Appalachian Laboratory Going Green Timeline
January 2002 |
Started recycling program for cans, office paper, toner/printer cartridges, telephone books, CPUs, monitors, printers (e-cycling) and some cardboard and wet cell batteries. |
February 2004 |
Rechargeable batteries and corrugated cardboard were added to recycling program. |
September 2004 |
Plastics 1 & 2 added to recycling program. |
January 2006 |
Purchased first Hybrid Vehicle, a 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid. |
February 2007 |
Completed initial GHG Emissions Inventory. |
October 2007 |
Participated in first USM Climate Change Session at Shady Grove. |
December 2007 |
Established the Appalachian Laboratory Climate Change Initiative Working Group, later changed to Appalachian Laboratory Environmental Sustainability Council (AL ESC) to be consistent with the newly formed UMCES council. |
December 2007 |
President Boesch signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment (http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/). The effective date of the initiation of this commitment is January 15, 2008. |
January 2008 |
Dumpster pickups were decreased to biweekly, in response to increased recycling effortss and decrease in trash voume. |
February 2008 |
Contacted Constellation Energy to perform an energy audit at AL. |
February 2008 |
Paperboard added to recycling program. |
February 2008 |
UMCES' Dr. Boesch Appointed USM Vice Chancellor of Environmental Sustainability. |
March 2008 |
Dr. Boesch established the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Environmental Sustainability Council (UMCES ESC). The ESC functions as the “institutional structure” required to be established within two months of signing the ACUPCC. |
April 2008 |
Commuter miles added to GHG inventory. |
May 2008 |
Participated in second USM Climate Change Session at Shady Grove. |
July 2008 | Launched the UMCES Appalachian Laboratory’s Sustainability web site. |
November 2008 |
UMCES submitted their Initial Implementation Profile to the ACUPCC. View Profile |
March 2009 | Attended the Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Educational Institutions at Towson University. |
March 2009 |
UMCES submitted their initial GHG Inventory Report to the ACUPCC. View Report |
April 2009 | Energy Audit performed at AL by Global Facility Solutions, LLC. As part of the UMCES project by Constellation Energy Project and Services Group. |
August 2009 |
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science became a member in the Maryland Green Registry. View Members List |
May 2010 | UMCES submitted their initial Climate Action Plan to the ACUPCC. View Plan |
November 2010 | AL replaced the aging rear projection monitors in the IVN room with energy efficient LED flat panel models. |
April 2011 |
UMCES submitted their updated GHG Inventory Report to the ACUPCC. View Report |
December 2011 | Glass (clear, green, and brown) added to the recycling program. |
January 2012 |
UMCES submitted the progress report to ACUPCC. View Report |
June 2012 | Dumpster pickups were decreased to once a month due to increased recycling and low trash volume. |
December 2012 |
UMCES submitted their updated GHG Inventory Report to the ACUPCC. View Report |
May 2014 |
UMCES submitted their updated GHG Inventory Report to the ACUPCC. View Report |
May 2014 |
UMCES submitted their Progress Report to the ACUPCC. View Report |
April 2015 | UMCES submitted their updated GHG Inventory Report to the ACUPCC-View Report |
October 2015 | President Boesch signed the updated ACUPCC, rebranded The Climate Commitment, http://secondnature.org/. The effective date this New Comprehensive Climate Commitment is October 5, 2015 and includes Carbon and Resilience components. |
September 2017 | UMCES submitted annual Progress Report and GHG Inventory t to the ACUPCC - View Report |
September 2017 | AL purchased second hybrid vehicle, 2017 Ford Fusion Hybrid S |
April 2018 | UMCES Completed our Initial Campus-Community Resilience Assessment - View Assessment |