Campus Environmental Sustainability Team

New Leadership

The Campus Environmental Sustainability Team concluded its work in June 2016. Campus-wide sustainability efforts are now led by the NC State Sustainability Council, which has numerous opportunities for involvement through its five working groups. Campus and community involvement is welcomed. Learn More

In August 2009, the Campus Environmental Sustainability Team (CEST) became an official NC State Administrative Advisory Committee charged the following setting the direction for campus sustainability through strategic planning; creating Working Groups that allow participation in the decision-making process by anyone on campus; and providing monitoring, communication and accountability for adherence to the Sustainability Strategic Plan and related commitments.

Although members are appointed, CEST was structured so that any person could participate in the decision-making through eight Working Groups, which were formed around the focus areas established in the 2006 Campus Environmental Sustainability Assessment: Academics and Research, Community and Culture, Buildings, Energy and Water, Land Use, Materials and Purchasing, Transportation, Waste Reduction and Recycling.

Meetings and Archived Minutes

Date	Minutes and Presentations
Jan. 11	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentations
Feb. 15	Cancelled due to weather
March 21	Agenda, Meeting Minutes

Date	Minutes and Presentations
Jan. 30	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentations
Feb. 27	Agenda
March 6	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentations
March 27	Meeting Minutes, Handouts
May 1	Agenda, Meeting Minutes
Sept. 14	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Handouts
Oct. 19	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentations
Nov. 16	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentations

Date	Minutes and Presentations
Jan. 21	Agenda, Meeting Minutes
Feb. 24	Agenda, Draft of Sustainability SOP, Meeting Minutes
March 25	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentations
April 22	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentations
Aug. 29	Agenda, Meeting Minutes
Oct. 3	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentations
Nov. 7	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentations
Dec. 8	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentations

Date	Minutes and Presentations
Jan. 25	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Handouts
March 4	Agenda, Meeting Minutes
April 3	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Handouts
May 8	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentation
Sept. 17	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Handouts
Oct. 15	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Handouts/Presentations
Nov. 19	Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentation

Date	Minutes and Presentations
Jan. 18	Meeting Minutes, Agenda
Feb. 27	Meeting Minutes, Agenda
March 26	Meeting Minutes, Handouts
May 21	Cancelled
June 18	Meeting Minutes, Tactic Updates
Aug. 27	Minutes, Handouts, Greenhouse Gas Presentation, Draft Energy Regulation Presentation
Oct. 1	Minutes, Meeting Documents
Nov. 5	Minutes
Dec. 12	Cancelled

Date	Minutes and Presentations
Feb. 21	Meeting Minutes, CEST Approved SSP, Tactical Guidance, Updated Tactic Template
March 23	Meeting Minutes
April 25	2011 Earthwise Award Presentation
May 25	Cancelled
Sept. 19	Meeting Minutes, Draft Tactical Plan, Charts
Oct. 24	Meeting Minutes
Nov. 28	Minutes, Draft SSP Metrics, Casper Technical Report – Green Baseball Game, Shelton Group White Paper

Date	Minutes and Presentations
Jan. 13	Minutes
Feb. 10	Minutes, Sustainability Strategic Plan Draft
March 24	Minutes
April 14	Agenda & Presentation, Minutes, Planning Timeline
May 12	Minutes, Energy Charge
June 24	Minutes, Energy Charge Update
July 23	Minutes, Presentation, Student Responses, Outline
Aug. 23	Minutes, Energy Plan Update, CAP Update with Community & Culture WG Update
Sept. 27	Minutes
Oct. 4-5	Not available
October 28	Minutes
Train the Trainer: November 4	N/A
Nov. 11	Cancelled

Date	Minutes and Presentations
Aug. 27	Minutes, Presentation
Sept. 16	Minutes, Handout, Presentation
Oct. 19	Minutes, Presentation
Nov. 11	Minutes, Energy & Water: Presentation and Draft Strategies, Transportation: Draft Strategies, Purchasing: Draft Strategies, Waste Reduction: Presentation and Draft Strategies
Dec. 9	Minutes, Presentation, Revised Time Line, Academics & Research: Draft Strategies, Buildings: Draft Strategies, Land Use: Draft Strategies Discussion

Date	Minutes and Presentations
Dec. 9	Minutes
Nov. 18	Minutes, Earth Celebration draft proposal, Status of Energy Projects on Campus
Oct. 14	Tour
Sept. 9	Cancelled
Aug. 12	Minutes, LED lighting & University Housing presentation
July 8	Minutes
June 10	Minutes, Carbon footprint presentation
April 15	Minutes
March 11	Minutes
Feb. 12	Minutes unavailable

Date	Minutes and Presentations
Oct. 16	Minutes
Nov. 13	Minutes
Dec. 11	Minutes

Academics and Research

Nov. 5, 2009 Minutes
Nov. 11, 2009 Minutes
Nov. 18, 2009 Minutes

Buildings

Oct. 12, 2009 Minutes│ Presentation
Nov. 2, 2009 Membership│Brainstorming Notes
Nov. 30, 2009 Notes
Jan. 20, 2010 Presentation │Minutes
Feb. 17, 2010 Qualitative Assessment of Ideas │Criteria Definitions
March 11, 2010 (Not available)
May 14, 2010 Time Line │ Ideas from CAP │ Tactic Brainstorm & Meeting Notes
May 25, 2010 Sustainability Building Scope │Minutes│Tactical Template
June 15, 2010 Updated Tactics
June 29, 2010 Updated Tactics
July 6, 2010 Updated Tactics
July 20, 2010 Updated Tactics
August 3, 2010 Agenda │Rider Presentation│Updated Tactics
August 17, 2010 Agenda
August 31, 2010 Agenda│Updated Tactics
Sept. 21, 2010 Draft Strategies
Oct. 11, 2010 (Not available)
April 19, 2011 (Not available)

Community and Culture

July 8, 2010 Minutes │Presentation│ Take the Name Survey│ Student Survey│ Key Message Brainstorm│Chew On This
July 15, 2010 Minutes │Presentation│Take a Load Off│Updated Survey
July 22, 2010 Minutes │ Presentation
July 29, 2010 Minutes │ USA Today Article
August 5, 2010 Minutes │ Hice PP │Casper PP │ Dean PP │Strategy & Tactics Update
Aug. 26, 2010 Minutes │Presentation│Final Strategies │Change Your State Logo – First Draft
Sept. 2, 2010 Minutes│Change Your State Logo – Version 2
Sept. 9, 2010 (Not available)
Sept. 16, 2010 Meeting Cancelled
Oct. 7, 2010 (Not available)
Oct. 21, 2010 (Not available)

Energy and Water

Oct. 2, 2009 Minutes│Presentation
Oct. 14, 2009 Minutes │SWOT │Review for next meeting
Oct. 23, 2009 (Cancelled)
Oct. 28, 2009 Minutes│Presentation
Nov. 6, 2009 (Not available)
Jan. 21, 2010 Presentation │Minutes
Feb. 16, 2010 Qualitative Assessment of Ideas│Criteria Definitions
May 6, 2010 Tactic Matrix
March 18, 2011 Minutes | Tactic Template
April 13, 2011 Presentation | Updated Tactics
July 29, 2011 Presentation and Minutes
Oct. 21, 2011 Meeting Minutes
Aug. 14, 2012 Minutes

Land Use

Nov. 30, 2009 Minutes
Dec. 8, 2009 Minutes
Jan. 6, 2010 Minutes│ Strategies for Discussion
Jan. 19, 2010 Presentation│Minutes
Feb. 18, 2010 Qualitative Assessment of Ideas│Criteria Definitions
April 5, 2010 (Not available)

Materials and Purchasing

Oct. 21, 2009 Presentation
Oct. 27, 2009 (Not available)
Nov. 5, 2009 (Not available)
Jan. 19, 2010 Presentation│Minutes
Feb. 17, 2010 Qualitative Assessment of Ideas│Criteria Definitions
April 21, 2010 (Not available)

Transportation

Nov. 2, 2009 Presentation │Membership │Summary of Key Points
Nov. 10, 2009 (Not available)
Jan. 21, 2010 Presentation │Minutes
Feb. 18, 2010 Qualitative Assessment of Ideas │Criteria Definitions
May 24, 2010 (Not available)

Waste Reduction and Recycling

Oct. 14, 2009 Minutes│ Presentation
Oct. 28, 2009 Minutes │ SWOT Handout
Nov. 2, 2009 Minutes │ SWOT
Jan. 21, 2010 Presentation │Minutes
Feb. 16, 2010 Qualitative Assessment of Ideas │Criteria Definitions
May 25, 2010 Agenda │ Minutes │Tactical Template
April 21, 2010 (Not available)