| Energy | Reduce energy consumption, power down: |
| Perform energy audit and update or install sensors in all rooms / offices at BMCC (Chambers street, one year per floor) |
| Equip all computers/ copiers with energy saving capabilities so they shut down after a certain idle time |
| Building Management System (BMS) front end DASHBOARD |
| Install modern sensor system, thermostats (Chambers) for air temperature |
| Install and retrofit to LED lighting elements, Chambers Building |
| Modify escalators to use less power; encourage stair use; skip stops at Fiterman |
| Change turbines from steam only to electric/steam |
| Encourage use of revolving doors at main entrance Chambers |
| Replace individual servers with energy efficient blade servers |
| Implement "Flip a Switch, Kill a Watt" program by placing stickers on electronic devices |
| Train BMCC's staff on energy management principles. Engineering staff. |
| Install green roof, green spaces: = |
| Install green roof at Fiterman (grass) |
| Install green roof of Theater One, Chambers building |
| Research installation of green wall on Theater Two, Chambers building |
| Research installation of garden area on Theater One Plaza/ slope |
| Identify spaces and ownership for the installation of Greenhouse (3rd floor plaza), small garden areas. |
| Install Greenhouse, small garden areas. |
| Determine requirements for open-air experiments use of roof and plaza spaces |
| Install solar panels and possible wind turbines : |
| Replace roof system with enhanced supports |
| Install 300KW dispatchable solar PV system on the roof of the main college building |
| Water | Water conservation and purity activities: |
| Add hydration stations with faucets to fill water bottles. Fiterman first, followed by Chambers. |
| Encourage students and faculty to report leakages |
| Encourage alternatives to bottled beverages on campus |
| Research and pilot a flush-less urinal, monitor maintenance and chemical issues |
| Install automatic flush campus-wide |
| Conduct feasibility study for potential green roof to collect / recycle storm water |
| Set all sanitary facilities to conform to ADA requirements |
| Install aerators in all bathrooms |
| Install caps or sensors on faucets in bathrooms |
| Transportation | Bikes and Cycling, Transportation Alternatives: |
| Encourage utilization of the bike racks around the campus (Web) |
| Distribute bike maps, apps, and Guides (Web |
| Provide information and advocate car pooling on BMCC website |
| Measure the number of students not traveling to campus to take classes as a result of online options |
| Encourage the use of more environmentally friendly vehicles by BMCC's community |
| Draft policy that prioritizes 1. zero emissions 2. hybrid vehicles 3. fossil fuel efficiency (or reduction) for newly purchased / leased BMCC vehicles |
| Waste & Recycling | Reduce the use of non-recyclable materials; completely recycle all recyclable materials: |
| Have stats provided regularly on a central database or website (Web) |
| Institute a computer and technology disposal and recycling program for all components |
| Institute a Sustainability Fair annually on campus, advertise city sites for E-waste |
| Pair trash containers with recyclable containers, in every classroom |
| Pair trash containers with recyclable containers in the cafeteria |
| Develop reliable data tracking system for recycling and waste |
| Replace promotional refillable water bottle with a stainless steel bottle |
| Initiate on-campus composting program |
| Stop using balloons for campus events |
| Go PAPERLESS: |
| Monitor paper usage per capita, by department (including Reprographics) |
| Eliminate the printing of Advisement Data Sheets ( will be gone by CUNYFirst) |
| Train faculty to use DegreeWorks |
| Allow and advocate the utilization of double sided copying and printing centers. |
| Eliminate the unnecessary "cover page" and the follow-up page printed with every print out. |
| Encourage recycling one sided printouts and using unprinted side. |
| Support phasing out of textbooks and handouts. |
| Encourage all faculty and students to collect and reuse waste paper |
| Can be used for syllabus, notes, handouts, rough drafts, scratch paper etc. |
| Make online collaborative software available to all, e.g. Sharepoint, Blackboard, etc. |
| Sell inexpensive reusable bags in the student bookstore. Use reusable bags for school sponsored events. |
| Default BMCC computers with double-printing system |
| Preset the bottom of all outgoing emails with text: "Do you need to print?" |
| Specify preference for electronic product catalogs to vendors and suppliers |
| Procurement | Procurement: |
| Purchase paper products that use chlorine and bleach free post consumer recycled content. |
| Purchase low VOC paint |
| Establish policy to purchase only soy ink cartridges |
| Eliminate plastic straws and lids from campus (or replace with biodegradable straws and lids) |
| Establish policy requiring all future supplies to be energy efficient |
| Purchase micro fiber mops for cleaning |
| Sustainable Dining | Sustainable Dining, Health and Wellness: |
| Develop informational campaign (re: physical activity, healthy foods, international, agribusiness) |
| Implement informational campaign |
| Enhance stairwells to encourage use of the stairs |
| Research vendor decision making |
| Research about choices in the vending machines, background research on snacks, portions, marketing |
| Enhance healthy food options in the cafeteria and vending machines, at events |
| Provide support groups for increasing healthy behaviors (e.g. Health and Wellness Club) |
| Tobacco free campaign |
| Install fruit and salad vending machines |
| Establish discount program for those bringing reusable cups into the cafeteria |
| Outreach and Education | Create an interactive, simple-to-understand web-site: |
| Design and create content for the BMCC Sustainability web site |
| Collaborate on formatting, look and feel of web site |
| Create sustainability web site to inform of BMCC's sustainable actions |
| Establish a recycling, energy, and water baseline analysis program; regularly update on web |
| Publish a snapshot of the energy consumption on BMCC's sustainability web page |
| Green the Curriculum, expand the environmental course options |
| Contact Chairs and solicit departmental Sustainability Council Liaisons; inform campus leaders |
| Develop alternative energy education exhibit displaying wind turbines |
| Create a Sustainability FIG (Faculty/Staff Interest Group), offer presentations |
| Assess and audit the integration of sustainability-related topics and pedagogy into courses |
| Encourage and support the creation of new sustainability-oriented courses and pedagogies |
| Connect with associations and learned societies, e.g., AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, Millennium Alliance for Humanity & the Biosphere) |
| Support conference attendance for Sustainability Curriculum Project (SCP) coordinating faculty |
| Promote one-off lectures, symposia, and workshops. Faculty Sustainability Day |
| Forge working relationships with NYC sustainability-oriented institutions and programs to develop joint programs and activities. |
| Research adding sustainability/ecological literacy to the BMCC Gen. Ed. Learning Goals & Outcomes |
| Establish a Sustainability Across the Curriculum program (modeled, in part, on WAC) |
| Develop a Sustainability Studies major/minor/concentration |
| Establish a Center for Sustainability Studies |
| Establish a Department of Sustainability Studies |
| Include courses addressing sustainability in college bulletin |
| General Education committee will infuse the principles of sustainability in the newest proposed curriculum |
| Establish a minor in environmental sciences, open to all students and majors |
| Encourage collaborative and interactive projects on or near campus: |
| Build an exhibition Solar PanelA photo-voltaic mobile cart for demonstration purposes |
| Implement an informational campaign for all student clubs -- Greening the clubs |
| Secure financial support for sending representatives to workshops, conferences, institutes, etc. |
| Implement speaker's series |
| Include representatives from the Sustainability Club on the Sustainability Committee |
| Create green students club making products from recyclable materials |
| Form Green partnerships and collaborations with external organizations. |
| Reach out to Washington Market park, other city and community groups |
| Reach out to other educational institutions, elementary, middle and high schools |
| Reach out to Green businesses |
| Green Career Fair |
| Bring in training programs, ATE Grant possibilities |
| Organize Sustainability Fair event annually |
| Gifts and give-aways given by BMCC administration should be sustainability-related |
| Host a regular Sustainability Conference at BMCC: |
| Design multi-day, multi-disciplinary conference plan, secure facility and funding |
| Call for proposals |
| Implement Sustainability Conference |
