All Campuses
1 Facilities and Finance have worked closely to ensure multi-campus Capital Projects are
sufficiently funded as part of the annual capital budget process. Each year the College identifies the funding necessary to replace outdated and obsolete equipment with more efficient and useful equipment. (All, W. Ward, AVC for Facilities)
5.3.4 Develop a college-wide strategy which raises awareness and educates the College community on practices that support sustainability.
Vice Presidents of Instruction, and Vice Presidents of Student Development
All Campuses
1 A rainwater harvesting project is being implemented at NW campus. The project included working with students and staff to determine what water harvesting techniques should be incorporated, what equipment is needed, and where the equipment should be installed.
Equipment is scheduled to be installed at NW during summer 2011. Future plans include expanding the project to other campuses. (All, W. Ward, AVC for Facilities)
2 Appoint one district-wide administrator to "lead" and gather sustainability suggestions, forward to correct departments and provide feedback. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for
3 Awareness and education of the College community for the DV central plant replacement project included articles in @PimaNews, mention at All College Day, and articles in other publications including Facilities Manager Magazine, and a best practice case study on McQuay International's website. (All, W. Ward, AVC for Facilities)
4 Campuses and District Office each establish sustainability workgroups, including employees and students. Workgroups will examine local sustainability challenges and implement locally as applicable. Will forward suggestions for district-wide consideration. (All, VPs of Instruction, B.
Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
5 College Marketing and Video Production departments produce internal and external campaigns to promote sustainability concepts and initiatives.
a. Run video PCC television station b. Stream video via links on PCC website
c. Sustainability Tip of the Week in @PimaNews
(All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
6 Community Campus VPs of Instruction carpool to meetings whenever possible to save energy and costs. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost) 7 Complete a feasibility study regarding non-credit/credit/certificate/degree programs in
sustainability disciplines. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
8 Desert Vista Community Garden - water harvesting, solar power. (All, VPs of Instruction, B.
Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
9 East Campus - solar usage. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
10 Encouraging "Think Before You Print" campaign in all emails. (All, VPs of Instruction, B.
Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
11 Establish "Think Green" suggestion boxes across the College. (All, VPs of Instruction, B.
Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
12 Establish MyPima "blog" for employees and students to share sustainability tips and best practices. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost) 13 Host college-wide conference for faculty, staff, students and community members in Fall 2010 to
educate the broader College community on the concepts of sustainability. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
14 Northwest Campus redesign - energy conservation. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
15 Partner with vendors (Sodexho, Follett) to establish sustainability initiatives. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
16 PCC Adult Education reusing its textbooks to a greater extent. (All, VPs of Instruction, B.
Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
17 Survey faculty on how they are presenting sustainability in their classes; work with CDACs to share and increase sustainability discussions, assignments, and projects. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
18 Sustainability workgroups develop and host workshops at campus locations to educate the College community on sustainability topics as they relate to work and daily life. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
19 Sustainability workgroups host sustainability forums to be held college-wide to facilitate sharing of campus initiatives and best practices. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
20 The College launched a four-credit weekend course in solar technology, offered through the East Campus. This course, called Beginning Photovoltaic Technology, prepares students to become certified solar panel installers and uses equipment installed at EC. (All, W. Ward, AVC for Facilities)
21 The College received the Community College Business Officers' (CCBO) 2010 Exemplary
22 VPs of Instruction encouraging staff to use double-sided copies, and reuse paper to print on the 2nd side. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost) 23 VPs of Instruction sent memo of update and recommendation to the Chancellor, Provost, Vice
Provost, and Executive Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration on January 30, 2009.
Memo included in working agenda notes. (All, VP of Instruction)
24 VPs of Instruction working on class scheduling as a group; save energy by not utilizing all parts of all campuses daily. (All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost)
25 Working with District IT in establishing video conferencing - energy savings on gas and costs.
(All, VPs of Instruction, B. Murphy, AVC for Academic Services and Vice Provost) Desert Vista Campus
VPs of Instruction and VPs of Student Development collaborated to develop a comprehensive strategy to promote sustainability. Included in this strategy are establishment of campus-level sustainability groups, institution of college-wide workshops on sustainability, adoption of a college-hosted annual symposium on sustainability, and internal marketing of sustainability and sustainability awareness. (DV, T. Roush, VP of Instruction, J. Soto, VP of Student Development) 1
East Campus
In partnership with SunEdison, the EC presented a Solar Expo, Solar Job Fair, and sponsored a community lecture on solar power. (EC, C. Fugett, President)
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2 The East Campus hosted a special presentation on Water Sustainability, bringing together a Fulbright scholar from the University of South Australia under the co-sponsorship of the UA Center for Latin American Studies. Support for the presentation came from Water for People and Water Conservation Alliance of Southern Arizona (Water CASA). (EC, C. Fugett, President) 3 Working in collaboration with Tucson Electric Power, the East Campus installed solar paneling
on one of their buildings and connected to the solar grid. (EC, C. Fugett, President)