ACUPCC Reporting System

Climate Action Plan for Ball State University

Submitted on January 15, 2010; last updated on February 2, 2010

Climate Action Plan Details

Climate Action Plan The Structure, Content and Implementation of the Ball State University Climate Action Plan: 2010-2050
January 15, 2010
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Emissions Targets

Climate Neutrality Target
2050
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Interim Milestone Emission-Reduction Target Target Date Baseline
80% reduction in Total Scope 1 Emissions by 2020 relative to baseline emissions in 2008
50% reduction in Total Scope 2 Emissions by 2030 relative to baseline emissions in 2008
50% reduction in Total Scope 3 Emissions by 2030 relative to baseline emissions in 2008
Nonstandard Emissions Targets
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Narratives

Please describe your institution's greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.

The action steps in the BSU Climate Action Plan are framed fundamentally by the Board of Trustees decision in February of 2009 to sanction installation of a ground-source heat pump (geothermal) district heating and cooling system. This geothermal system which will serve 45 buildings on campus is the first major action step in reducing BSU GHG emissions.

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

Use BSU faculty expertise to provide immersive learning opportunities for on-campus students that would be related to their (non-engineering) disciplinary pursuit.

Bring to campus the outstanding national leaders in this engineering technology and use BSU faculty to facilitate a multi-layered application of their expertise, including:

• On campus instruction for engineering personnel whose current skills need to be expanded to include the considerations necessary when designing applications of this technology;
• On campus instruction for installers and maintenance personnel whose skills in this technology area will become a large part of the green technology movement that soon will be sweeping the country;
• Issue certificates of completion for those participating.
• collaborate with Ivy Tech and the network of trade schools in the region to mainline a feeder program for training of the operations managers responsible for such technology once installed.

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

Use BSU faculty expertise to promote economic modeling of the impact of such technology in the higher education setting using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) protocols .

• Use BSU faculty expertise to develop GIS-based modeling of campus resources including the location of well heads and piping networks at the district heating/cooling scale
• Study the impacts of this technology on the scoping and potential for enhancing the performance of other (existing) building systems;
Study the impacts of this technology on the scoping and potential for integrating with other (existing) building systems.

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

Use BSU faculty expertise to assemble an electronic field trip (for national broadcast) of the systems once installed.

Use BSU faculty expertise to develop an interactive web-cast instructional course capability with the national experts so that they don’t have to leave their operational base to participate in, and contribute to, (on-campus and off-campus) training through Ball State University.

• Offer such training in modulated fashion so that participants can block time away from current jobs and experts can delimit their time on-campus to provide the instruction;
• Work with collateral universities to offer an immersive learning experience in this technology – on our campus,
o for their engineering students
o for their business students
o for their other students