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Keynote Speaker: Next generation sustainability
at The University of British Columbia: beyond
harm reduction
John Robinson, Associate Provost, Sustainability,
The University of British Columbia
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Regenerative Sustainability at UBC
Presentation
at
Challenging
Connections:
EAUC Annual
Conference
University of
Leeds
Mar 23, 2015
John
Robinson
UBC
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Limits Storyline
• Harm reduction
• Damage limitation
• Mitigation
• Cutting back
• Sacrifice
The Sustainability Discourse
Problems • Not motivating
• Doesn’t go far enough
• Mostly environmental
• Scientistic
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Goal Simultaneously increase human & environmental well-being
Questions For what processes? At what scale? Role of universities…
Regenerative Sustainability
• From less bad to more good
• From reducing damage to creating benefits
• From sacrifice to contribution
• From net zero to net positive
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Campus as Sustainability Test-Bed
Universities uniquely suited for this role:
• Single (owner-) occupiers
• Public mandate
• Teaching
• Research
Develop integrated campus-
scale systems:
• Demonstration and research
• Engage and train students;
develop new curricula and
programs
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Operational
Academic
Institutional Culture Change
Operational
Academic
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Two Cross-cutting Themes
Campus as Living
Lab
Agent of Change
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UBC Campus as Living Lab
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CIRS
~14 million sq. ft.
~270 core buildings
~ 300 hectares
UBC’s Climate Change goals (Mar, 2010)
• achieved Kyoto targets (-6%) for core
academic buildings in 2007 (with 35%
growth in floorspace)
• New targets:
- 33% by 2015
- 67% by 2020
-100% by 2050
UBC Campus Steam System
Size of energy challenge:
• eliminate fossil fuels
• no new electricity transmission lines
to campus
• ~35% growth in research and
residential floorspace by 2030
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2007 2015 2020 2050
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Current Signature Projects
Continuous
Optimization
of Campus
Buildings
Demand-Side Supply-Side
Centre for
Interactive
Research on
Sustainability
(CIRS)
Steam to Hot
Water Conversion
of Campus District
Energy System
Bioenergy
Research
and Demonstration
Project
$150 million of capital investment
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1.00
1.10
1.20
1.30
2007 2013
GHG Emissions(tonnes CO2e)
Student Enrolment(FTE)
Floor Space(square meters)
UBC-V GHG Emissions and Drivers 2007-2013
Students +7%
Floorspace +11%
GHG - 14%
2014-15: - Ph 2 of COP
- 2 MW cogen (RNG)
- Temp Energy Centre
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Regenerative in Environmental and
Human Terms Net positive on:
• Energy
• Operational carbon
• Water quality
• Structural carbon
Net positive on:
• Health
• Productivity
• Happiness
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Copp Building Redevelopment:
a living lab project
• Site of new
multi-storey
mixed use
commercial and
faculty/staff
(non-market)
rental building
• Living lab
components
built into process
from pre-design
stage
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Infrastructure Policies & Practices
• LEED Gold certification minimum requirement for new buildings, coupled with aggressive Energy Use Intensity (EUI) targets
• Technical and Design Guidelines: incremental improvements
• Design peer review for key building systems
• Construction management delivery model and internal “retained risk” fund to manage risks
• Goal: Functional, reliable, sustainable, maintainable and economic solutions
• Aspiration: Regenerative buildings
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Capital Program Overview • Completed in last 6 years: 43 projects, $1,398m
• Currently in design or construction: 21 projects, $832m
• Investment across all infrastructure types: – Core Academic 53% – Student Housing 21% – Student & Community Services 12% – Utilities & Public Realm 10% – Athletics & Recreation 4%
• $165m investment in key sustainability projects (CIRS, Bioenergy, Steam to Hot Water Conversion, Okanagan Campus Geoexchange).
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Job Description, Managing Director,
Energy and Water Services (Jul, 2014)
“The Managing Director will govern the
campus infrastructure to facilitate the
implementation of the "campus as a living
lab" initiatives with the intent to
substantially reduce energy consumption
and greenhouse gas emissions on the
UBC Vancouver campus.”
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Social Sustainability Human Wellbeing
UBC
Wellbeing
Initiative
• Access & diversity
• Intercultural understanding
• First Nations
• Sport & Sustainability
• Healthy Campus initiative
• Community Engagement
initiative
• Community Service Learning
Initial Priorities
• Mental health
• Physical activity
• Inclusion & connection
• Food & nutrition
• Transportation
• Natural & built environments
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• academic offices
• classrooms & meeting rooms
• cafe
• convenience store
• Collegium
• fitness centre
• informal learning spaces
• child care centre
• end-of-trip bicycle facilities
• art gallery
Ponderosa Commons
• ~600,000 ft2
• 1116 beds
• $167 million
• LEED GOLD
• First of five
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Students& family
Faculty,Staff andother
2010
~18,000
people
2041
~40,000 people
UBC Neighbourhoods
2001
~11,000
people
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Sustainable Community Indicators
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
1997 2013
Daytime Population Auto Trips
Transit Parking
Residents
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Strategic Alliance Partnerships
Utown@UBC as living lab
Energy systems, decision support
Residential sustainability
Energy, engagement, mobility
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Operational and Research Collaboration
UBC/COV Sustainability
Collaborative
UBC Sustainability
Initiative Greenest City
Action Plan
Shared
Sustainability
Goals
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25
Greenest City Scholars, 2014
59 students (2010-14); 8/40 hired in first 4years
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Sustainability Scholars, 2014-15
City of Vancouver 18
BC Hydro 7
Fortis 1
Musqueam 1
UBC 5
Total 32
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Nexus program
Scholars 39 grad
students
SEEDS ~800
students
CCEL 3900
students
Work-learn 2600
students
Thousands of
students working
with partners on
sustainability
projects:
• Off campus/on
campus
• Grad/undergrad
• For credit/not for
credit
• Unpaid/paid
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Innovator Working Group
Members:
• UBC (co-founder)
• Arizona State (co-founder)
• Harvard
• U Texas – Austin
• UC Davis
Regular
meetings and
exchanges:
• Share
knowledge
• Compare
best
practice
North America leaders in campus energy & climate
programs
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Teaching & Learning Vision:
Integration across the University
Each student, regardless of their degree program,
should have access to an education in sustainability
via a “sustainability learning pathway” (UBC
Sustainability Academic Strategy, 2009)
Sustainability Pathways
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Sustainability Learning
Pathway
Yr 1
Yr 1/2
Yr 3/4
Yr 4 Capstone/Leadership Course
Sustainability Electives
(courses vetted for
sustainability attributes)
Real World
Experience
(e.g. SEEDS,
CLL, Co-op, etc.)
Susta
inabili
ty L
earn
ing
Com
munity
Introductory Course
(e.g. SCI 220)
First Year Courses with Sustainability
Embedded
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Common Energy
Friends of the UBC
Farm
Bike Co-op
Select UBC Student Initiatives
Sustainability
Ambassadors
Geography
Students
Association
Commerce
Undergraduate
Students
Chemical &
Biological
Engineering
AMS
Sustainability
Sustainability
in Residence
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NEXT
GENERATION
SUSTAINABILITY
AT UBC
Teaching, Learning and
Research
Operations and
Infrastructure
UBC Community
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Engagement Summary
2,000+ ENGAGED
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At UBC's Vancouver campus, sustainability means
simultaneous improvements in human and
environmental wellbeing, not just reductions in
damage or harm. By 2035, such regenerative
sustainability is embedded across the University
throughout teaching, learning, research,
partnerships, operations and infrastructure, and the
UBC community.
Vision
UBC is a vibrant, healthy and resilient community,
deeply engaged with its neighbours, surrounding
region, partners around the world, and in a
supportive and mutually respectful relationship with
the Musqueam people.
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