Event Title
Faculty Mentor
Scott Carlin
Major/Area of Research
Environmental Sustainability
Description
To continue to advance LIU’s sustainability leadership, LIU needs clear policies
to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Using national planning tools,
we are constructing a greenhouse gas profile for LIU Post and developing a
range of actions that LIU can follow in future years to reduce emissions. A
Climate Action Plan is the best management platform for achieving tangible
results. Our plan calls for a 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2035. The
plan tracks emissions related to campus vehicles and heating systems,
electric consumption, commuting patterns, and solid waste. To derive our
carbon reduction plan, we will analyze similar plans at peer institutions, talk
with key university leaders, and examine regional and national trends in
renewable energy production, automobile efficiency standards, and growth
in the electric vehicle market. Research topics include: cultivating campus
stakeholders, assessing LIU’s future capital projects, proposing new campus
energy management practices, reviewing LIPA’s energy infrastructure,
understanding LIU Post’s campus energy generation, conducting a GIS
assessment of campus commuting patterns, analyzing campus solid waste,
recycling, and purchasing practices. In addition, we propose a series of campus
educational and green funding recommendations. It is our hope that LIU
Post will review and adopt this plan in 2017.
Included in
A Climate Action Plan for LIU Post
To continue to advance LIU’s sustainability leadership, LIU needs clear policies
to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Using national planning tools,
we are constructing a greenhouse gas profile for LIU Post and developing a
range of actions that LIU can follow in future years to reduce emissions. A
Climate Action Plan is the best management platform for achieving tangible
results. Our plan calls for a 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2035. The
plan tracks emissions related to campus vehicles and heating systems,
electric consumption, commuting patterns, and solid waste. To derive our
carbon reduction plan, we will analyze similar plans at peer institutions, talk
with key university leaders, and examine regional and national trends in
renewable energy production, automobile efficiency standards, and growth
in the electric vehicle market. Research topics include: cultivating campus
stakeholders, assessing LIU’s future capital projects, proposing new campus
energy management practices, reviewing LIPA’s energy infrastructure,
understanding LIU Post’s campus energy generation, conducting a GIS
assessment of campus commuting patterns, analyzing campus solid waste,
recycling, and purchasing practices. In addition, we propose a series of campus
educational and green funding recommendations. It is our hope that LIU
Post will review and adopt this plan in 2017.