This document summarizes discussions from the ISCN 2016 Working Group 2 meeting. Key topics discussed included moving beyond just climate and energy goals to focus more on well-being, community partnerships, establishing a business case for sustainability, and connecting research to practice. Goals for 2016-2017 included a webinar series on integrating sustainable development goals into campus planning, surveying members on areas of focus and metrics, and exploring applications of new technologies and infrastructure solutions to drive behavioral change and more sustainable lifestyles.

1. Goals of our discussion
1. Top ways sustainable development/enhancing well-being
/ or new technologies could get integrated into your
institution’s sustainability strategy in the next 1-3 years
(depending on where your institution is in your
sustainability journey)?
2. What are the top two areas you can make progress
related to our two areas of focus?
3. How can you leverage this Working Group and its
members to advance holistic sustainable development
objectives and integrate them into your campus planning
efforts?
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2. Hot topics for 2016
Identification of relevant topics from last year’ discussion and from
WG2 online survey
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3. WG2 presenters!
Keynote:
Mark Dooris, University of Central Lancashire, College of Health & Wellbeing
Health Promoting & Sustainable Universities
Abstracts:
Takayuki Nakamura, National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College
Showcases in Japan on holistic campus strategic planning
Giacomo Pettenati, University of Torino
Social Networking between the University and the City
Henrich Johanna, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Sustainability at Technische
Universität Darmstadt: A contribution towards implementing the turnaround in
energy policy.
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4. Key Issues Discussed
1. Strong interest to move beyond climate and energy/GHG reduction
2. How could WG2/Institutions better align not just their vision but
their goals focused on enhancing well-being and true sustainable
development
3. Community partnerships and intersections: neighborhood scale,
research and impact
4. Establish a business case for a healthy, sustainable campus
5. Interest to connect more than once per year on these critical topics
and approaches
6. Connection points to ISCN mission and other WG’s
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5. Tables breakdown discussion
TABLE 1 THE EVOLUTION OF CAMPUS-WIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING
Strategies for integrating holistic sustainability. Next challenges and
topics: enhancing well-being. How to translate research into practice,
use campus as testbed, and linkages to research. What is our role?
What do we need to catalyze this transformation?
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6. Key Issues Discussed
1. Strong interest to move beyond climate and energy/GHG reduction
2. How could WG2/Institutions better align not just their vision but
their goals focused on enhancing well-being and true sustainable
development
3. Community partnerships and intersections: neighborhood scale,
research and impact
4. Establish a business case for a healthy, sustainable campus
5. Interest to connect more than once per year on these critical topics
and approaches
6. Connection points to ISCN mission and other WG’s
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7. Goals for 2016-2017
1. Webinar Series with examples of institutions who are establishing
strategies and metrics to integrate sustainable development goals
into their holistic (campus) planning efforts.
i. Global models, including Health promoting universities
ii. Working Group 2 Institutions examples
2. Survey WG2 members:
i. Key areas of focus: in an effort to facilitate best practice sharing, gap
filling and to better leverage expertise and enable knowledge transfer
ii. Sustainable Development Goals & Metrics and Accountability
3. Survey “co=production” partners & faculty and senior leadership
participation
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8. Tables breakdown discussion
TABLE 2 APPLICATIONS OF PHYSICAL SOLUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES
New technologies and innovative systems can impact sustainability at
universities--lifestyles (energy transition, mobility changing, etc).
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9. TABLE 2 APPLICATIONS OF PHYSICAL SOLUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES
campus-wide applications of: architectural solutions and green and blue technologies
(water, waste), energy transition solutions, smart technologies (apps, sensors)
What have we not thought of that relates to
the use of smart technologies?
Most of the time it is not a matter of having
in place advanced or smart technologies, but
how to make the most efficient use of those.
We have to make sure that people are
involved in the process (co-design of services
and not top-down delivery), and informed
about services.
It is about CREATING CULTURE, an
EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.
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10. TABLE 2 APPLICATIONS OF PHYSICAL SOLUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES
campus-wide applications of: architectural solutions and green and blue technologies
(water, waste), energy transition solutions, smart technologies (apps, sensors)
Top ways new technologies could get integrated into sustainability at your
institutions in the next 1-3 years, depending on where your institution is
in your sustainability journey / your institution's evolution of
sustainability?
1. Investigating how we can make use of smart technologies to drive
behavioral change towards more sustainable lifestyles
2. Use smart technologies to promote a better use and access to existing
services and facilities (e.g. booking teleconferencing facilities, mobility
services like shuttles and shuttle routes, booking e-vehicles).
3. Testing technologies (in partnership with industry) to sense the
community, foster collaboration and gain information and feedback
about behaviors in an automated way, without bothering too much
people (as it happens with surveys), thus supporting place-making
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11. TABLE 2 APPLICATIONS OF PHYSICAL SOLUTIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES
campus-wide applications of: architectural solutions and green and blue technologies
(water, waste), energy transition solutions, smart technologies (apps, sensors)
What are the top two areas you can make
progress on:
Participation and co-design in
1. Energy and Environmental Management:
efficient use of hard infrastructure (grids,
waste, water)
2. Mobility: smart apps for improving
sustainable mobility modalities and
behaviors
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12. Goals for 2016-2017
1) Sharing of case-study applications about
◦ hard infrastructure (energy, mobility, environment)
◦ soft infrastructure (smart technologies)
… with a focus on people behavior and place-making
2) Discussing future agenda
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