3:30pm --- Ferguson Forum

• Senate Roll Call & Quorum Check --- (Norm Stein)
• Approval/Correction of April Minutes --- (Norm Stein) --- [web]
• President's Report --- (Rob Ingram)
• Meeting with Sid McDonald
• Status of merger document
• Meeting on diversity with Sybil Todd
• Faculty survey (John Dew)
• Vice President's Report --- (Pat Bauch)
• Secretary's Report --- (Norm Stein)
• Reports from Senate Committees:
• Academic Affairs --- (Marion Paris & Carmen Taylor)
• Intellectual Property Rights Committee (Faculty representatives are: Alan Durham, Michael Malinconico, Pete Morley)
• Financial Affairs --- (Norman Baldwin & Robert McLeod)
• Planning and Operations --- (Marcia Evans & Jerry Webster)
• Energy Management [Attachment]
• Research and Service --- (Bing Blewitt & Stephen MacCall)
• Faculty Workload Policy
• Student Affairs --- (Dexter Gordon & James Taylor)
• Senate Operations --- (Bill Andreen & Bill Motes)
• Reports from Senators on University Standing Committees
• Reports from other Committees
• Legislative Agenda Committee --- (Margaret Garner)
• OLD Business
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October 8, 1999
Planning and Operations Committee, Faculty Senate
Report on Energy Management Committee
Marcia Evans and Jerry Webster, Co-Chairs

Both Co-Chairs have received a copy of the Energy Committee Final Report (FY 98/99). The report was completed last March and sent to Bob Wright, Vice President of Financial Affairs, with copies to Dale Taylor, Vice President over Facilities, and John Dew, Quality Control.

Marcia Evans met with Jeff Armstrong, Energy Management Committee chair and author of the report, in late August. He reviewed the report which lists specific targets for conservation by energy type, each of which is ranked by energy savings potential and estimated realized time frames. In addition to the stated energy targets, the report includes the recommendation that current and future committee members receive written notification of the recommendations that are selected for implementation.

Jeff expressed a concern that while historically the committee has made good recommendations, the recommendations have not been implemented. He has not gotten a clear picture of the University’s financial commitment to energy savings. He would like for someone from administration to make a report at the first meeting of the energy committee on what recommendations from the report have been selected for implementation.

Marcia Evans met with Chris Stripling, Campus Energy Manager. Because lack of funding has been such a problem (during times of financial crisis, money was shifted from this area to other areas), the University is 7-10 years behind in deferred maintenance and energy conservation measures. With the addition of a full-time campus energy manager, funding, and consultants within the last eighteen months, UA has made some progress, especially in the area of data for energy expenditures. The Energy Management Committee and Facilities Resource Management both make recommendations for energy conservation; priorities are determined by the Energy Operations Committee which is made up of individuals from the Energy Management Department, Facilities Resource Management (the consulting firm), administration, and design.

At the meeting, Chris reviewed the Energy Management Committee’s final recommendations item by item, explaining which have been implemented, which will be, and which will not. The Energy Management Department has not attempted to do much either in the area of water conservation which Chris sees as a landscaping issue or with recycling which he does not see as a responsibility of the Energy Department. As an aside, he sees apathy on the part of the faculty as one of the big barriers to making changes in energy conservation on campus. Increasing energy awareness is a time intensive endeavor that he feels needs to come from the top in order to be successful as well as worthwhile. Chris is willing to meet with the EMC to explain this information to committee members as well.

The Energy Management Committee has had no response to their report from administration.