ACUPCC Reporting System

Climate Action Plan for Bowie State University

Submitted on December 17, 2009; last updated on January 18, 2012

Climate Action Plan Details

Climate Action Plan BSU's Climate Action Plan
September 24, 2010
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Emissions Targets

Climate Neutrality Target
2019
If you have any qualifying statements with regard to the climate neutrality target date, please include them here, and/or if you have chosen "TBD" and not specified a neutrality date, please enter the reason and explain the process for establishing a target date in the future.

BSU has developed a Climate Control Action plan geared toward creating a road map for carbon neutrality by 2019. Our aim is to be recognized as a leader in operations, teaching, and campus events related to sustainability.

Interim Milestone Emission-Reduction Target Target Date Baseline
20% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2019 relative to baseline emissions in 2007
15% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2025 relative to baseline emissions in 2007
10% reduction in Total Scopes 1, 2, 3 Emissions by 2035 relative to baseline emissions in 2007
Nonstandard Emissions Targets
Please enter below any targets that do not fit into the above format.

Campus Heating: Reduce the annual consumption of fossil fuels for heating by 20% from 2006 levels by 2019.
Sustainable Energy: Become less dependent upon fossil fuel energy for electricity, heating and cooling.
Fresh Water Conservation: Reduce overall water consumption levels by 30% from 2006 levels by 2019.
Storm Water Management: Reduce the amount of total suspended solids coming off of the campus by 20% before 2013 and 40% before 2015 (from 2006 baseline).
Facilities Planning, Renovations and Construction: Utilize energy efficient and sustainable design standards on all new construction and applicable renovation projects undertaken after 2009. As of that deadline, all construction and renovations projects shall seek to meet or exceed LEED “Silver” level of sustainability pending capital funds availability.

Narratives

Please describe your institution's greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.

The long term vision is that BSU acquires and uses sufficient information to guide and make understandable its sustainability efforts, planning, and decision-making in our efforts to mitigate our GHG emissions. We will establish the means to assess campus sustainability and provide information to students, staff and community by featuring C4 projects and initiatives on the website.

Please describe your institution's plans to make sustainability a part of the curriculum for all students.

Sustainability should be a recognized, emphasized, and common theme across colleges, departments and general education initiatives. Students should have extensive and diverse opportunities to study sustainability in their coursework. C4 can enlist help from the Provost and Student Affairs to introduce green-consciousness into the curricula.

Please describe your institution's plans to expand research efforts toward the achievement of climate neutrality.

Develop and maintain research and scholarships that support campus sustainability efforts, contribute to the professional development of staff, and challenges students to apply their emerging skills and knowledge.

Please describe your institution's plans to expand community outreach efforts toward the achievement of climate neutrality.

Raise awareness of students and staff through participation in campus sustainability activities that take place outside of the formal classroom. Doing so will increase our chances of generating a campus-wide commitment to sustainability by working with Student Affairs and SGA to develop Student Green-Fun awareness programs.
Campus Events: Offer a large number and wide variety of well-attended events that teach and promote sustainability, and to coordinate and promote those events. Encourage active participation in annual Earth Day celebrations, Recyclemania competition and institute “Adopt-an-Area” competitions among the student groups.