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Did you know Columbia University participates in the PlaNYC Mayoral Challenge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Learn more about our commitment, how you can help, and Birdie, the GREENYC mascot, by watching this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIeMLA0UfZs&feature=share&list=UUMEP7v1f2pXSyIvKsnX9uRQ

CUMC is interested in growing its efforts to increase sustainability efforts across the campus. The most effective way to do this is to engage with students, faculty and staff to build a green team full of green champions who will help to roll out initiatives within their own space. CUMC Facilities will provide the tools and resources to learn and understand what it means to be a green champion. A Green Champion will join CUMC’s Green Team and help to grow CUMC’s sustainability efforts in the following ways:

As CUMC continues to grow and evolve, it is important that we also continue to operate in a sustainable fashion. In this vein, CUMC Facilities has developed a green building plan that can be tailored to spaces, departments and buildings interested in pursuing it. It is structured in a way to parallel LEED efforts should the building or space decide to take the extra step to also pursue LEED for Existing Buildings.

During 2011 Columbia University Medical Center installed a Building Management System within the William Black Building. This new computer-based control system monitors and optimizes the building’s mechanical and electric equipment, such as air conditioning, chiller operation, heating or hot water. During the installation digital sensors were placed throughout the systems to take temperatures and pressures in order to ensure services supplied to the building were efficient and comfortable for tenants.