Concurrent Sessions

 

The conference will have 7 concurrent session timeslots, with 9 simultaneous workshops and 1-2 field trips at each timeslot. This is a total of 63 sessions, and 7-14 on campus field trips, during the main two days of the conference (June 24th and June 25th alone)!

Each of our Best Practice Award Winners will be presenting. Check out the Descriptions on the 2013 Winners Page.

 

Highlights by Topic Area:

Climate Action Planning

  • Sustainable Transportation: Healthy for the Climate, Healthy for You
  • Harnessing Cap and Trade to Support Sustainable Progress
  • Strategic Planning for Climate Action Planning
  • Education for the Future: Infusing Climate Action & Sustainability into Curriculum

Curriculum

  • Teaching Green Building and Buildings That Teach
  • Education for the Future: Infusing Climate Action & Sustainability into Curriculum
  • Interdisciplinary Teaching Methods in Sustainability
  • Integrating Sustainability Into Existing Curriculum: Models from English, Writing, and Economics Programs
  • Water Conservation through Coursework
  • Case Studies in Sustainable Curriculum: Living Labs and Course Guides
  • Academic Infusion Luncheon
  • Putting Sustainability to Work: How town-gown relationships can better prepare the next green-tech workforce.
  • CALCTP: Connecting Research and Education to Industry and Practice
  • Learning to Solve Real World Sustainable Transportation Problems

Energy

  • Best Practices in Monitoring-Based Commissioning
  • Energy Efficiency in Dining Services
  • Designing Efficient Buildings with Occupants in Mind
  • Whole Building and Strategic Energy Efficiency
  • Housing Energy Efficiency
  • Best Practices in Heating, Vacuum, Air Condition, and Cooling (HVAC) Design and Retrofit
  • Best Practices in Lighting Designa and Retrofit
  • Lighting Innovations: Bi-Level Lighting, Intelligent Lighting Controls, and Broad LIghting Strategies
  • What options will be available for your future renewable energy projects?
  • Harnessing Cap and Trade to Support Sustainable Progress
  • Student Energy Efficiency Programs
  • CALCTP: Connecting Research and Education to Industry and Practice
  • Are you maximizing your total energy portfolio? 3 campuses share their approach on 5 key areas.
  • Overview of CEC-SPEED Program's Campus Partnership for Best Practice Technologies, Demonstrations and related 2013 Title 24 code requirements.
  • Are Green and Labs mutually exclusive? Find out!
  • Renewable Energy-  Why is it so complicated?
  • Changing Occupant Behavior

Food Systems

  • Don't Stay Out of The Kitchen!- Taking the First Step and Appetizing Energy Upgrades You've Never Tried
  • Tracking Sustainable Food Purchases
  • Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Sustainable Food Leaders
  • Right-Sizing Food Ordering for Waste Reduction
  • Composting Our Way to Zero Waste
  • Introducing Sustainable Food in Person; Tastings, Festivals, and Vendor Fairs
  • Chews to Reuse: Solutions for Food Containers
  • Engagement in front and behind the house in Healthy Eating

Green Building New Construction

  • Designing for Pedagogy
  • Best Practices in Overall Sustainable Design
  • Storm Water Management - University Projects Examples
  • Integrated Design

Green Building Operations and Maintenance

  • Design for Zero Waste
  • Best Practices in Monitoring Based Commissioning (MBCx)
  • Strategic Energy Efficiency Initiatives - Think Big!
  • Best Practices in Heating, Vacuum, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Design and Retrofit
  • Best Practice Winners in Lighting Design and Retrofit
  • Streamlining Your Approach to LEED; 3 Lab Building Case Studies
  • Are Green and Labs mutually exclusive? Find out!
  • Are you maximizing your total energy portfolio? 3 campuses share their approach on 5 key areas.
  • Overview of CEC-SPEED Program's Campus Partnership for Best Practice Technologies, Demonstrations and related 2013 Title 24 code requirements.

Institutionalizing Sustainability

  • Strategic Planning for Climate Action
  • Empowering Leadership Where Social Equity and Sustainability Meet
  • Sustainability as an Interdisciplinary Focus
  • Best Practices in Communicating Sustainability
  • Embedding Sustainability Throughout Life in Residence Halls
  • The Campus as a Resource Center and Spark for Multi-jurisdictional Partnerships
  • Art & Science of Policy and Planning
  • Storytelling With Intent: The Sustainability Story That Makes Your Point Wins
  • Stump the Strategists: Best Practices for Communicating Sustainability
  • Green Funds Networking Session 2.0
  • Greening Your Purchasing Systems
  • Changing Occupant Behavior
  • Streamlining Your Approach to LEED; 3 Lab Building Case Studies
  • Integrated Design
  • Best Practices for Internship Programs- Insights from 3 different campus programs
  • The CCC/IOU Energy Efficiency Partnership: Energy Management, Institutionalizing Sustainability and Green Building Operations

Local (Regional Case Studies)

  • Best Practices of Campuses Partnering with Local Government and Non-Profit Agencies
  • UCSB Campus Bike System with 10 miles of Class One Bike Paths

Procurement and Business Services

  • Online Sustainable Procurement Training Models
  • Buying Smarter to Acheive Upstream Solutions
  • Strategic Purchasing Efforts for Medical School Linens, Lab Coats and Other Textiles
  • Tracking Sustainable Food Purchases
  • The Lifecycle You Just Bought: What Happens Downstream
  • Don't Stay Out of The Kitchen!- Taking the First Step and Appetizing Energy Upgrades You've Never Tried
  • Greening Your Purchasing Systems
  • Renewable Energy -  Why is it so complicated?

Research

  • How Faculty are Using Campus Building as Research Subjects
  • Sustainable Transportation on Campus: Translating Research into Action
  • What Options Will Be Available for Your Future Renewable Energy Projects?


Social Equity

  • Engagement in front and behind the house in Healthy Eating
  • Empowering Leadership Where Social Equity and Sustainability Meet
  • Sustainable Transportation: People do Matter


Student Affairs and Auxiliaries

  • Students Leading the Charge in the Battle Against Water Use
  • Using Social Norms and Proven Solutions to Conserve Energy in Housing
  • Don't Trash Our Treasure: This Got Thrown Out?
  • Students Working with Facilities Management
  • Careers in Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
  • Inspiring and Mentoring the Next Generation of Sustainable Food Leaders
  • Introducing Sustainable Food in Person; Tastings, Festivals, and Vendor Fairs
  • Best Practices for Internship Programs- Insights from 3 different campus programs


Transportation

  • Sustainable Transportation on Campus: Translating Research into Action
  • Sustainable Transportation, People Do Matter
  • Sustainable Transportation: Healthy for the Climate, Healthy for You
  • Learning to Solve Real World Sustainable Transportation Problems
  • Bikes by The Ocean


Waste Reduction and Recycling

  • Design for Zero Waste
  • Buying Smarter to Acheive Upstream Solutions
  • Strategic Purchasing Efforts for Medical School Linens, Lab Coats and Other Textiles
  • Right-Sizing Food Ordering for Waste Reduction
  • Composting Our Way to Zero Waste
  • Chews to Reuse: Solutions for Food Containers
  • Don't Trash Our Treasure: This Got Thrown Out?
  • Students Working with Facilities Management

Water and Landscape

  • Stormwater Management
  • Smart Landscaping Choices
  • Water Efficiency Competitions and Other Efforts to Affect Behavior

For an example of past conference sessions, please see the 2012 Conference Program