Dr. Sharon Jaye

The Westminster SchoolsAssistant Director of Facilities

Campus Sustainability Coordinator

School as a Learning Laboratory

• Students spend 8 hours a day in classroom buildings and on campus. • Facility managers are faced with sustainability issues every day in the way

they manage and operate the built environment. • Learn about opportunities for buildings and faculty to meet in the middle

to educate students about environmental stewardship. • Illustrations are given in energy, water, materials, waste management,

and site impact. • Brainstorm ideas you can use in your classroom!

National Environmental Education Foundation

1. Permit: granting students permission to become involved in sustainability initiatives.

2. Educate & engage: providing students educational materials and engaging them in sustainability activities.

3. Act: empowering students to take action at school, as well as at home and in their community.

4. Embed: making sustainability a regular part of their school.5. Evaluate: measuring and evaluating engagement efforts to gauge

impact and support continued integration into school culture.

School as a Learning Laboratory

Triple Bottom Line

• What is the facility department doing?– Opportunities for student-led projects?– Opportunities for student-led research?– What are our baselines for energy and waste?– Opportunities for volunteerism – where does

facilities need help?– Opportunities for competitions?– Can facilities bring in vendors to present to

students?

School as a Learning Laboratory

Semester-long project– Students split into teams– Find something on campus that could be

improved sustainably– Design project to implement (do it if you can)– Report on findings or design– End of semester “green” fair open to campus

Env. Science Semester Project

• Unit 1 - Form and Function: Architectural Design and the Environmental Challenge

• Unit 2 - From Hearth to Heat Pump: The Science of Conditioned Space

• Unit 3 - The Skin We’re In: The Materials of the Structural Envelope• Unit 4 - Let There be Light: Innovations in Space Illumination• Unit 5 - FF&E: Cost-effective, Durable, and Sustainable Furnishings• Unit 6 - Maintaining Health: Paint, Cleaning Products, Paper Products

and Waste Management• Unit 8 - Making the Grade: LEED and other Standards of Green

Buildings• Unit 9 - The Quest for the Holy Grail: Zero Energy Buildings

“If These Walls Could Talk” Class

Environmental Science Class

• Water quality testing in Nancy Creek• Tree identification on campus• Garden work - planting in the outdoor garden beds

as well as seeding plants in the greenhouse• Solar panel• Walking paths - looking at the biodiversity on the

trails on campus

Green Cup Challenge

Week 1Day Date Actual Energy Wednesday 1/18/2012 23,706Thursday 1/19/2012 24,228Friday 1/20/2012 22,196Saturday 1/21/2012 17,174Sunday 1/22/2012 12,390Monday 1/23/2012 23,176Tuesday 1/24/2012 22,510

145,380 kWh 161,174 kWh -9.8%-15,794 kWh -$ 1,342.49

….use results to educate

Heating degree day (HDD) or Cooling degree day (CDD)

A measurement designed to reflect the demand for energy needed to heat or cool a home or business. Measurement of outside air temperature (plus/minus 65 degrees)

Example:

January 10th average temperature = 42 degrees65 degrees – 42 degrees = 23 HDD

August 10th average temperature = 83 degrees83 degrees – 65 degrees = 18 CDD

Weather

WeatherHeating DD FY12 FY11 FY10 FY09 FY08Jul 0 0 0 0 0Aug 0 0 0 0 0Sep 4 0 10 0 0Oct 176 105 179 186 106Nov 352 380 362 494 408Dec 515 892 743 562 492Jan 570 826 875 708 737Feb 482 754 532 529Mar 343 494 361 384Apr 106 82 191 157May 68 17 25 12Jun 0 0 0 0

3202 3516 3059 2825-10%

July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec -

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

Electricity Usage - 6 months

FY12 - KWhFY10 - KWhFY09 - KWhFY08 - KWh

FY08 FY09 FY10 FY120

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

4,950,0504,629,091

4,130,5233,764,264

Electricity Usage - 6 months

Total kWh

Overall Reduction: -24%Avoided Cost: $197,731

Utility Bills

Energy Audit Projects

Energy Complete 1 Turner Performance Gym (AHU-6) Demand-controlled ventilation & VFD

Energy Complete 2 Green HVAC Tie in HVAC to BAS

Energy Complete N/A Turner Practice Gym & Chillers Control chilled-water temperature & AHU override by space humidity

Energy Complete 2 Campbell Restrooms, break rooms, etc. Occupancy sensor lighting controls

Energy Complete 2 Askew Restrooms, break rooms, etc. Occupancy sensor lighting controls

Energy Complete 1 All with existing BAS controls All

Repair & reprogram controls and unoccupied period setpoints per Energy Code

Energy Complete 1 Turner DHW Tie domestic hot water into BAS

Energy Complete N/A Turner Performance Gym Add humidity control to performance gym.

Energy Complete 1 Pressly DHW Tie domestic hot water into BAS

Energy Complete 1 Broyles DHW Tie domestic hot water into BAS

Energy Complete 1 Turner Desert Aire SystemsTie into BAS to allow for operation of one system during unoccupied periods when humidity allows

Energy Complete 2 PPD HVAC Tie in HVAC and DHW to BAS

Building Automation System

Building Automation System

Do your own energy audit!– Toilets– Faucets– Showerheads– Gallons used before water gets hot?– Count bulbs and look at the type– Check your appliances– Power Vampires?– Windows (are they double-paned)– Check doors for air leaks– Insulation in attic– South side of building?

Energy Audit

Do your own waste audit!– 6th and 11th grade students as part of science class.– Facilities train 11th graders– 11th graders train 6th graders– 11th graders crunching number to determine

sample size– Student environmental group providing campus

education after the audit.

Waste Audit

– Energy Management– Water Management– Materials & Resources– Waste Management– Indoor Environmental Quality– Site Impacts– Carbon Footprint

Brainstorming Ideas

• Environmental Education In Georgia www.eeingeorgia.org

• Green Education Foundation www.greeneducationfoundation.org

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory www.nrel.gov/education

• The Clean Air Campaign www.cleanaircampaign.org/Your-Schools/Lesson-Plans

• The JASON Project www.jason.org/public/whatis/curr.aspx

• Project WET www.gaprojectwet.org

• Project Learning Tree www.gfagrow.org/pltree.asp

• Project WILD www.projectwild.org

• Nat’l Park Service/Chattahoochee River Nat’l Rec. Area www.nps.gov/chat

• EPA Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/curricula.html

Curriculum Links from USGBC Georgia