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Creating a Sustainable Future

Creating a Sustainable Future. Lisa R. Shaffer Rady School of Management and Sustainability Solutions Institute April 16, 2010. Universities create the future. Example. Education. Discovery. UC San Diego students are learning to create a more sustainable future.

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Creating a Sustainable Future

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  1. Creating a Sustainable Future Lisa R. Shaffer Rady School of Management and Sustainability Solutions Institute April 16, 2010

  2. Universities create the future Example Education Discovery

  3. UC San Diego students are learning to create a more sustainable future Political Science • Materials Science and Engineering Physics • Bioengineering • Economics • Communication Chemical Engineering • Ethnic Studies • Anthropology Environmental Studies • Chemistry and Biochemistry Urban Studies and Planning • Sociology • History Electrical and Computer Engineering • Visual Arts Structural Engineering • Literature • Management

  4. Many courses; many teachers 188 undergraduate & 72 graduate sustainability courses offered 30 cross-listed courses 22 listed departments Instructors from 32 departments 28,200 students

  5. Student Learn Through Doing • Practicum Projects • Financing Photovolatic Systems • Condenser Water Capture • Academic Internship Program • Research Opportunities • Decision Making using Real-time Observations for Environmental Sustainability (DEMROES) • Using campus shuttle to evaluate biodiesel combustion and emissions • Rady: Lab-to-Market projects in clean tech

  6. Undergraduates Can Choose Traditional or Interdisciplinary Majors • Environmental Systems • Environmental Studies • Urban Studies and Planning • Environmental Engineering • Biology - Ecology, Behavior and Evolution • Environmental Chemistry • Earth Sciences • Marine Studies

  7. Innovative Graduate Programs • Master of Advanced Studies and Interdisciplinary PhD in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation • Science, Economics, Communications, History • Scripps Institution of Oceanography-Rady School of Management MBA/PhD Program • Science and Management

  8. Arts & Humanities • Biological Sciences • Engineering International Relations and Pacific Studies • Physical SciencesSocial Sciences • Scripps Institution of Oceanography Rady School of Management Sustainability research is happening across UC San Diego

  9. Visual Arts, Teddy Cruz: mixed-use developments that reuse and adapt existing structures and recycled materials History of Science, Naomi Oreskes “UCSD scholars in thehumanities and the artsare pioneers in new research leading to deeper and more profound understanding of civilization and humankind’s role in the world”

  10. Biological Scienceschange the world through our research into the causes and cures for the major health, environmental, and economic challenges facing us Algae Biofuels SD Center for Algae Biotechnology How are human developments, including engineered structures, affecting coastal ecosystems? Kaustuv Roy

  11. California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology The Jacobs School of Engineering mission is to educate tomorrow's technology leaders and to seek discoveries that fuel economic prosperity of the nation, and enhance the quality of life for people everywhere

  12. International Relations and Pacific Studies Economics of health, the environment, and international development Josh Graff Zivin

  13. Atmospheric chemistry Aerosols Physical Sciences We are working on new frontiers of science that not only impact the present but will also solve highly complex problems for future generations

  14. Innovation and commercialization processes Behavioral economics Supply chain optimization The Rady School of Managementis at the nexus of research, development and innovation — it underlies our curriculum and our academic model. The Rady School has a special interest in the life sciences and technology sectors, which are revolutionizing business and the world.

  15. “Cutting-edge research in the Social Scienceslinks science and technology to society and policy in San Diego and beyond” Environmental Sociology Ivan Evans Urban Studies and Planning, Regional Ecology Keith Pezzoli

  16. Mark Jacobsen Theodore Groves Richard Carson “The Center for Environmental Economics promotes research in environmental economics and provides a community for scholars, faculty, graduate students, and others interested in various topics on environmental economics”

  17. Roger Revelle Charles David Keeling Scripps Institution of Oceanography “To seek, teach, and communicate scientific understanding of the oceans, atmosphere, Earth, and other planets for the benefit of society and the environment”

  18. Sustainability Solutions Institute • Established in January 2009, building on campus initiatives over past few years • Initial focus on: • integrated water management, • built environment, • sustainability innovation • at local, regional, national, and global scales. • Opportunities for student involvement in research, learning, and community service

  19. Climate Data from Rooftop Sensors Prof. Jan Kleissl DEMROES Project UCSD Student and Faculty collaborators The campus as a living laboratory – student engagement in research; data used for more sustainable operations

  20. Campus InnovationGreen cyberinfrastructure, clean energy The renewable methane fuel for UC San Diego’s 2.8-megawatt fuel cell will be collected at the city of San Diego’s Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant.

  21. Electricity Peak demands (MW) With a daily population of over 45,000,UC San Diegois the size and complexity of a small city. Campus Quick Facts City of San Diego 50 UC San Diego 48 40 45 30 As a research and medical institution, we have a higher consumption of energy than comparable communities. Qualcomm 20 SDSU 10 13 15 0

  22. Campus Quick Facts Square Feet of Facility Space (in millions) 13 million sq. ft . of facility space, if we were a landlord, we would be one of the largest in San Diego Included in the daily population of 45,000, we have over 8,000 student residents living on campus UC San Diego 13 City of San Diego 8 Qualcomm 6 SDSU 5

  23. Campus Quick Facts Carbon Footprint metric tons/yr CO2 (in thousands) UC San Diego produces 197,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year UC San Diego 200 City of San Diego 197 150 160 UC San Diego is a charter member of, and first university in the California Climate Action Registry ….and one of 7 university members of the Chicago Climate Exchange Qualcomm 100 SDSU 50 61 58 0

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