1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

 

Attendees: 

Attendees: Paige Tolleson, Nicholas Fitzmaurice, Matthew Madsen, Kristin Blackler, Justin Pennel, Daniel Short, Paul Edlund, Edward Hook, Paul Lachappelle, Rose Vejvoda, Brooke Lahneman, Rick Taylor, Megan Sterl, Natalie Meyer, Bradford Watson, Logun Norris, Michael Brody

  • Call to Order at 1:01pm on January 27th, 2022
  • Update on progress of CSAC Constituents
  • Scope 1- Megan Sterl
    • Technical experts (MSU engineers) have been meeting to identify where scope 1 (natural gas) is being used on campus
    • The heating plant is the main source
      • Cooking, water, heating buildings directly, direct fire, gas equipment
    • Task force has a list of where natural gas is being used and how much is being used at different buildings
    • Next step is to break down the list further and understand what systems are using it ie space heating, cooking, water heating
    • Then task force will figure out a solution to electrify or eliminate
  • Scope 2- Kristin Blackler
    • Scope 2 deals with power purchased from NWE
    • Looked into contract with NWE to figure out what we can and cannot do, and looked at how our scope 2 emissions are monitored and calculated
    • Plan is to look into conservation measures that we can do on campus to minimize the electricity needs
    • We will look at forecasting and building models to forecast the electricity needs for future growth at MSU
  • Scope 3- Paul Lachapelle and EJ Hooke
    • Scope 3 is everything else
    • 3 areas of focus
      • 1. Waste management with a goal of 50% diversion rate in 5 years
      • 2. Travel and commuting at the individual level commuter survey is almost ready to be sent out
    • Education and campaign signs on campus pointing out places on campus that are reducing GHG emissions.
    • Goal is to have a really robust education campaign to share at summit
    • 3 students are doing an independent study on these 3 ares
    • Andrew Noosler and Zach Knoll are looking at air travel and commuting and Alex Musser is working on education
  • CSC Steering Committee- Brooke Lahneman
    • January: Romney self guided tour, Friday 1/28 10am-12pm.
    • February: Bridger Bowl Ski Area - A chat with the Bonnie Hickey, the Director of Sustainability at Bridger Bowl on the ski area’s sustainability efforts.
    • March: Reycle-mania campus wide
    • April: Annual Sustainability Summit
  • Sustainability Summit Steering Committee- Paige Tolleson and Paul Edlund
    • Summit will take place on April 18th and 19th
    • Keynote speaker is Chad Peragracke who is the founder of Living Lands and Waters
      • Events:
        • Pechakucha talks
        • Student sustainability research poster board session
    • Presentations from Scope 1, 2, and 3 and STARs to update community on how MSU is working to achieve the goals in the framework.
    • Keynote on April 18th
    • Tunnel Tours
    • Zero waste event
    • Catered lunch
    • Michael Brody had an idea about a faculty workshop at the summit to teach faculty how to integrate sustainability into their curriculum.
  • CSAC will report out at the next Sustainability Business Meeting
  • Other members news and announcements
  • New business
    • none proposed
  • Old business
    • none pending
  • Public comment 
  • Adjournment at 1:50