Stanford University
EN-4: Outreach Materials and Publications

The Sustainable Stanford website provides information about Stanford’s sustainability efforts across all campus realms, including academics, research, campus operations, and engagement opportunities. The website discusses specifically the campus plans for energy, transportation, food, waste, Sustainable IT, buildings and grounds, and other sustainability topic areas and encourages and tracks behavior change among students, staff and faculty through its My Cardinal Green component. The site offers a variety of resources for visitors to enhance sustainability within their own lives, including targeted campus-wide conservation campaigns (http://sustainable.stanford.edu/cardinal-green). The website is also an information hub for Sustainable Stanford publications, including the newsletter, fact sheets, how to guides, and the annual year in review publication (http://sustainable.stanford.edu/resources).

Sustainable Stanford's monthly newsletter, Cardinal Green News, describes the latest campus sustainability news and success stories. It covers sustainability awards and recognition, new programs, campus sustainability improvements, upcoming events, and engagement opportunities.

Sustainable Stanford maintains an active Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SustainableStanford/) and Twitter account (@SustainStanford). Both platforms are maintained by Office of Sustainability staff and promote current events, campaigns, tips, and general sustainability information to the community at large. In addition, both platforms frequently link and share other sustainability campus news coming from research institutes, university communications, etc. Various sustainability student groups also maintain Facebook pages (https://www.facebook.com/students.sustainable.stanford/, https://www.facebook.com/GreenLivingCouncil), as well as academic sustainability organizations, such as Precourt Institue for Energy and Woods Institute for the Environment.

The Stanford Daily reports on sustainability on campus on a regular basis. Several Stanford Daily reporters work with representatives from Land, Buildings, and Real Estate, the Office of Sustainability, Residential & Dining enterprises, and other entities to collect and promote information on Stanford's sustainability initiatives. For example, the Stanford Daily has written numerous articles on the Stanford Energy System Innovations (SESI) project (http://www.stanforddaily.com/tag/sesi) and the LEED-EBOM Platinum certification for the Yang and Yamazaki Energy and Environment Building (Y2E2) (http://www.stanforddaily.com/tag/y2e2/). The Stanford Daily also covers most of the sustainabiliy-focused events that occur on campus, such as the annual Keys to Sustainability fair meant to help students learn about ways to get involved in sustainability activities on campus (http://www.stanforddaily.com/2014/02/10/keys-to-sustainability-makes-the-environment-the-focus) and the sustainability efforts at new student orientation (http://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/09/20/nsos-zero-waste-lunch-reduces-its-waste-this-year/).

Stanford has a number of journals dedicated to publishing student research. These include the Stanford Undergraduate Research Journal, Stanford Service in Global Health Journal, and Stanford Environmental Law Journal. Student sustainability research projects can be submitted to any one of these publications.

The Yang and Yamazaki Environment and Energy (Y2E2) building is a flagship high performance building on the Stanford campus and is certified LEED-EBOM Platinum. The building features computer kiosks that highlight specific sustainability features, an online dashboard, and stairwell signage which describes sustainability themes incorporated into the building design and construction. Each restroom includes signage describing the use of recycled water to flush toilets and urinals. Similar signage has been included in numerous other high performance buildings on campus, including the Knight Management Center (the home of the Graduate School of Business), the Huang Engineering Center, and the Spilker Engineering & Applied Sciences building, among others. Signage has also been placed around the new Central Energy Facility to highlight the sustainability features at the facility.

All Stanford dining halls and Stanford-operated cafes practice pre- and post-consumer composting and utilize either reusable or compostable serviceware. As a result, all include signage describing the differences between recyclable, compostable, and waste material. Stanford Dining also promotes a “Love Food Hate Waste” campaign, which includes signage describing the environmental impacts of food waste. All dining halls have TV screens that have sustainability signage related to events, farms, fisheries, and other information. Stanford Dining publishes a tabletop newsletter every two weeks, which features sustainability information in every issue. The newsletter is also available by email and the information is also on Stanford Dining’s Facebook page. The Sustainable Food Program publishes a bi-monthly educational newsletter that goes to over 1,800 community members.

Stanford's "Waterwise Demonstration Garden" serves as an educational model for the entire campus community regarding native and drought-tolerant plants. Additionally, signage has been included in the Science and Engineering Quad and at the new Central Energy Facility with details about the sustainability initiatives and landscaping features included therein.

In 2013 the Office of Sustainability launched a self-guided sustainability walking tour that highlights the university's major sustainability achievements (http://lbre-apps.stanford.edu/sustours/). Since 2009, the Office of Sustainability has also offered a campus sustainability tour at major university events and a short tour upon request. Aboard one of the new fully electric Marguerite shuttles, participants travel to venues where campus operations feature sustainable practices in action. Staff members provide presentations both on the bus and on-site at select stops. Topics include water, waste and recycling, transportation demand management, energy, sustainable landscaping, and a tour of a high performance building. Upon request, Office of Sustainability staff offer in-depth walking tours of several high performance buildings, including Y2E2 and the Knight Management Center. There is also a self-guided tour available for the Huang Engineering Center. Since April 2015, the Department of Sustainability and Energy Management has offered weekly tours of the new Central Energy Facility, which are booked out months in advance. To-date more than 1500 people have toured the facility. https://v1.bookwhen.com/8ed8w There is also a Landscape and Architecture walking tour that features the sustainability components that are inherent in Stanford's Master Plan. That self-guided tour is available here: http://lbre.stanford.edu/architect/sites/all/lbre-shared/files/docs_public/L%26BWalkingTour05web.pdf.

Stanford's Parking and Transportation Services provides extensive information online and through one-on-one consultations regarding alternative transportation. The commute planning assistance program provides personalized recommendations (http://transportation.stanford.edu/commuteplanning/). The guide “Thriving at Stanford Without a Car” provides an overview of public transit options on and around campus. Stanford's "Commute Club" incentivizes the use of public transit and carpooling.

Stanford employs a full-time Bicycle Coordinator to support bicyclists on campus. A sample of the services provided to bicyclists include: bike registration, a brochure titled "Biking around Stanford," a mid-peninsula bicycle map, city and county bike maps, brochures to make rides easier and safer, discounts on bike helmets, clothes lockers and bike storage rentals, as well as information on the location of accessible shower facilities. In addition, commute planning assistance is available to any member of the Stanford community, including all pedestrian travelers (http://transportation.stanford.edu/commuteplanning/).

Sustainability is a core value on campus and within Residential & Dining Enterprises (R&DE) Student Housing. The R&DE Student Housing Sustainability and Conservation Programs Office collaborates with students and staff to foster behavior change, reduce energy and water consumption and waste production in our residences, and integrate long-term sustainable thinking into everyday operations. Building upon past publications of student living guides, R&DE student housing partnered with the Office of Sustainability to produce "How To Be Cardinal Green: Student Sustainable Living Guide," an annual electronic publication sent to each incoming student and available to all students online. In 2015, R&DE and the Office of Sustainability created a supplementary video for the Sustainable Living Guide, which is played at all staff orientations and sent out to incoming students.

Office of Sustainability publishes an annual report titled “Sustainability at Stanford – A Year In Review.” This publication provides campus sustainability metrics and trends and highlights campus sustainability stories from the past year. The publication highlights the actions taken across campus to improve sustainability and provides valuable year-to-year tracking on consumption metrics. The 2015 Sustainable Stanford: A Year in Review publication is available here: http://sustainability-year-in-review.com/ The Stanford University Energy and Climate Plan, first developed in 2009, with the most recent edition released in 2015, outlines an in-depth framework for Stanford's plans to advance the sustainability of Stanford's energy system. This document was created through strategic partnerships between Stanford's Department of Sustainability and Energy Management and Stanford faculty experts. Stanford Energy System Innovations (SESI), a main component of Stanford’s Energy and Climate Plan, came online in 2015. It immediately reduced campus potable water consumption by 15% and will reduce campus GHG emissions by 68% by the end of 2016. The most up to date version of the Energy and Climate Plan is available here: http://sustainable.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/E%26C%20Plan%202015.9.21.pdf In addition, Office of Sustainability has created two resource libraries in support of programs aimed at increasing efficiency at events and in office buildings. The libraries contain fact sheets and guides to specifically target opportunities for these audiences and create a central place for all of the materials they might need to enhance their programs in these areas. The libraries are available at the links below. https://sustainable.stanford.edu/cardinal-green/cardinal-green-events/cardinal-green-event-resource-library https://sustainable.stanford.edu/cardinal-green-office-resource-library