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Green Education – A New Frontier

Welcome

To


Tim OliverPrincipal, The Greenridge Group LLCFormer Vice President Administrative Services, PierceCollege

Woodrow W. Clark II, Ph.D.Director, Renewable Energy ProgramLos Angeles Community College District

Bob GarberPresident, Pierce College

Jose Luis FernandezDean of Academic Affairs, Pierce College


Examples of Frontiers:

Science

Land Exploration

Industry

Flight

Data Storage

Energy


Some Common Factors:

Opportunity

Abundant Resources

Hard Work

Creativity

Risks & The Unknown


The “Green Economy” could create 4.2million jobs in the next 30 years.

More than 3 million would come from aswitch to renewable power andalternative fuels.

Source: U.S. Conference of Mayors


www.edf.org/cagreenjobs

Profiles of 200 green jobscurrently in California

Details on 45 job types forhigh school grads, manypaying over $25 per hour

Information on job training andplacement programs

Listings of valuableapprenticeship programs


1 Low Carbon Power & Renewable Power

2 Carbon Capture & Storage

3 Energy Storage Equipment & Systems

4 Energy Efficient and Demand Response

5 Green Buildings

6 Transportation


7 Carbon Markets: Trading & Projects

8 Climate Change Adaption

9 Public-sector / Government

10 Consulting & Research

11 Waste Reduction & Management

12 Non-Profit Sector


Founded in 1947

One of 9 colleges in the Los AngelesCommunity College District


Approximately $650 million in bondfunds from LACCD’s PropositionsA (2001), AA (2003) and J (2008)

U.S. Green Building LEED

Clean Energy programs since 1999


Pierce College Project Examples:Center for the SciencesStudent Services BuildingStudent Center & BookstoreChild Development CenterEquestrian CenterBotanical GardensCapstone Gas TurbinesIce Chiller Technology

Sustainability:The Third Industrial Revolution

Agile Energy Infrastructures:Central grid and On-site generation

Programs in Sustainability

First Hybrid Automobile

1903 Lohner-Porsche Carriage

Hybrid Technologies Today: The Near-TermTransition

Economist

Technology Qu arterly Special Section

4 December 04, pp: 1-39

"Why the Future is hybrid" p. 26-30.

Green Building Hybrid SystemsNRDC (Santa Monica)

• Water recycling &conservation

• Solar panels, natural light,energy efficient fixtures andappliances

• Recycled/recyclablematerials in furniture &construction

• Platinum LEED

Other Roofing Applications

All Electric Car: No Tail Pipe

Renewable Energy Components

A fuel cell is a device that generateselectricity by a chemical reaction

Fuel Cell Basics

WindJet Demonstration Technology

Renewable Energy GenerationUrban Wind Power

26

Architectural Windmills

- Designed for light wind

- Deploy multiple units

- 1 to 6kW output each

- Bird friendly

It’s not easy becoming green!

A CEO PerspectiveBob Garber

President, Pierce College

A Sustainable Vision

• Planning for a new bond• Developing a plan for the future• Building a sustainable vision

• Educational• Economic• Environmental

Campus Projects

• Existing LEED Certified projects

• Center for the Sciences

• Student Services

• Child Development

• Botanical Garden

• Central Plant

• Agricultural Roots

Future Facilities Planning

• LEED Certified projects• Green Technology• Digital Arts and Media• Alternative Fuels

• Campus energy initiative• Supply• Demand

• Sustainable horticulture• Storm water mitigation• Green Tech Incubator

Sustainability Strategies

• Degrees online – Title V

• STEM funding

• EPA Manure Team

• I-Pass – subsidized public transit

• Campus recycling program

• Sustainable Building Policy

Educational Sustainability

• Developing curriculum

• Green Technologies

• Digital Arts

• Alternative Fuels

• Horticulture

• Sustainability across the curriculum

• Future funding – grants, partnerships

• Student engagement

We must be the changewe want to see.

Mahatma Gandhi

LA Pierce College

“Vision and Process for the Development of Sustainableand Green Programs at Pierce College and their Role in

Shaping the Community”

Jose Luis Fernandez, M.B.A.February 18, 2009

Vision

Sustainable & Green Programs

Create, revitalize and maintain premier, worldclass, sustainable and green programs.

Role in Shaping the Community

Prepare students with the skills necessary tocompetitively perform in the diverseindustries of the region, enhance businesscompetitiveness and add value to asustainable, green and vibrant economy.

Create Infrastructure

Develop a Sustainable and GreenIndustry Executive Advisory TaskBoard - tasked to develop and guide theimplementation of a business plan, tocreate and maintain a premier, worldclass Sustainable and Green Programs.

Membership:• CEOs and/or GMs• WIB Executive Personnel• Industry Association Representatives• College President (& a Trustee)• Academic Managers• Grants & Foundation Director• Faculty and Department Chairs

Creating the OrganizationCreating the Organization

Sustainable & Green Business Plan

Market Environment Analysis/Scan (Forces,Trends, Opportunities, Threats andImplications)• Economy

• Technology

• Resources (Workforce)

• Social/Cultural/Demographics

• Political and Legal

• Competition

Sustainable & Green Business Plan cont.

Elements of Business Plan:

1. Vision

2. Values

3. Mission

4. Goals/Objectives

5. Programs/Certificates/Workforce Training,Distance Education Strategy

Elements of Sustainable & Green BusinessPlan cont.

6. Organizational Structure Strategy (example)

Waste to Energy

Co Generation

Bio Mass Geo Thermal

Wind

Solar

Program AdvisoryCommittees

(PAC)

RenewableEnergy

SystemsInd. AdvBoard

7. Personnel Strategy - Credit Instruction and WorkforceTraining, Support Staff

8. Facilities Strategy

9. Technology and Equipment Strategy

10. Faculty Development Strategy

11. Student Internship Strategy

12. Marketing, Enrollment Development/RetentionStrategy

Elements of Sustainable & GreenElements of Sustainable & GreenBusiness Plan cont.Business Plan cont.

13.13. Financial StrategyFinancial Strategy

•• Industry Contributions: Cash, Technology,Industry Contributions: Cash, Technology,Equipment, Training, Professional PersonnelEquipment, Training, Professional PersonnelTime, Scholarships, Paid Internships,Time, Scholarships, Paid Internships,Faculty Development OpportunitiesFaculty Development Opportunities……

•• Federal and State GrantsFederal and State Grants

•• Private Foundation GrantsPrivate Foundation Grants

•• Contract Workforce TrainingContract Workforce Training……

Elements of Sustainable & GreenElements of Sustainable & GreenBusiness Plan cont.Business Plan cont.

14. Internal Organizational Strategy• President, Chancellor and Trustees Support• Collaboration of Management Team• Active Participation of Academic Senate and

Curriculum and key Committees…• Involvement of Grants & Foundation Director• Cross Departmental Faculty Integration &

Support: Basic Skills, Academic Programs,Counseling and Career Disciplines

• Dept. Chairs & Faculty in Leadership Roles

Elements of Sustainable & Green BusinessPlan cont.

Vision for a Sustainable and Green Institute

• Partners with industries and communityorganizations to analyze trends in demographics,resources, technologies, legal, political,economic and other forces

• Identify new business opportunities andworkforce training needs in the region

• Support local business and industry in achievingsustainable economic solutions andcompetitiveness

Vision for a Sustainable & Green Institute cont.

• Offers entrepreneurship, management andtechnical training and consultation for existingand new businesses

• Informs college community of current andfuture dynamic changes in demographics,workforce needs and other economic forcesand issues

• Centralizes marketing and promotion forbusiness development consultation, career andworkforce training

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