University of South Florida (Tampa)
PAE-1: Sustainability Coordination

The Sustainability Initiative Steering Committee serves as both an advisory group and as an advocacy group that actively participates in sustainability initiatives with the Office of Sustainability staff. Both groups share a common mission and vision: to “coordinate and build partnerships for university-wide initiatives that advance the University of South Florida’s strategic goal of creating a sustainable campus environment. To achieve this mission, we actively support faculty, staff, students, alumni, and neighborhood partners in their efforts to transform the University of South Florida into a ‘Green University’, where decisions -structural and routine— consider both individual and collective impacts to our campus, community, economy, and environment.” Both groups also share a common set of values and goals: “As citizen-scholar activists, we share a sustainability ethic that promotes conserving resources, reducing waste, recycling and reusing materials, finding new sources of clean energy, increasing energy efficiency, and diminishing life-cycle impacts and our consumption of greenhouse gas producing materials. We engage in this ethic of stewardship to guide the development and implementation of programs, policies, and other courses of action in the operation and management of the University of South Florida as well as its institutional teaching, research, and service commitments.” The history of activities of the Sustainability Initiative Steering committee is documented on the Provost’s Office website, http://www.acad.usf.edu/Office/Strategic-Initiatives/Sustain-A-Bull-USF.htm, and the evolving functions of the committee are reported on the Office of Sustainability website.

Barnett, Mike-Business-Research Baynard, Sarah -Physical Plant-Water, Energy, Green Building Brinkmann, Bob -Geography-Climate Commitment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Chancey, Hollie -Maintenance & Special Allocation-Campus Committee Connelly, Sarah -Provost-Recycling, Waste management & Purchasing Cotter, George-Purchasing-Recycling, Waste management & Purchasing Desai, Nainan -Physical Plant Auxiliary Services-Procurement, Water, Energy, Green Building DeVore, Jacklyn -ESP Geography-Greenhouse Gas Emissions Donerly, Barbara S.-USF FPC-Green Building ,Energy, Transportation Durham, Delcie-Engineering-Energy, Research Gjersten, David -Business Student-Green Building Gonzalez, Enrique -Civil Engineer (CUTR)-Transportation Goswami, Yogi-Chemical Engineering-Energy Hanna‐West, Sharon-Business-Climate Commitment, Recycling, Waste management & Purchasing, Alumni & Outreach Hendricks, Sara -CUTR/Engineering-Transportation Hillsman, Ed -CUTR-Energy & Transportation Isenbeck, Jennifer -Facilities Planning -Water, Energy & Green Building Kaplon, Liz -Housing & Residential Edu.-Campus Lafferty, Barbara -COBA-Marketing & Promotion Lopez, Manuel -PATS-Transportation Mihelcic, James R. -Civil Env Engineering-Energy, Water Mistretta, Mark-CUTR-Transportation Moumne, Toufic -Facilities Enhancement-Gas Inventory Prakash, Siva -Physical Plant Division -Green Building, Recycling, Waste management & Purchasing Peabody, Duncan-Civil Env Engineering-Energy, Water Reeves Jr., Kingsley A. -IMSE/Engineering-Procurement, Water, Energy, Green Building Russell, Stanley -Architecture-Green Building Schonfeld, Martin-Philosophy-Curriculum Simmons, Kathy-Physical Plant-Procurement, Water, Energy, Green Building Trotz, Maya -Civil & Env. Engineering-Students Trueman, Diana -Provost -All VanSant, Brian-Building & Maintenance-Water, Energy, Green Building Walker, Laurie -Bot. Garden/GPY/AS-Campus Whiteford, Linda -Provost’s Office-All Worrell, Steven -Civil Env Engineering-Energy, Water Yeh, Daniel-CEE-Green Building, Water, Research

The Office of Sustainability coordinates and builds partnerships for university-wide initiatives that advance the University of South Florida's strategic goal of creating a sustainable campus environment. To accomplish this mission, we actively support faculty, staff, students, alumni, and neighborhood partners in their efforts to transform the University of South Florida into a 'Green University', where decisions—structural and routine—consider both individual and collective impacts to our campus, community, economy, and environment. As citizen-scholar activists, we share a sustainability ethic that promotes conserving resources, reducing waste, recycling and reusing materials, finding new sources of clean energy, increasing energy efficiency, and diminishing life-cycle impacts and our consumption of greenhouse gas producing materials. We engage in this ethic of stewardship to guide the development and implementation of programs, policies, and other courses of action in the operation and management of the University of South Florida system as well as its institutional teaching, research, and service commitments.

The Director works closely with the faculty, students, the regional campuses, and the Climate Commitment Steering Committee. Primary responsibilities include: • The overall management of the Office of Sustainability, • The development of reports, programs, and policies related to operational sustainability for university facilities and infrastructure • Responding to funding initiatives • The development and execution of a strategic communication plan, and discussion of future academic plans The Director works in close conjunction with Academic Affairs, which is responsible for the development of programs and policies relating to sustainability in teaching and research on campus.