NJHEPS - Instructions

Campus Sustainability
Selected Indicators Snapshot and Guide

Disclaimer:
In the attached pages, we have developed a set of "indicators" which offer a yardstick on how we can improve performance toward sustainability. These "indicators" are not mutually exclusive, neither are they exhaustive of all the possible criteria by which an institution’s performance could conceivably be measured. Responses to this exercise are necessarily an approximation only and will serve as a diagnostic tool. Here are some central themes from our list:

Indicators:
Solid Waste. Can we further reduce, re-use or recycle the material we "throw away" on campus?
Energy. How can energy conservation be better employed in lighting, HVAC and other power needs?
Water/Sewage. Can we better manage the way water is consumed and sewage generated?
Transportation. Motor vehicles are major contributors to pollution. Can we find workable alternatives?
Indoor Air Quality. How can buildings best be maintained and equipped without degrading indoor air?
Landscape. Do monoculture lawns and the fight against pests put our health and ecosystem at risk?
Food Service. In feeding our community do we take into account the way in which food is served?
New Structures/Renovations. Can we better distinguish the trade-off between construction and operation?
Procurement. Can purchasing contracts be better devised to elicit the support of the business community?
Curriculum. Is "sustainability" sufficiently and thoroughly integrated into the aggregate of our curricula?

    1) Using the attached Snapshot and Guide, please rate your institution’s level of sustainability according to the selected indicators. When completed, the Snapshot, will provide a brief summary, or glimpse of your institution’s performance. Please fill out the snapshot guide after you have reviewed the subsequent questions listed in the snapshot guide worksheeeets. Once the Snapshot sheet has been completed, please indicate in the space provided a "Rank of Priority" for those indicators over which you may be able to affect the most immediate and easily realizable change.
    2) Referring to your "Rank of Priority" on the Snapshot sheet, select the page in the Guide which corresponds to your greatest ranked indicator and provide the requested information. With time allowing, and after we have realized some initially measurable success, will work with you to complete subsequent pages from the Guide as indicators for joint future activity.
    3) Please complete the "General Information" page in the Guide.