2008 Woodie Awards
Poly partakes in national webcast
By: Jackie Pugh
Issue date: 2/19/07 Section: News
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The 2010 Imperative, a discussion on global warming and sustainability in the environmental design profession, will broadcast live from New York on Tuesday and will be hosted in Chumash Auditorium.
The 2010 Imperative is part of the 2030 Challenge, an initiative to reduce building energy use in the United States by 50 percent and achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2030.
The College of Architecture and Environmental Design is hosting the webcast in hopes that all departments will get involved. The goal of the teach-in is to promote new educational programs and campus practices that can be implemented to further the sustainability cause.
Sandy Stannard, the leader of the movement and architecture professor, has been working on bringing the 2010 Imperative and the larger 2030 Challenge issue to Cal Poly since last fall.
"Basically the time is now, we have to respond to the global emergency," Stannard said. "Essentially, this initiative is a culmination of a lot of work that people have been doing for a long time, and now we can get momentum in a more focused way."
The teach-in was brought to Cal Poly as an idea to put some specific targets on things the design community can do and will give the entire department a goal to work toward.
"If we work as a collective toward some aggressive target it's a more measurable and stronger way to go about it," Stannard said.
Stannard also mentioned the involvement of the Empower Poly Coalition in which certain students have been helping her plan the event. The coalition is compiled of numerous Cal Poly clubs like the BioDiesel Club, Poly Greens, the Fair Trade Club and many more that are raising issues related to ecological sensitivity.
Construction management professor Audrey Schultz wanted to get involved in the sustainability movement because it is the key in design in the construction community.
"It's really where the industry is taking us," Schultz said. "We need to be more aware of the environment and aware of the products we use so we can be more health conscious."
The 2010 Imperative is part of the 2030 Challenge, an initiative to reduce building energy use in the United States by 50 percent and achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2030.
The College of Architecture and Environmental Design is hosting the webcast in hopes that all departments will get involved. The goal of the teach-in is to promote new educational programs and campus practices that can be implemented to further the sustainability cause.
Sandy Stannard, the leader of the movement and architecture professor, has been working on bringing the 2010 Imperative and the larger 2030 Challenge issue to Cal Poly since last fall.
"Basically the time is now, we have to respond to the global emergency," Stannard said. "Essentially, this initiative is a culmination of a lot of work that people have been doing for a long time, and now we can get momentum in a more focused way."
The teach-in was brought to Cal Poly as an idea to put some specific targets on things the design community can do and will give the entire department a goal to work toward.
"If we work as a collective toward some aggressive target it's a more measurable and stronger way to go about it," Stannard said.
Stannard also mentioned the involvement of the Empower Poly Coalition in which certain students have been helping her plan the event. The coalition is compiled of numerous Cal Poly clubs like the BioDiesel Club, Poly Greens, the Fair Trade Club and many more that are raising issues related to ecological sensitivity.
Construction management professor Audrey Schultz wanted to get involved in the sustainability movement because it is the key in design in the construction community.
"It's really where the industry is taking us," Schultz said. "We need to be more aware of the environment and aware of the products we use so we can be more health conscious."
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