empty plastic water bottles, and add them to our bottle chain.  Learn about the effects of plastics in our ecosystem, and attend the week’s great events to learn how to properly dispose of many household items.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This event was organized by the League of Women Voters.  Posters created by  UMD Graphic Design & Marketing student, Hannah Farmer.

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Meeting Minutes 3/7/2014

9:00-10:30

Location: Student Life Conference Room

Attendance

Governing Council Members present: Deanne Roquet, Kristi Heintz, Theresa Hornstein, Mike Francisco, Heather Grillo, Aaron McIntire, Heather Rantula

General Members present:  Duane Timo, Dick Haney

Guest Present: Deanna Keller (PTK), Alyssa Heim

 

Announcements

Sustainable Twin Ports Early Adopter training will not run this year.  Dine Sustainably Twin Ports will take place in late April, during Homegrown, volunteers are welcome!

 

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

Policy and Procedure: employee reminders, education, and training needs (printing, recycling, supplies, computers, small appliance)

                *Rachel, Carol, Kristi, Chad

No updates

 

Master Facilities Plan

                *Dick, Cliff, Glenn, Kristi, Theresa

The work group met on February 24th to further brainstorm sustainability proposals for inclusion in the Facilities Master Plan.  This time, the group focused more on building efficiency technologies and plans.  The full list was sent to Al for conversations with the contractors.  The list is attached to today’s minutes.  From this meeting, some broad needs were identified, including the need for a Landscape Plan and Annual Landscape Maintenance Calendar.  Kristi convened a meeting with the Landscape Planning Committee to discuss these plans further.

 

Sustainability Reporting/Benchmarking: GGI, ACUPCC, MnSCU Sustainability Reporting, Superior Compact, B3, publicizing info

                *Kristi, Aaron, Deanne, Bruce

No updates.

 

Sustainability Kiosk: energy dashboard/demo, sustainability signage

                *Duane, Rachel, Student Senate Rep

No updates

 

Landscape Planning: annual flower planting, rainwater harvesting, no-mow areas, rooftop gardening

                Theresa, Mike, Aaron, Kristi, maintenance rep

The work group met on March 3rd to continue work on proposals submitted to the Facilites Master Planning consultants.  The group started to identify key areas on campus that needed landscaping attention or specific maintenance needs, both for asthetic purposes and structural.  After the meeting, Kristi drafted an LSC Landscaping Map through google, this map will be used to create an Annual Landscape Calendar and specific annual planting goals in the next month.

Sustainability in Curriculum

                *Theresa, Duane, Aaron, Kristi, Deanne, Glenn

Aaron reported that he’s been communicating the efforts of our group to PTK, and they are very interested in being part of the research needs that Jenni is looking for to bring the Sustainable Food Systems articulation track to LSC.  PTK is also interested in helping to secure funding or support for a greenhouse.  Theresa and Aaron have been working with Theo in the Grant Office to find potential funding sources.  Theo would like us to draft letters of intent for projects we’re hoping to secure funding in.  These letters will fall under the responsibility of the SC work group the most align with.

 

Other SE Updates

None

 

New Business

The Earth Day planning committee met on March 3rd to continue discussions for Earth Day planning.  Kristi will ask Jean to create a poster for the meal, featuring vendors and where to buy.  The poster or another will feature the day’s schedule. Schedule below:

Time

What

Where

Month of April: weekly blog post featuring LSC Sustainability efforts in This Week in Student Life, Newsplash, and facebook

11:00-2:00

vendor tables

Council table featuring recycling options: plastics, cartridges, compost etc

Student Life hallway

11:00-1:00

Campus Clean-up w/ water bottle give-away

 

11:00-1:00

Student posters, herb planting, worm bin giveaway

Atrium

11:00-noon

Speakers: Chad Johnson (conf), Thousand Hills (tent), Food Farm (tent), LoLa (tent) Gnar Foodz (alt)

Lounge

noon-1:00

Lunch: Thousand Hills hot dogs (tent), Food Farm Rutabaga fries (tent), CoOp hummus (tent), LoLa hard boiled eggs (tent) compostable eatware and bins

I-net Cafe

12:00-1:30

“Fresh” movie, discussion (Kristi tent)

Lounge

(tent)=tentative    (conf)=confirmed   (alt)= alternate

 

World Water Week is being recognized locally on March 24-25; collaborative events from CSS, UMD, UWS, and LSC are being organized by the League of Women Voters.  LSC will gather plastic bottles and create a garland chain on March 25th in the Atrium.  Garden Club will make popcorn, we will show the movie Tapped or similar water focused documentary, and invite all students (through posters on the vending machines and facebook) to connect their bottles to the chain where images of the destructive nature of plastic in ecosystems will also be hung.  The garland will hang in the concourse until Earth Day. 

 

Ongoing Business

 

Old Business

 

Budget

Annual RSPT dues, of $300, are due soon.  Kristi outlined the benefit of RSPT to LSC.  This is a membership we budget for each year.  Theresa motioned to pay the dues, Dick seconded.  Motion passed unopposed.

 

FY14 Budget: $9,000 

Encumbrances to date:

MN Waste Wise membership 2013-2014: -$150

Open PO for Menards (landscaping supplies: azalea mulch, planter flowers): -$200

Open PO for Menards (Interpretive trail supplies) – $200

AASHE membership: -$280

Airpark plastic bag recycling program: -$208

Rene Fall (Int Trail GIS mapping): -$320

UMACS Kristi travel and registration: -$758.39

ACUPCC annual 2013-2014 membership: -$750

Eden Brothers (seed mix for S-bldg): -143.96

Grainger for faucet aerators: -$85

BALANCE as of 3/7/2014: $5918.65

FY14 potential budget items

·         Concourse lighting signage

·         Bottle filling station for ERTC (did this happen in FY13?) and downtown campus

·         Additional bike rack for main entrance

·         Outdoor recycling cans

·         Interpretive Trailhead sign

·         Interpretive Trail bench, trash/recycling cans

·         Parking lot info signs

·         Legacy: fencing for exclosures

·         Sustainability kiosk

·         MnSCU Sustainability Across Curriculum workshop host costs

 

Next meeting

April 4th, 2014, 9:00 am, Student Life Conference Room

 

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LSC Runs on LED

LSC is now three years into an ongoing, multi-year energy saving plan, achieved  partially through lighting fixture and bulb upgrades.

In 2011, the Main Concourse was fitted with new energy saving lighting fixtures. This has allowed lower-watt bulbs to more efficiently cast light.  The concourse lights also utilize photocell technology, a high-efficiency function that allows natural lighting to determine whether the light stays on…or off. When sufficient daylight permits, a number of the lights in the concourse will switch off—in turn, further reducing our energy needs.  new library lights-smAdditionally, the library added a new row of ultra high efficiency T-5 fixtures to a space that was in  need of brighter, yet more efficient, lighting.  Finally, in some hallways where ballasts permitted, inefficient compact bulbs were replaced with more efficient lower watt bulbs.  Since the first year’s round of projects was completed, our energy consumption in those areas has reduced by almost 224,000 kWH per year, saving $13,000 annually! This project also utilized an almost $10,000 Minnesota Power rebate. To date, total payback from energy savings has nearly been reached!

LED parking lights300In 2013, a total parking lot lighting fixture upgrade cycle began.  Since then, 61 400-watt metal halide fixtures in LSC’s North and Lower Main parking lots have been upgraded to 116-watt LED, with photocontrol added for diurnal dimming depending on available daylight and parking lot use.  Rebates from this project were placed in an energy efficiency revolving fund, and that money will be reinvested in additional campus energy efficiency upgrades.  Anticipated payback for this project is about 10 years.  The campus’ West parking lot is next in line for LED upgrades.

Want more Information?

In The Dark About Picking A Light Bulb…”  for your home or office?  Check out this FAQ article from NPR.  You’ll even see a great watt comparison, from incandescent to CFL, to LED, they outline relative energy consumption, light output and life expectancy in “NPR’s Guide To Changing Light Bulbs.

 

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Meeting Agenda 3/7/2014


9:00 – 10:00

Student Life Conference Room

 

Review Last Meeting’s Minutes

 

Announcements

STP training will NOT run this year, Dine Sustainable Twin Ports will run in April during Homegrown, volunteers welcome!

 

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

Policy and Procedure: employee reminders, education, and training needs (printing, recycling, supplies, computers, small appliance)

                *Rachel, Carol, Kristi, Chad

Sustainability Reporting/Benchmarking: GGI, ACUPCC, MnSCU Sustainability Reporting, Superior Compact, B3, publicizing info

                *Kristi, Aaron, Deanne, Bruce

Sustainability Kiosk: energy dashboard/demo, sustainability signage

                *Duane, Rachel, Student Senate Rep

Landscape Planning: annual flower planting, rainwater harvesting, no-mow areas, rooftop gardening

                *Kristi, Mike, Aaron, Theresa, maintenance rep, Wade

**preview map

Sustainability in Curriculum

                *Theresa, Aaron, Kristi, Deanne

Garden Club update (Neldon, Aaron)

 

Other SE Updates (Neldon, Aaron)

·         Aaron: café benchmarking project, PTK, Student Senate

·         Neldon: plant identification signs

 

New Business

Earth Day planning update

World Water Week (activities March 24-25) planning: UWS, UMD, CSS

Landscaping grant opportunity

Silver Bay Victus Farms field trip update (Glenn)

Greenhouse: collaboration w/ PTK and Senate? (Aaron)

Boy Scout/Legacy collaboration (Kristi, Heather)

Compost and Concourse signs

Ongoing Business

 

Old Business

 

Budget

RSPT annual dues are due ASAP: $300 (motion needed)

               

FY14 Budget: $9,000 

Encumbrances to date:

MN Waste Wise membership 2013-2014: -$150

Open PO for Menards (landscaping supplies: azalea mulch, planter flowers): -$200

Open PO for Menards (Interpretive trail supplies) – $200

AASHE membership: -$280

Airpark plastic bag recycling program: -$208

Rene Fall (Int Trail GIS mapping): -$320

UMACS Kristi travel and registration: -$758.39

ACUPCC annual 2013-2014 membership: -$750

Eden Brothers (seed mix for S-bldg): -143.96

Grainger for faucet aerators: -$85

BALANCE as of 1/14/2014: $5918.65

FY14 potential budget items

·         Concourse lighting signage

·         Bottle filling station for ERTC (did this happen in FY13?) and downtown campus

·         Additional bike rack for main entrance

·         Outdoor recycling cans

·         Interpretive Trailhead sign

·         Interpretive Trail bench, trash/recycling cans

·         Parking lot info signs

·         Legacy: fencing for exclosures

·         Sustainability kiosk

·         MnSCU Sustainability Across Curriculum workshop host costs

 

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April 4th, 2014  9:00 in Student Life Conference Room

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Meeting Minutes 2-7-2014

9:00-10:30

Location: Student Life Conference Room

Attendance

Governing Council Members present: Deanne Roquet, Kristi Heintz, Theresa Hornstein, Wade Gordon, Heather Grillo, Aaron McIntire, Heather Rantula

General Members present:  Al Finlayson, Carol Johnson, Duane Timo

Guest Present:

Announcements

The Nelson Institute Earth Day at UW Madison is April 22nd.  Deanne will be going; students are encouraged to attend as well.

Kristi submitted our Energy conservation grant blog story to AASHE bulletin, it will be posted in next week’s issue

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

Policy and Procedure: employee reminders, education, and training needs (printing, recycling, supplies, computers, small appliance)

*Rachel, Carol, Kristi, Chad

No updates

Master Facilities Plan

*Dick, Cliff, Glenn, Kristi, Theresa

Al gave an update on the consultant meeting timeline and reported they were on campus this week for further discussion and will be back on February 26th.  Al made sure there was a sustainability point in the Plan, and would like the SC to put together a more comprehensive list of building needs related to sustainability.  The Council began to put a list together; Kristi will convene a work-group meeting next week to brainstorm further.

Sustainability Reporting/Benchmarking: GGI, ACUPCC, MnSCU Sustainability Reporting, Superior Compact, B3, publicizing info

*Kristi, Aaron, Deanne, Bruce

Kristi worked on the GGI a bit over break and was able to enter all data from B3 and update year’s past.  Denise updated past institutional data and also entered data for the past 2 years.  Kathy sent data to Kristi, but she hasn’t had a chance to enter all of it yet.

Sustainability Kiosk: energy dashboard/demo, sustainability signage

*Duane, Rachel, Student Senate Rep

No updates

Grounds Maintenance/Campus Appeal: annual flower planting, rainwater harvesting, no-mow areas, rooftop gardening

Theresa, Mike, Aaron, Kristi, maintenance rep

No updates

Sustainability in Curriculum

Theresa, Duane, Aaron, Kristi, Deanne, Glenn

No updates

Other SE Updates

None

New Business

Kristi and Deanne updated the SC committee structure: members, Governing Council, and Council co-chair responsibilities.  The Council reviewed and approved the changes.  It will be posted on the blog.

An Earth Day met Friday, January 31st to discuss themes and ideas for Earth Day.  Chad Johnson also joined the conversation and is willing to serve as a speaker for the event.  The Council discussed the theme for this year, it will follow a zero-waste idea.   Bruce is willing to offer lunch again, and Todd from Thousand Hills may be interested in coming up to serve his all-beef, grass-fed hot dogs.   The Council will again provide compostable eat wear for the event.  The Council discussed using the lunch as a lure for the speaker, and perhaps showing a short video before the speaker to get conversations going.  After attending the speaker, students would receive a ticket for free-lunch.  Students felt like this was a fair option.  Other activities for the day will include campus clean-up,  poster sessions on mini-landfill project, compost-related activities like vermiculture demonstrations and perhaps and drawing to win a home compost bin.  We will also do a cell phone collection for CASDA-PAVSA, we’ll showcase our other ongoing recycling efforts (toner, soft plastic, hard plastic and will invite Johns Twin Ports Recycling to do a collection.  Water bottles from last year, shirts, and bags from year’s past will be used as thank-yous for volunteers for the day.  The planning committee will meet next Friday, February 14th at 9:00 in the Student Life Conference Room.

Kristi mentioned that Glenn would like to take another field trip to Victus Farms in Silver Bay in April.  Deanne motioned the SC to fund Voyageur bus travel to Silver Bay for any students or staff that want to attend, Heather seconded the motion.  April 11th was ste as a tentative date, Glenn will check with Mike at Victus to confirm.

LSC will be hosting the still tentative Sustainable Twin Ports full-day training sessions in March.  Kristi asked if the Council would be interested in supporting the training through printing workbook materials and purchasing binders for each trainee.  In return, any LSC employees that would like to attend the day-long training sessions would be welcome to sit in.  Theresa motioned up to $300 be spent on printing and binders, Carol seconded the motion.

Ongoing Business

Kristi submitted the STP-LSC project “Strategic Sustainability Planning to Synergistic Results” submitted for consideration for one of 5 annual AASHE Sustainability Case Study awards.  Stay tuned…

Old Business 

Budget                                            

FY14 Budget: $9,000 

Encumbrances to date:

MN Waste Wise membership 2013-2014: -$150

Open PO for Menards (landscaping supplies: azalea mulch, planter flowers): -$200

Open PO for Menards (Interpretive trail supplies) – $200

AASHE membership: -$280

Airpark plastic bag recycling program: -$208

Rene Fall (Int Trail GIS mapping): -$320

UMACS Kristi travel and registration: -$758.39

ACUPCC annual 2013-2014 membership: -$750

Eden Brothers (seed mix for S-bldg): -143.96

Grainger for faucet aerators: -$85

BALANCE as of 1/14/2014: $5918.65

FY14 potential budget items

  • Concourse lighting signage
  • Bottle filling station for ERTC (did this happen in FY13?) and downtown campus
  • Additional bike rack for main entrance
  • Outdoor recycling cans
  • Interpretive Trailhead sign
  • Interpretive Trail bench, trash/recycling cans
  • Parking lot info signs
  • Legacy: fencing for exclosures
  • Sustainability kiosk
  • MnSCU Sustainability Across Curriculum workshop host costs

Next meeting

March 7th, 2014, 9:00 am, Student Life Conference Room

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Meeting Agenda 2/7/2014

8:30 – 10:00

Student Life Conference Room

Review Last Meeting’s Minutes

Announcements

 Energy conservation grant story submitted to AASHE bulletin

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

Policy and Procedure: employee reminders, education, and training needs (printing, recycling, supplies, computers, small appliance)

                *Rachel, Carol, Kristi, Chad

Sustainability Reporting/Benchmarking: GGI, ACUPCC, MnSCU Sustainability Reporting, Superior Compact, B3, publicizing info

                *Kristi, Aaron, Deanne, Bruce

Sustainability Kiosk: energy dashboard/demo, sustainability signage

                *Duane, Rachel, Student Senate Rep

Grounds Maintenance/Campus Appeal: annual flower planting, rainwater harvesting, no-mow areas, rooftop gardening

                *Kristi, Mike, Aaron, Theresa, maintenance rep, Wade

Sustainability in Curriculum

                *Theresa, Aaron, Kristi, Deanne

Garden Club update (Neldon, Aaron)

Other SE Updates (Neldon, Aaron)

·         Aaron: café benchmarking project

·         Neldon: plant identification signs

New Business

Earth Day

Silver Bay Victus Farms field trip, Friday in April or early May (Glenn)

Ongoing Business

Update SC Committee structure: members, Governing Council, and Council co-chair responsibilities

Old Business

 

Budget

 Sponsorship opportunity with Sustainable Twin Ports           

FY14 Budget: $9,000 

Encumbrances to date:

MN Waste Wise membership 2013-2014: -$150

Open PO for Menards (landscaping supplies: azalea mulch, planter flowers): -$200

Open PO for Menards (Interpretive trail supplies) – $200

AASHE membership: -$280

Airpark plastic bag recycling program: -$208

Rene Fall (Int Trail GIS mapping): -$320

UMACS Kristi travel and registration: -$758.39

ACUPCC annual 2013-2014 membership: -$750

Eden Brothers (seed mix for S-bldg): -143.96

Grainger for faucet aerators: -$85

BALANCE as of 1/14/2014: $5918.65

FY14 potential budget items

·         Concourse lighting signage

·         Bottle filling station for ERTC (did this happen in FY13?) and downtown campus

·         Additional bike rack for main entrance

·         Outdoor recycling cans

·         Interpretive Trailhead sign

·         Interpretive Trail bench, trash/recycling cans

·         Parking lot info signs

·         Legacy: fencing for exclosures

·         Sustainability kiosk

·         MnSCU Sustainability Across Curriculum workshop host costs

 

Next Meeting

March 7th, 2014  9:00 in Student Life Conference Room

 

 

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Meeting Minutes 1-17-2014

8:30-10:00

Location: Student Life Conference Room

Attendance

Governing Council Members present: Deanne Roquet, Kristi Heintz, Theresa Hornstein,

General Members present:  Glenn Merrick, Dick Haney,

Guest Present:

 

Announcements

The Nelson Institute Earth Day at UW Madison is April 22nd.  Deanne will be going; students are encouraged to attend as well.

Check out the Duluth Public Seed Lending Library, grand opening is on February 22nd!

The Lake Superior Sustainable Farming Association’s Annual meeting will be on January 25th from noon-4:30 at Peace Church in Duluth.

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

Policy and Procedure: employee reminders, education, and training needs (printing, recycling, supplies, computers, small appliance)

*Rachel, Carol, Kristi, Chad

No updates

Master Facilities Plan

*Dick, Cliff, Glenn, Kristi, Theresa

Dick gave an update on the Master Plan consultant meeting.  Cliff and Dick have put together maps and forwarded to the consultants for trail development potential.  Dick is working on some additional connections with City trails and will forward that information as well.

Sustainability Reporting/Benchmarking: GGI, ACUPCC, MnSCU Sustainability Reporting, Superior Compact, B3, publicizing info

*Kristi, Aaron, Deanne, Bruce

Kristi worked on the GGI a bit over break and was able to enter all data from B3 and update year’s past.  Denise updated past institutional data and also entered data for the past 2 years.  Kathy sent data to Kristi, but she hasn’t had a chance to enter all of it yet.

Sustainability Kiosk: energy dashboard/demo, sustainability signage

*Duane, Rachel, Student Senate Rep

No updates

Grounds Maintenance/Campus Appeal: annual flower planting, rainwater harvesting, no-mow areas, rooftop gardening

Theresa, Mike, Aaron, Kristi, maintenance rep

No updates

Sustainability in Curriculum

Theresa, Duane, Aaron, Kristi, Deanne, Glenn

Theresa reported she has been in conversation with Jenni about a potential land for the Food Systems articulation and also outlined some questions and concerns in an email to Jenni.  Jenni is still very intent on pushing this articulation through, although a timeline has not yet been established.

Other SE Updates

None

 

New Business

Deanne and Kristi visited Fond du Lac over break to talk with Bill Hilty about Co-hosting the next Sustainability Across the Curriculum Workshop.  He was very interested although both of us are concerned about the May date Ana and Erika have proposed.  The Council agreed it would be a time-crunch for faculty and would also lessen the chance we’d be able to get  student involvement.  Deanne will send a message to Ana and tell them we are very interested, but this year will not work for us and propose next year the workshop be scheduled perhaps in March.

 

The Business Office has twice requested a water bottle filling station for the S-building.  The Council supports purchasing a station if Gary Adams will have one installed.  Deanne will send an email to Gary.

 

Kristi and Wade worked on the FY15 Budget proposal and submitted a slightly lower request than last year.  We need to be proactive in utilizing funds each year to demonstrate the ongoing need.

 

An Earth Day committee will meet Friday. January 31st to discuss themes and ideas for Earth Day.  Deanne, Kristi, Theresa and Aaron will be part of the planning committee.  Kristi will invite Heather to the next Sustainability Council meeting to share committee ideas.

 

LSC will be hosting the still tentative Sustainable Twin Ports full-day training sessions in March.  Kristi will have more information about those trainings at next meeting.

 

Kristi mentioned the $30,000 conservation grant LSC received from Comfort Systems Duluth for the boiler upgrade project in both the main building and Art building.  Kristi did a blog post about it and forwarded the blog post to Mat for Newsplash.  It was not Newsplashed or mentioned in any campus correspondence.

 

Ongoing Business

Update SC Committee structure: members, Governing Council, and Council co-chair responsibilities (tabled until next meeting)

 

Old Business

The latest Sustainability Council AQIP Action Project initiated through the Sustainable Twin Ports Training titled “Early Adopter Project-Building Sustainability into Campus Process”, will be closed-out this month. (Kristi)

 

Budget

FY14 Budget: $9,000 

Encumbrances to date:

MN Waste Wise membership 2013-2014: -$150

Open PO for Menards (landscaping supplies: azalea mulch, planter flowers): -$200

Open PO for Menards (Interpretive trail supplies) – $200

AASHE membership: -$280

Airpark plastic bag recycling program: -$208

Rene Fall (Int Trail GIS mapping): -$320

UMACS Kristi travel and registration: -$758.39

ACUPCC annual 2013-2014 membership: -$750

Eden Brothers (seed mix for S-bldg): -143.96

Grainger for faucet aerators: -$85

BALANCE as of 1/14/2014: $5918.65

FY14 potential budget items

  • Concourse lighting signage
  • Bottle filling station for ERTC (did this happen in FY13?) and downtown campus
  • Additional bike rack for main entrance
  • Outdoor recycling cans
  • Interpretive Trailhead sign
  • Interpretive Trail bench, trash/recycling cans
  • Parking lot info signs
  • Legacy: fencing for exclosures
  • Sustainability kiosk
  • MnSCU Sustainability Across Curriculum workshop host costs

 

Next meeting

March7th, 2013, 9:00 am, Student Life Conference Room

 

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Meeting Agenda 1/17/14

8:30 – 10:00

Student Life Conference Room

 

Review Last Meeting’s Minutes

Announcements

 

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

Policy and Procedure: employee reminders, education, and training needs (printing, recycling, supplies, computers, small appliance) *Rachel, Carol, Kristi, Chad

Sustainability Reporting/Benchmarking: GGI, ACUPCC, MnSCU Sustainability Reporting, Superior Compact, B3, publicizing info *Kristi, Aaron, Deanne, Bruce

Sustainability Kiosk: energy dashboard/demo, sustainability signage *Duane, Rachel, Student Senate Rep

Grounds Maintenance/Campus Appeal: annual flower planting, rainwater harvesting, no-mow areas, rooftop gardening *Kristi, Mike, Aaron, Theresa, maintenance rep, Wade

Sustainability in Curriculum *Theresa, Duane, Aaron, Kristi, Deanne

Garden Club update (Neldon, Aaron)

Other SE Updates (Neldon, Aaron)

  • Aaron: café benchmarking project
  • Neldon: rain garden clean-out

New Business

Hosing the next Sustainability Across the Curriculum Workshop (Deanne)

Water bottle filling station for the S-building (Kristi)

FY15 Budget (Kristi/Wade)

Earth Day themes, ideas?

Hosing STP full-day training sessions (Kristi)

Downtown campus energy projects (Wade)

 

Ongoing Business

Greenhouse Gas Inventory update (Kristi)

Update SC Committee structure: members, Governing Council, and Council co-chair responsibilities

 

Old Business

AQIP close-out (Kristi)

 

Budget

FY14 Budget: $9,000 

Encumbrances to date:

MN Waste Wise membership 2013-2014: -$150

Open PO for Menards (landscaping supplies: azalea mulch, planter flowers): -$200

Open PO for Menards (Interpretive trail supplies) – $200

AASHE membership: -$280

Airpark plastic bag recycling program: -$208

Rene Fall (Int Trail GIS mapping): -$320

UMACS Kristi travel and registration: -$758.39

ACUPCC annual 2013-2014 membership: -$750

Eden Brothers (seed mix for S-bldg): -143.96

Grainger for faucet aerators: -$85

BALANCE as of 1/14/2014: $5918.65

FY14 potential budget items

  • Concourse lighting signage
  • Bottle filling station for ERTC (did this happen in FY13?) and downtown campus
  • Additional bike rack for main entrance
  • Outdoor recycling cans
  • Interpretive Trailhead sign
  • Interpretive Trail bench, trash/recycling cans
  • Parking lot info signs
  • Legacy: fencing for exclosures
  • Sustainability kiosk
  • MnSCU Sustainability Across Curriculum workshop host costs

Next Meeting

February 7th, 2014 9:00 in Student Life Conference Room

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Energy Grant for Retrofits

 

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In 2013, Lake Superior College was awarded a $30,000 conservation grant from Comfort Systems, Duluth for major energy efficiency upgrades at its main campus.  The 43,000 square foot main building now contains a hybrid boiler system, where one of the three existing standard boilers were upgraded to two natural gas fired, high efficiency, full condensing, modulating boilers.  According to Plant Maintenance Engineer, Jim Borg, the two new condensing boilers serve as primary building heat suppliers, while the two older boilers are now back-ups, triggered mainly during periods of peak demand and extreme cold temperatures.  High efficiency water heaters, which feed into the boiler system, were  installed as part of the project as well.  The HVAC system was also upgraded with five variable frequency drives on the pumps and air handling unit fans.

IMG_0240The 11,600 square foot Art Building’s steam heat system was also updated with two natural gas fired high efficiency hot water boilers.

Overall, the project will reduce 347,636 pounds of CO2 emissions and save almost $20,000 annually.  The project payback is just over 14 years.

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