Our Sustainability Commitment
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American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC)
President Amy Gutmann was the first Ivy League President to sign the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). Over 600 colleges and universities have joined President Gutmann in this commitment. These institutions are leading the way in addressing the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase research and education at places of higher learning in order to curb earth's rapidly changing climate.
As part of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, in September 2008, Penn's Greenhouse Gas emissions were made publicly available on the ACUPCC website. To see Penn's Greenhouse Gas Inventory for FY2008, click here. To find out more about the commitment, check out the ACUPCC website.
Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee (ESAC)
In 2007 President Amy Gutmann signed the Presidents’ Climate Commitment, which charges Penn to write a strategic plan outlining the University’s plans for carbon reduction. To carry out this mission the Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee (ESAC) was formed. ESAC is a cross-campus collaboration that includes a representative group of faculty, staff, and students to advise the President on environmental sustainability issues. This committee has six subcommittees: Academic, Built Environment, Energy and Utilities, Waste Management and Recycling, Transportation, and Communications. These subcommittees will consider the requirements of the Presidents’ Climate Commitment and make recommendations for short- and long-term actions to address those requirements. These recommendations will be reviewed by ESAC and, if approved, included in Penn’s final climate action plan.
Committee Structure
The committee has been divided into sub-committees including:
ESAC Members
- Sarah Abroms, Assistant Environmental Sustainability Coordinator, Facilities and Real Estate Services
- Noah Aptekar, Undergraduate Senior, Penn Environmental Group
- Taylor Berkowitz, Senior Planner Special Projects, Facilities and Real Estate Services
- Larry Bell, Director, Business Services Division
- Andrew Binns, Associate Provost for Education, Provost's Office and Carolyn Hoff Lynch Professor of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
- Laura Bourdreau, Undergraduate Junior, Penn Environmental Group
- William Braham, Interim Chair and Professor of Architecture, School of Design
- Laurie Cousart, Director, Penn Dining, Business Services Division
- Bradley Dakake, Graduate Student, Wharton MBA
- Dan Garofalo, Environmental Sustainability Coordinator and Senior Facilities Planner, Facilities and Real Estate Services
- Cassondra Giombetti, Graduate Student, Graduate School of Education, Graduate and Professional Students Assembly
- David Hollenberg, University Architect, Facilities and Real Estate Services
- Lynne Hunter, Director of Strategic Projects, Provost's Office
- Kevin Levy, Undergraduate Senior, Penn Environmental Group
- Jonathan Lane, Graduate Student, Law School
- Marsha Lester, Professor and Chair, Physical Chemistry and Natural Sciences
- Noam Lior, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Bob Lundgren, University Landscape Architect, Facilities and Real Estate Services
- Muscoe Martin, Adjunct Professor, Architecture, School of Design
- Ali Malkawi, Professor, Architecture, School of Design
- Linda McCauley, Professor, Family and Community Health, School of Nursing
- Paul Meyer, F. Otto Haas Director of the Morris Arboretum, Business Services Division
- Joe Monahan, Principal Planning Engineer, Facilities and Real Estate Services
- Ken Ogawa, Executive Director of Operations, Facilities and Real Estate Services
- Eric Orts, Professor, Environmental Management, Legal Studies and Business Ethics and Management, Wharton School
- Anne Papageorge, Vice President, Facilities and Real Estate Services
- Laura Peller, Associate Director, Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Programs, Environmental Health and Radiation Safety
- Michael Poll, Undergraduate, Penn Environmental Group
- Kyle Rosato, Senior Industrial Hygienist, Environmental Health and Radiation Safety
- David Slifka, Graduate Student, Wharton MBA, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly
- Fred Scatena, Professor and Chair, Earth and Environmental Science, School of Arts and Sciences
- Ramin Sedehi, Vice Dean of Administration and Finance, School of Arts and Sciences
- Anthony Sorrentino, Executive Director of Public Affairs, Office of the Executive Vice President
- Khaled Tarabieh, Sustainability Project Manager, Facilities and Real Estate Services
- Wilson Tong, Undergraduate Senior, Undergraduate Assembly
- Vukan Vuchic, UPS Foundation Professor of Transportation, Electrical and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Alec Webley, Undergraduate Sophmore, Undergraduate Assembly
- Eric Weckel, Executive Director of Space Planning and Operations, School of Medicine
- Lisa Zhu, Undergraduate Senior, Undergraduate Assembly
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