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Engaging Staff and Faculty through Green Office
Certification Programs
Bowen Close - Pomona College
Kira Stoll - UC Berkeley
Why Do a Green Office/Dept Certification Program?
1 Pro-Actively Engage Employees in Campus Sustainability
2 Identify and Recognize Change Agents in the Organization
3 Connect Students and Staff in Common Efforts
4 Expand Visibility of Sustainability Offices
5 Opportunity to Educate and Train
6 Reduce Environmental Impacts
7 Institutionalize Sustainability & Build Community
UC Berkeley green department certification
green department certification is a new program offered at UC Berkeley to identity and recognize departments on campus that have taken extra steps to lower their environmental footprint. The program identifies certain conditions and actions – some optional and some required – that departments can take to become certified.
“Department” is used generically to mean any department, office, unit, institute, or other administrative unit of 15-20 or more members. Members can be faculty, staff, and/or students.
Points Required for Certification
Blue Certified – Pre-requisites plus 10 out of 30 pointsGold Certified – Pre-requisites plus 15 out of 30 pointsGreen Certified – Pre-requisites plus 20 out of 30 points
UC Berkeley green department categories
Prerequisites (5)
Energy & Climate (3 points)
Built Environment (3 points)
Waste (8 points)
Transportation (1 point)
Purchasing (3 points)
Food & Dining (3 points)
Innovation (10 points)
UC Berkeley green department design
Underlying Issue: Large and Highly decentralized campus
Design Element: Voluntary participation and tiers of certification intended to tap into intra-campus competitive nature
UC Berkeley green department design
Underlying Issue: Departments ask different questions and have different sustainability priorities
Design Element: Point systems allows a modular approach to appeal to a broad range of departments
UC Berkeley green department design
Underlying Issue: How to find new sustainability champions
Design Element: Certification can function like informal training and reach large numbers of staff and students.
UC Berkeley green department design
Underlying Issue: Departments bring their own creativity and existing programs to the certification process.
Design Element: Certification gives innovation points.
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UC Berkeley green department design
Underlying Issue: Departments have declining budgets
Design Element: Certification can be no cost
Personal Workspace Audit Building Sustainability @ Cal Program in conjunction with the Office of Sustainability
UC Berkeley green department progress
Total Certified Departments: 9
Total Staff/Employees: ~ 2900
Process
1 Indicate interest to Sustainability Office
2 Completion of office audit
3 Distribution of green kit
4 Fill out calculator
5 Sustainability Office review
6 Receive certification
7 Celebrate!
Step 2: Office Audit
Basic office info:Name of Office:Office Contact Person:Contact’s Email Address:Contact’s Phone Number:Number of People in Office:
How many sinks?How many recycling bins?How many light switches?
Indicate on a FLOOR PLAN which rooms are included.
Appliance Audit: How many appliances are there in the office?
Copiers:Fax machines:Computers:Printers:Shredders:Refrigerators:Copy Machines:Toaster Oven:Microwave:Water filtration systems:
Step 3: Green Kit
Step 4: Calculator
EnergyWaste
PrintingKitchen
TransportationPurchasing
ParticipationInnovation
Step 4: Calculator
Step 4: Calculator
Step 5: SIO Review
• Answer questions
• Confirm pledged actions
• Assist with providing resources
Step 6: Receive certification
• Web logo
• Poster for office
• Publication in newsletters
• Signage for doors/windows
• 1-year follow-up
Progress
• Seven offices certified
• Two in progress
• Two more interested
• Three students trained as liaisons
Lessons Learned
• The process• Enforcement• Student involvement
• The program• Pilot and calibration• Frequent updating, including prerequisites• Provide new incentives and materials for
motivation• Variations in scope, size
More Information
Pomona College
www.pomona.edu/sustainability
UC Berkeley
http://sustainability.berkeley.edu/os
