SustainabilityConnect, March 2, 2015 Welcoming Remarks: EVPT, Israel Ruiz

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I s r a e l R u i z , E x e c u t i v e Vi c e P r e s i d e n t a n d Tr e a s u r e r
O p e n i n g R e m a r k s

2. How can MIT
be a game changing
force for campus
sustainability
in the 21st century?

3. MIT.nano
State-of-the-art
cleanroom, imaging, and
prototyping facilities at the
heart of the MIT campus.
Supporting research with
nanoscale materials and
processes—in fields
including energy, health,
life sciences, quantum
sciences, electronics, and
manufacturing.

4. East Campus Kendall Square Plan

5. Campus Sustainability Steering Committee
Campus Sustainability Task Force
Office of
Sustainability
Climate
Change
Conversation
Environment
Initiative
Energy
Initiative

6. Campus Sustainability Task Force
Co-chairs
Andrea Campbell, Professor of Political Science
Julie Newman, Director, Office of Sustainability
Membership will represent
The five schools
MIT Energy Initiative
MIT Environmental Initiative
Committee on the MIT Climate Conversation
Key administrative areas (Planning, Procurement, Medical, MITIMCo)
Undergraduate students
Graduate students

7. Campus Sustainability Steering
Committee
Membership
Robert Armstrong, Director, MIT Energy Initiative
Cynthia Barnhart, Chancellor
Israel Ruiz, Executive Vice President and Treasurer
Martin Schmidt, Provost
Susan Solomon, Director, MIT Environmental Initiative
Maria Zuber, Vice President for Research
Andrea Campbell, Co-chair Campus Sustainability Task Force (ex officio)
Julie Newman, Co-chair Campus Sustainability Task Force (ex officio)
Will review and act upon recommendations of the
Campus Sustainability Task Force.