Blueprint for a Green Campus (2000 Edition)
Table of Contents | Introduction | Goals | Institutional Issues | Climate-Friendly Campus | Growing Without Increasing Traffic | Safe/Healthy Campus | Consumption and Disposal Habits
The
Goals
As the CU-Boulder campus grows and changes, its environmental
impacts and additional demands for energy, transportation, and resources
can be handled through increased efficiency rather than increased consumption.
To achieve sustainability on an institutional scale, the Blueprint for
a Green Campus proposes the following challenges:
Creating
a Climate-Friendly Campus
CU commits to meet the emissions reduction
targets of the Kyoto Protocol which would reduce CU’s greenhouse
gas emissions by seven percent below 1990 levels by 2010
Growing
without Increasing Traffic
CU commits to cap traffic at today’s
levels by growing in such a way that there is no net increase in single
occupant vehicle trips by students, faculty, and staff.
Creating
a Safe and Healthy Campus
CU commits to a) minimize the amount
of hazardous waste generated by the campus while still maintaining the
quality and quantity of research; and b) continue to advance pollution
prevention programs to reduce the quantity of hazardous materials present
on campus.
CU commits to minimizing our exposure
to toxic chemicals and pesticides a) by significantly reducing the use
of harmful chemicals and volatile pesticides in buildings and grounds
management through integrated pest management and b) by providing high
indoor air quality in campus buildings through improved ventilation and
control of indoor air pollution sources.
Greening
Campus Consumption and Disposal Habits
CU adopts an environmentally preferable
purchasing policy, which will institute standards for environmentally
responsible purchasing.
CU caps the amount of solid waste going
to the landfill at today's voludme by increasing recycling and composting
efforts and by using market incentives, new technologies and purchasing
policies to reduce waste generation on campus.