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The Environmental Performance Advisory Committee ~
The Chancellor's Charge
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Members of the
Environmental Performance
Advisory Committee:
Al Byam
Director, Transit Services
Steve Goodwin
Dean of Natural Resources
& Environment
Jim Cahill
Director, Facilities &
Campus Planning
Patrick Daly
Director, Physical Plant
Brian Fitzpatrick
Manager, EH&S Environmental
Management Services
Susanne Hale
Student Representative
Josh Stoffel
President, Students for Environmental Awareness
and Action
Scott Civjan
Associate Professor, Civil and
Environmental Engineering
Roger Rideout
Professor, Chair of the Campus
Physical Planning Committee
Craig Ruberti
EH&S Manager,
Central Heating Plant
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The University of Massachusetts Amherst recognizes that the fulfillment of its mission has a far reaching impact on the environment, including climate change. To insure that our campus is doing everything feasible to reduce its environmental footprint and become a more environmentally-responsible institution, I am charging the newly established Environmental Performance Advisory Committee (EPAC) with the following tasks:
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Assess ways to reduce environmental impacts of the campus in a manner which incorporates sound business practices;
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Enhance the campus' ability to gather, track, and analyze environmental performance data and related information and develop report documents;
- Develop a 5 to 10 year plan to reduce the campus’ carbon footprint based upon current benchmarks;
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Devise a comprehensive and common-sense way to foster environmental stewardship across the entire organization among and within campus departments, both operational and academic; and
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Advise the Chancellor's Executive Board on all matters related to campus environmental performance including adjustments to operating policies and/or practices.
For information concerning the Environmental Performance Advisory Committee, please contact Craig Ruberti at cruberti@ehs.umass.edu; 413-545-5119.
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