Sustainability Advisory Committee
Led by Chair Jill Blackwelder, Office of Administration, the 21 members of the Sustainability Advisory Committee include students, staff, faculty members and administrators, representing a cross-section of the UC Davis campus.
Minutes of the meetings of the Sustainability Advisory Committee
Membership
- , Office of Administration; Committee Chair
- Mitchel Benson, University Communications
- Mark Champagne, Associated Students, University of Calfornia, Davis (ASUCD)
- Cliff Contreras, Business Services
- Ardie Dehghani, Architects and Engineers
- Sid England, Office of Resource Management and Planning
- Sal Genito, Grounds
- Janice King, Purchasing; Co-chair, Materiel Management Subcommittee
- Camille Kirk, Office of Resource Management and Planning; Chair, Campus and Transportation Subcommittee
- Karl Reinking, Materiel Management; Co-chair, Materiel Management Subcommittee
- Sharon Ruth, John Muir Institute of the Environment; Chair, Education and Outreach Subcommittee
- Mike Sheehan, Student Housing
- Joe Stagner, Operations and Maintenance (Utilities); Chair, Energy and Atmosphere Subcommittee
- Bill Starr, Architects & Engineers; Chair, Green Buildings Subcommittee
- Allen Tollefson, Operations and Maintenance (Maintenance)
- Mark Van Horn, Academic Federation
- Stephen Wheeler, Academic Senate
- Ken Woodard, Contracting
- Jonathan Wooley, Graduate Student
- Dan Xie, California Student Sustainability Coalition (Student)
Campus Planning and Transportation Subcommittee
Focus: EIR requirements; green space; landscaping and water use; lighting; site-planning issues; stormwater; and transportation optimization.
Education and Outreach Subcommittee
Focus: Documents actions and progress (best practices, consumption/use metrics, performance measures); new employee orientation; promotes individual responsibility; produces routine communications for campus publications; creates student handbook.
Energy and Atmosphere Subcommittee
Focus: Air emissions; demand-side consumption; energy use policies; identification of highest payback area of focus; identification of outdated and energy-inefficient equipment; new building design criteria; supply-side procurement and/lor generation.
Green Buildings Subcommittee
Focus: Building remodeling; coordination of new building energy issues with Energy and Atmosphere Subcommittee; EIR issues/requirements; indoor environmental air quality; material/finish selection; new construction; water use in buildings.
Materiel Management Subcommittee
Focus: Diversion of municipal waste; food, green and hazardous waste; means and methods; paper, plastic, metals; purchasing policies; regulations; R4 program; strategic sourcing.