Jennifer A. Senick, Executive Director

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Cheap and Green Environmentally Preferable
Purchasing and other Sustainable Choices
Jennifer A. Senick, Executive Director Rutgers
Center for Green Building
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Overview of the University today

• Academic campuses in Camden, Newark, New
  Brunswick, and Piscataway
• 29 colleges and professional schools
• Over 50,000 students and 10,000 faculty and
  staff
• 6,000 acres
• 700 buildings
• 16 million gross square feet
• 1.7 million SF in assignable classroom and
  laboratory space
• Over 3 million SF in assignable residential and
  student life space (15,000 beds)

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University Mission (excerpts)

• conducting the cutting-edge research that
  contributes to the medical, environmental, social
  and cultural well-being of the state, as well as,
  aiding the economy, the states businesses and
  industries and
• performing public service in support of the needs
  of the citizens of the state and its local,
  county, and state governments.

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Planning Principles
  Ecological Responsibility Embody
environmentally-friendly policies and practices
in all facets of the universitys operation in
order to create a sustainable campus to serve
future generations of students.
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2003 Physical Master Plan

• Proposals
• Improvements to College Avenue
• New buildings, street trees, site furnishings,
  and narrowing of road width.
• Remove inefficient small lots and add garage
  parking accessible from George Street.
• Shift the majority of commuter parking to
  other strategic locations
• Increase the physical beauty of the campus
  with better landscaping
• Site new buildings on infill sites
• Relocation of non-campus specific program to
  remote facilities
• Coordination of master plan with seminary plan
• Master Plan Capacity
• 3 M GSF
• 4,200 Beds

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Center for Green Building
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Center for Green Building
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The World of Green PurchasingDr. Kevin Lyons and
Magda Comeau
Photo Credits NRDC
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December 2006 Incoming Air Shipments
University and Campus Footprint
700 Orders 400 Air
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Rutgers Purchasing Policy (excerpt)

• To develop and maintain a consistent
  cradle-to-cradle supply chain and purchasing
  process
• Green Buildings (Design, Construction, Operation,
  Renovation)
• BioBase, Biodegradable, etc.
• Fleets and Transportation
• Energy
• Corporate Social Environmental Reporting

Rutgers Solar Farm
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Total Pounds Recycled 41.3 million pounds!
10 Week U.S. Wide Recycling Competition 200
schools 8 categories

• Rutgers 1
• Total Amount Recycled 2,742,869 Pounds
• Food Recycling 71.2 Pounds/Person (ave. week)
• Rutgers Other Success
• Recycling Rate 57.47 (2nd)
• Bottles/Cans Recycling per person 19.4 lbs.
  (2nd)
• Cardboard Recycling per person 31.33 lbs. (3rd)
• Recyclables per person 72.58 lbs. (5th)

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RecycleMania Climate Impacts
The total pounds recycled during RecycleMania
2007 prevented greenhouse gas emissions of 15,583
metric tons of carbon equivalent (MTCE) from
entering the atmosphere.

• This equates to a reduction in greenhouse gas
  emissions that is approximately equivalent to
• 12,367 passenger cars not driven for one year
• 10,221 passenger cars and light trucks not driven
  for one year
• 6,507,707 gallons of gasoline
• 132,878 barrels of oil
• 7,335 household electricity use for one year
  (number of households)
• 468 acres of forest preserved from deforestation
  
• 1,465,068 tree seedlings grown for 10 years

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Community Partnerships Opportunities
Local Procurement/Cooperative Purchasing
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Rutgers Cooperative Contracts-Results in Cost
Reduction

• Janitorial Supplies 10 15 cost reduction
• Recycled Paper 10 cost reduction
• HVAC Systems 25 cost reduction
• Electrical Parts and Supplies (including lights)
  25 cost reduction
• Office Supplies 25 cost reduction
• Paint 15 cost reduction
• Construction Materials 28 cost reduction
• Landscaping Services/Supplies 15 reduction

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Rutgers Cooperative Contracts-Results in Cost
Reduction

• Lab Chemicals and Equipment (VWR, Fisher, Sigma,
  etc.) 25 cost reduction
• Furniture 30 cost reduction
• Computers 10 cost reduction
• Automobiles (Honda) 15 cost reduction via NJ
  State Contract and Tax Incentive Programs
• Automobile Fluids 20 cost reduction
• Liability Insurance Savings (should be negotiated
  by Risk Managers) potential savings 10

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Camden Campus
http//procure.rutgers.edu/green/klyons_at_rci.rutge
rs.edumcomeau_at_rci.rutgers.eduRutgers Center
for Green Buildingjsenick_at_rci.rutgers.edu