University of Washington, Bothell
PA-2: Sustainability Planning

UW Bothell's Sustainability Plan has the following sustainability goals related to curriculum and research:
2.7 Campus Engagement
2.7 a. Campus Sustainability Engagement
Create a formal peer-to-peer education program
Integrate sustainability into orientation programming
Develop support for campus sustainability projects
Integrate sustainability into Residential Life
Develop sustainability programming in Outdoor Recreation and Wellness
2.7 b. Outreach Materials and Publication
Develop campus-wide sustainability outreach campaign
2.7 c. Staff Involvement
Incentivize involvement campus sustainability activities for staff and faculty
Provide continuing education opportunities for staff and faculty in sustainability topics
Increase access to and attendance in University of Washington wellness programs
2.7 d. Sustainability Programming
Increase engagement in current sustainability programming
Improve engagement with Campus Garden and the Sarah Simonds Green Conservatory
2.8 Public Engagement
2.8 a. Community Partnerships
Leverage community partnerships to meet other sustainability goals
Build upon existing relationships with community partners in organizing summer camp programs
2.8 b. Strengthen Resources for Campus-Community Members
Strengthen online resources about sustainability for public access
Improve signage and interpretation of UW Bothell grounds to enhance understanding and appreciation of the environmental history and sustainability projects
Create a “green ribbon” graduation pledge
Identify and implement a system for qualitative and quantitative assessment of public engagement efforts on the UW Bothell campus
2.8 c. Community Service
Enhance and expand community service programs related to sustainability
Magnify involvement and participation in wetlands projects
2.8 d. Community Stakeholder Engagement
Incentivize community engagement for faculty, staff, and students throughout the university
Build out Community-Based Learning capstone projects with Cascadia College and external organizations
Diversify and expand CBLR sustainability partnerships
Create an inter-campus effort around creating community engagement opportunities
2.0 Curriculum
2.1 a. Integrating and Assessing Sustainability Across the Curriculum
Create tools and resources to facilitate the incorporation of sustainability into courses
Explore means of assessing sustainability literacy on campus
Construct tools and resources for faculty to implement green practices in course delivery
2.1 b. Expanding Academic Exposure and Opportunities in Sustainability
Strengthen and expand sustainability offerings in current and additional degrees / curricula
Strengthen the exposure of all students to concepts surrounding sustainability
2.1 c. Promote Scholarship and Service in Sustainability
Encourage Community-Based Learning and Research (CBLR) components in sustainability teaching
2.2 Research
2.2 a. Increase Engagement in Sustainability Research
Foster faculty and staff Sustainability Research Fellows Program
Showcase sustainability research
Promote student research opportunities
Develop research support

The University-Wide Sustainability Action Plan has the following goals related to curriculum and research:
Sustainability Action Plan Target: Double Sustainability-Oriented Research Projects by 2025
Sustainability evolves at the intersection between society and the environment. Much of scientific research is aligned along with this same interface, so more refined attention to sustainability illuminates our thinking about how we engage in research. We start toward this Target simply by understanding these parallels through a comprehensive sustainability research inventory. We will also vigorously expand our work beyond the walls of academia, making our campuses and surrounding communities living laboratories that provide rich collaborations and shared positive outcomes.

Sustainability Action Plan Target: One UW-Wide Sustainability Framework by 2022
A clear, common definition of sustainability is necessary for effective communication and coordination around learning and action across campus. This Target invokes a campus-wide definition and standardized reporting of existing sustainability courses. To successfully facilitate this goal and others, an Academic Sustainability Manager will be hired. The 2021 Action Plan will also lay foundations for the development of a UW-wide sustainability course or other general requirements, and begin work toward a common, minimum sustainability learning outcome by 2025.

The UW Bothell Sustainability Action Plan has the following goals around engagement:
2.7 Campus Engagement
2.7 a. Campus Sustainability Engagement
Create a formal peer-to-peer education program
Integrate sustainability into orientation programming
Develop support for campus sustainability projects
Integrate sustainability into Residential Life
Develop sustainability programming in Outdoor Recreation and Wellness
2.7 b. Outreach Materials and Publication
Develop campus-wide sustainability outreach campaign
2.7 c. Staff Involvement
Incentivize involvement campus sustainability activities for staff and faculty
Provide continuing education opportunities for staff and faculty in sustainability topics
Increase access to and attendance in University of Washington wellness programs
2.7 d. Sustainability Programming
Increase engagement in current sustainability programming
Improve engagement with Campus Garden and the Sarah Simonds Green Conservatory
2.8 Public Engagement
2.8 a. Community Partnerships
Leverage community partnerships to meet other sustainability goals
Build upon existing relationships with community partners in organizing summer camp programs
2.8 b. Strengthen Resources for Campus-Community Members
Strengthen online resources about sustainability for public access
Improve signage and interpretation of UW Bothell grounds to enhance understanding and appreciation of the environmental history and sustainability projects
Create a “green ribbon” graduation pledge
Identify and implement a system for qualitative and quantitative assessment of public engagement efforts on the UW Bothell campus
2.8 c. Community Service
Enhance and expand community service programs related to sustainability
Magnify involvement and participation in wetlands projects
2.8 d. Community Stakeholder Engagement
Incentivize community engagement for faculty, staff, and students throughout the university
Build out Community-Based Learning capstone projects with Cascadia College and external organizations
Diversify and expand CBLR sustainability partnerships
Create an inter-campus effort around creating community engagement opportunities

The University-Wide Sustainability Action Plan Target: Double Student, Staff, and Faculty Sustainability Engagement by 2024. This Target is about increasing the visibility of, and access to, sustainability in campus life. Implementing actions include a wide range of education programs, collaborations, and volunteerism that touch the lives of nearly every student, staff, and faculty member, as well as community members in the neighborhoods surrounding UW campuses. The 2021 Action Plan will include actions that promote innovative collaborations between UW’s existing healthy living and environmental sustainability efforts; expanded professional development; and community engagement programs.

The UW Bothell Sustainability Action Plan has the following goals around operations:
2.3 Campus Operations
2.3 a. Building Energy Conservation
Upgrade all lighting to energy efficient LEDs
Build load shedding into the Metasys Johnson Controls Building Automation System
Revise Building Hours Policy to include blackout times during academic breaks when campus is shut down
2.3 b. Waste Management
Centralize waste operations
Waste education
Landfill waste reduction
Add Minimax service to leased buildings
2.3 c. Water Conservation
Buildings
Improve tracking of water consumption
Landscape
Implement rainwater capture for irrigation use
Enhance water conservation in landscape irrigation
2.3 d. Landscape
Restore and conserve upland coniferous forest
Implement on-campus plant material propagation
Advance on-campus food production for Food Services and Husky Pantry
Improve wetland access

The University-Wide Sustainability Action Plan has the following goals related to operations:
""Sustainability Action Plan Target: 15% Lower Energy Usage Intensity by 2025
80% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come from combusting fossil fuels to generate energy, including electricity. We need to do our part toward reducing energy consumption. Achieving this goal will require accelerating the implementation of energy conservation projects, targeting older and less efficient buildings for deep retrofits, and ensuring all new buildings meet the UW Green Building Standard to minimize water and energy consumption. The expanded use of utility metering and monitoring-based commissioning will keep buildings operating optimally.

Sustainability Action Plan Target: 10% Less Solid Waste by 2025
Everything we throw away is something that we don’t need. That may seem self-evident, but combined with lifecycle thinking it means an opportunity to reduce manufacturing emissions, energy consumption, transportation, and even raw materials extraction associated with whatever object we didn’t need. “Reduce, reuse, recycle” remains a powerful hierarchy of solid waste management, but there are even more details of product and materials management, economics, and urban ecology that can receive both our research attention and our operational attention.

Sustainability Action Plan Target: 45% Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030
Climate change is the environmental issue of our time. The UW is a worldclass research center in climate-related topics; in fact climate change’s centrality to our academic life is reflected in a Guiding Principle of this Sustainability Strategy. We’re going to follow through on our sustainability commitment by embarking on a major energy planning process to drastically reduce the Seattle Campus district heating system’s demand for fossil fuels, and reduce our dependence on utility energy with solar photovoltaic power on all our campuses.

The UW Diversity Blueprint for 2017-2021 is organized around these six goals:
1) Cultivate an inclusive campus climate;
2) Attract, retain, and graduate a diverse and excellent student body;
3) Attract and retain a diverse faculty;
4) Attract and retain a diverse staff;
5) Assess tri-campus diversity needs; and
6) Improve accountability and transparency.

https://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/

Sustainability Action Plan Target: Comprehensive Equitable Purchasing Targets by 2022
Procurement comprises a significant portion of UW’s spending. With its purchasing decisions UW can endorse suppliers who are practicing sustainability; we aspire to have 100% of them aligned with our Supplier Code of Conduct. We are quickly working to incorporate students’ voices in purchasing decisions. As we work with campus units and departments to develop equitable purchasing targets, we will follow the state’s goals for minority- women- and veteran-owned businesses under the Results Washington strategic framework.

UW Executive Order Number 13, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability, was approved by President Michael Young on August 30, 2012, and has been reviewed by the Faculty Senate, Board of Deans, the Environmental Stewardship Committee and the policy sub-teams. The Order, an umbrella statement confirming the UW’s longstanding commitment to sustainability, will serve as a guiding principle for future sustainability policy development. http://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/PO/EO13.html The UW Board of Regents has published position statements on several topics related to sustainability. These include a policy on the university's role and mission to serve the community, state, region, nation and world, as well as serving traditional and non-traditional students; a policy on the economic sustainability of the university, a policy on transportation, a policy on diversity, a policy on ethical principles (including topics such as conflict of interest and waste of university resources), a policy on business equity (purchasing goods and services from diverse vendors), and a policy on divestment (created and applied in 2017 in association to divestment from coal companies). Links to policies are provided below. Regent Policy No. 5 - Role and Mission of the University http://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/BRG/RP5.html Regent Policy No. 7 Transportation Policy http://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/BRG/RP7.html Regent Policy No. 11 - Statement on Diversity http://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/BRG/RP11.html Regent Policy No. 14 - Statement of Ethical Principles http://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/BRG/RP14.html Regent Policy No. 15 - Declaration of Concern for the Sustainability of Washington Public Higher Education: http://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/BRG/RP15.html Regent Policy No. 16 - Statement of Business Equity for the University of Washington http://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/BRG/RP16.html Regent Policy No. 17 - University of Washington Divestment Guideline http://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/BRG/RP17.html

SUSTAINABILITY: At the University of Washington, we define sustainability as the capacity to create and maintain healthy, equitable and diverse communities now and into the future. That capacity comprises 1) an understanding and respect for the interdependence of the atmosphere, the waters, the land, and the Earth's inhabitants, and 2) a commitment to use our collective wisdom to act out of that understanding and respect.

UW signed on to ACUPCC in 2008.

UW signed on to the Washington Business Climate Declaration in 2015.
https://green.uw.edu/news/uw-signs-washington-business-climate-declaration

In 2018, UW signed the Declaration on University Global Engagement, a joint effort from the United Nations Institute for Training Research and the Association of Public & Land-grant Universities. This effort further aligns the work of the world’s top universities with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
http://globallyengageduniversities.org/

In 2018, the UW joined 12 other leading North American research universities in the new University Climate Change Coalition, or UC3, a group committed to leveraging its research and resources to help communities accelerate climate action.
https://secondnature.org/initiative/uc3-coalition/