Goals and Initiatives

Increase Awareness

• Conduct comprehensive energy audit
• Adopt LEED Silver as construction standard
• Install additional sub-meters & analyze usage trends

Reduce Consumption

• Create 'State of Good Repair' Survey
• Partner with NY Power Authorities Peak Load Mgt Incentive Program
• Ulitize motion sensors for lighting control
• Implement IT server replacement with more energy efficient hardware, consolidate under-utilized servers, and deploy server virtualization
• Implement desktop power management on all public computers
• Centralize data storage in the IT data center rather than in local devices to manage storge capacity more effectively

Increase Awareness

• Analyze usage trends

Reduce Consumption

Increase Awareness

• Utilize commuting reports in policy making

Reduce Consumption

• Install bicycle racks
• Implement collaborative online enviornments, including document management system (WFS), to enable users to share documents remotely
• Implement web-based access to on-sitet applications via broadband connections
• Implement teleconferencing and videoconferencing to enable users to collaborate from remote locations

Increase Awareness

• Promote recycling programs

Reduce Consumption

• Implement recycling processes for consumer waste
• Implement recycling processes for industrial waste
• Implement duplex printing as default for network printing and student print management system to reduce paper and tomer consuption
• Manage desktop computer life cycle to reduce e-waste; ensure proper disposal of outdated IT equipment

Increase Awareness

• Promote availability of "green" options

Reduce Consumption

• Purchase "green" products

Increase Awareness

• Create Sustainability Website
• Complete annual NY State E04 & E018 Report
• Complete annual CUNY Sustainability Report