| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 54.62 |
| Liaison | Luis Maggiori |
| Submission Date | Oct. 23, 2024 |
Lane Community College
PA-1: Sustainability Coordination
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Luis
Maggiori Sustainability Coordinator Institute for Sustainable Practices |
Sustainability committee(s)
The charter or mission statement of the committee(s) or a brief description of each committee's purview and activities:
Purpose
To advocate, promote, and implement Lane’s sustainability core value.
Scope of Work
• Develop policies on sustainable practices.
• Develop a long-term plan for implementing sustainable practices at the college.
• Review implementation of sustainability policies.
• Develop Sustainability best practices, guidelines, and procedures for the college community.
• Recommend sustainable practices to the college President and to specific departments or
programs affected. Work with individual departments, staff members, student groups, or students to implement changes.
• Provide education on the benefits of sustainable practices.
• Communicate and promote sustainable efforts to the campus population.
• Provide training sessions and/or information sharing forums to promote involvement and
participation in sustainability.
• Increase, improve, and expand recycling at Lane.
• Determine ways in which the college can reduce its impact on the environment, that include:
o cost effective methods for conserving resources
o cost effective methods for reducing waste and pollution
o cost effective demolition, construction, and maintenance guidelines, specifications,
and standards to support renewal and deferred maintenance investments.
o cost effective purchasing alternatives for commodities, equipment, furnishings, and
vehicles.
• Develop funding strategies for projects and programs.
• Provide student involvement opportunities in sustainability programs and projects.
• Provide an annual report to the college community on progress toward sustainability goals
that includes benefits and cost analyses.
Membership is open and is based on interest, expertise, and a commitment to work toward more sustainable practices at the college.
The membership goal is to have a representative balance of managers, faculty, staff, and students from a variety of departments.
Standing members are:
Recycling Specialist
Sustainability Coordinator
Learning Garden Specialist
Faculty Representative from Earth and Environmental Sciences
Custodial Services Manager
Revised: 03/03/23
Members of each committee, including affiliations and role:
Students Faculty Classified staff Management
Sustainability office(s)
A brief description of each sustainability office:
Lane Community College has the Institute for Sustainable Practices (ISP)
The ISP is responsible for education for sustainability projects includes working with faculty across the college to infuse sustainability into all curriculum and offering workshops, training, and conferences for students, employees, and the community
Full-time equivalent of people employed in the sustainability office(s):
Sustainability officer(s)
Name and title of each sustainability officer:
Institution-wide coordination
A brief description of the activities and substantive accomplishments of the institution-wide coordinating body or officer during the previous three years:
The institution's Climate Action Plan was updated and published version 2.0 in January 2019. The campus-wide Sustainability Committee was reestablished and has been active since January 2018. LCC's main campus accomplished Bee Campus USA certification in 2019. This work is on-going with a campus-wide Bee Campus USA Committee. A complete estimation of the financial cost for implementation of the CAP 2.0 was presented to the Board of Education in 2018.
Lane Community College is currenlty developing the Climate Action Plan update to version 3.0. The College obtained pro-bono assistance from Second Nature's accelaration fund to review our Climate Action Plan in 2023.
Lane Community College obtained a grant from the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) in 2022 for Renewable Energy Planning for $100,000. A complete feasiblity report was produced as part of this grant process.
Optional Fields
Job description (1st position)
Job description for the sustainability officer position:
Job description for the sustainability officer position:
Develop and execute sustainability goals, objectives, long-range plans, operating policies and procedures. Direct Property Coordinator in implementing procedures to accomplish waste reduction goals. Direct Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Analyst in implementing energy conservation goals. Manage the sustainability program budget, to include capital expenditure planning. Evaluate sustainability program progress with the annual indicator reports. Perform cost-benefit and payback analyses for program activities. Develop programs and processes to improve college indoor air quality. Respond to IEQ concerns, investigate, conduct tests, coordinate trades to assist in recommendations for the remediation, corrections and/or to hire consultants to conduct additional investigations.Coordinate the implementation of the college’s American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. Ensure compliance with Oregon Department of Environmental Quality regulations regarding hazardous materials disposal. Administer hazardous material disposal contracts: Inventory material, develop RFQ, Obtain bids. Ensure that successful bidder complies with RFQ specifications and with local, state, and federal regulations. Administer related contracts. Develop requests for quotations (RFQs). Obtain bids. Ensure that successful bidder complies with RFQ specifications. Coordinate conferences including development and oversight of budgets, hiring contractors, creating partnerships, developing programming, determining and obtaining needed resources, planning logistics.Research environmental regulations and college practices Advise stakeholders on environmental and sustainability practices including pesticide use, hazardous materials use, spill clean ups, leak clean ups. Respond to and prepare reports for regulatory agencies including the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration, State Fire Marshal, and Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority. Coordinate corrections to regulatory findings including notifying affected departments, ensuring corrections are made, and advising departments as to how to make corrections. Maintain hazardous material storage area in compliance with DEQ and OSHA regulations. Actively and positively participate in department and stakeholder meetings, including taking a lead role in sustainability meetings and acting as a liaison to foster collaboration between operations and instruction. Review and provide input for remodels and projects, ensuring green building practices are incorporated and indoor environmental quality protocols are followed. Work with students and faculty on implementing projects that both contribute to student learning and benefit college operations. Work with departments to incorporate sustainability into procedures and purchasing practices. Work with stakeholders to implement IEQ recommendations including develop specifications and RFQs. Communicate with affected staff. Collaborate with HR on any medical issues. Act as college appointed member of the Safety Committee to represent hazardous materials compliance and indoor environmental quality. Represent the college’s sustainability efforts to print, television, and radio media, governmental organizations, and within the national sustainability movement. Act as an advocate for the sustainability core value by developing and delivering presentations, representing sustainability initiatives to college committees.
Job description (2nd position)
Job description for the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
Job description for the sustainability officer position (2nd position):
Coordinates recycling activities on all campus facilities including processing,
sorting, and organizing recycled and surplus materials, and coordinating pick up
or transfer of materials.
Determines the most cost effective methods for disposing of waste streams
(garbage, recycled materials, surplus property) at the college with the goal of
minimizing landfill deposits.
Identifies cost savings to departments and overall operational costs through
reusing, recycling, conservation and sustainable practices.
Investigates and locates recycling markets to maximize sustainability efforts and
revenue.
Creates promotional and educational programs including written announcements,
articles, newsletters, press releases, brochures, flyers, posters, presentations,
and events; Speaks to classes, department meetings, and administration
meetings to promote program.
Plans and executes promotional activities.
Ensure that students with specialized needs are supported and are working in a
positive learning environment.
Monitor garbage and recycling streams through self-designed studies, invoices,
and drop tickets.
Create annual, comprehensive reports of activity; Evaluate and communicate
results and information.
Develop short and long-term recommendations in response to program and
college needs, core values, mission, and strategic directions.
Ensure work areas are safe and in compliance with regulations; provide safety
training to employees.
Analyze operations, policies and procedures related to recycling and suggest and
make improvements.
Maintain proper certification and maintenance requirements for industrial
equipment.
Plan and complete special projects and reports that require considerable skills in
planning, logistics, analysis, and reporting.
Identify, label, and move hazardous material in coordination with Sustainability
Coordinator as needed.
Work collaboratively with college departments and programs to create initiatives
to achieve carbon-neutrality and waste management goals.
Job description (3rd position)
Job description for the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
Job description for the sustainability officer position (3rd position):
Coordinate and promote student involvement in the Learning Garden Club, garden planning, garden projects, and work parties. Support students in becoming garden leaders. Promote the use of the Learning Garden in existing curriculum. Collaborate with instructors on planning and supervising class projects in the garden. Plan and oversee student volunteer work parties. Coordinate and supervise work study students and student interns. Maintain garden crops, composting systems, soil quality, greenhouse seeding schedule, irrigation, and infrastructure. Lead restoration work along riparian area surrounding the Learning Garden with assistance from students and interns. Create promotional and educational programs including written announcements, articles, press releases, newsletters, brochures, flyers, posters, presentations, events, tours, and workshops. Update website. Plan and execute promotional and educational activities. Facilitate and strengthen collaboration between the Learning Garden, the Culinary and Hospitality Management Program, and Conference and Culinary Services at Lane Community College. This collaboration includes the development and implementation of a plan for planting and harvesting fruits and vegetables in appropriate quantities and at the right times for college use. Serve as liaison to local businesses, organizations, farmers, and the general public for donation of materials, supplies, and equipment. Track data related to the garden including volunteer hours, harvested amounts, seeding and planting dates and locations, and compost amounts. Develop and maintain garden files. Develop reports and proposals. Obtain price quotes. Develop a 5 year improvement plan for the learning garden.
Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability coordination is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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