Vision 2020 - Creating a Sustainable McGill Ideas

creation of new building to go beyond LEED Platinum - by becoming net positive energy producers...

Create a policy that all new university construction and/or renovation is done to at least LEED Silver standard.

Mac campus is unique and offers opportunities for innovation not present downtown--in buildings, energy, food, waste, creating sustainable systems... Take advantage of these!

McGill could be the ideal institution to develop rooftop gardening technologies. This could be a multidisciplinary project including the engineering, architecture, and agricultural faculties to design and implement the multiple technologies to develop prototypes of rooftop gardening for Montreal's acres of flat top roofs.

This allows for targeted replacement of high-traffic or soiled area and saves us replacing carpet that is still perfectly usable.

Around campus there are several initiatives concerning gardening and beautification including but not limited to Edible Campus and Campus Crops. I propose a committee/ council in direct communication with the admin concerning use of space be crated to focus and streamline gardening efforts on campus. This committee could coordinate efforts between campus and the community and help us take full advantage of the suitable... more »

Create a historical retrofit plan to target retrofitting all buildings on the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses.

Set the highest standards for sustainable building and refurbishment projects.

 

Commit to One Planet Living Principals http://www.oneplanetliving.org/index.html

From LSE Environmental Policy 2011:

 

Reduce consumption and increase efficiency of energy use in buildings and equipment