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Climate Action Plan Implementation Team (CAP-IT)

CAP-IT is tasked with implementing strategies to meet the goals of our Climate Action Plan (CAP). Strategies may include a range of activities that result in greenhouse gas reductions in building energy use, materials consumption, travel, and transportation. The CAP-IT sets priorities and interim goals, establishes tracking metrics to evaluate effectiveness, creates and manages financing strategies, lobbies for institutional buy-in, and informs annual progress reporting.

CAP-IT is composed of subcommittees that address target areas from the

2010 Climate Action Plan

Subcommitee

Members

CAP Section Targets     

Projects

Buildings & Energy

Noel Mingo (FAP), Chair
Wayne Wilcox (AUXS)
Adam Lutzow (Student Affairs/Academic Scheduling)
Courtney Sandler (Residence Life – Student Affairs)
Gerry Gadberry (FAP)

Other members on a project-by-project basis
  1. Reduce energy use per square foot 25% below 2000 levels through demand management practices.
  2. Generate 80% of total building-related energy use from local, renewable sources.
  3. Increase efficiency of the energy systems by 50% (using a 2000 baseline).
  4. Reduce total energy use by 10% (using a 2000 baseline) through better utilization and scheduling of buildings.
  5. Track and integrate all revisions to the commercial buildings code that deal with climate change.

Collaborative effort between Facilities, Academic Scheduling & Campus Events to modify building scheduling procedures in order to increase efficiency of building occupancy loads, consolidate usage into the most efficient buildings, and minimize associated utility usage.

 

Materials

Stacey Balenger (BAO), Chair

Jenny McNamara (CSO)

Farhad Khoshnahad (FAP)

Jahed Sukhun (OIT)

Vacant (Aramark)

James Ofsink (OSFA)

Leticia Cortinas (FAP)

Heather Randol (EHS)

Erin Inskeep (FAP)

Eric Crum (CES)

Kelli Martin (CSO)

Molly Bressers (CSO)

Joe Dahmen (FAP)

Laura Kutner (student)

Ralph Wooden (Trashco)

Cary Morris (NBS Propery Mgmt)

Other members on a project-by-project basis
  1. Reduce solid waste generated on campus by 25% (using a 2008 baseline).
  2. Reduce landfill-bound waste to 10% of total waste generated (diversion target).
  3. Reduce embodied emissions for select commodities by 25% (using a 2008 baseline).
  • Updating food purchasing guidelines and tracking
  • Improving tracking of diversion rate and solid waste management
  • Developing paper purchasing policy for PSU.

Travel & Commuting

 Sarah Renkens (TAPS), Chair
Ian Stude (TAPS)
Noor Sukhun (Delaughn) (BAO)
Timothy Waugh (BAO)
Rani Boyle (PSRE)
    1. Maintain 2010 levels of travel emissions.
    2. Establish a local offset program for travel that is used by 75% percent of travelers.
    3. Reduce the mode share of drive alone trips to 15% of commute trips made to the PSU campus.
    4. Reduce the per-capita number and distance of commute trips to the PSU campus.
    5. Lower the carbon impact of vehicles used in the commute to campus
    • Developing an accurate baseline for travel emissions.
    • Collaboration with a Winter 2012 Capstone class.
    • Brainstorming ways to communicate and gather more travel data from depts.
    • Getaround (peer-to-peer carsharing).
    • Carpooling and carsharing page added to the TAPS website.
    • Transportation options web
    • Small idling reduction campaign.

    Research, Education, & Partnerships

    		 Fletcher Beaudoin (ISS), Chair
    Jennifer Duvander (ISS)
    Barry Messer (CUPA)
    1. Become a global leader in climate research and curriculum.
    2. Develop an administrative structure that actively integrates PSU academics with operations around climate.
    • Developing clearing house for living lab projects that align academics and operations