History
Timeline of Sustainability at Miami
2009
- Miami’s first sustainability coordinator (partial faculty release time) was appointed. David Prytherch, professor of geography, served 2009 through 2012.
- Sustainability Committee formed.
- Sustainability Education Coordinator, half-time position created. Position is filled by MEn graduate students annually.
- Miami’s first LEED-certified building, Farmer School of Business, opened.
- The Miami University Revolving Green Fund, for student-sponsored projects, established (it has been used for one project to date).
2010
- First Sustainability Commitments and Goals (SCAG) drafted by the Sustainability Committee; signed by Miami University President David Hodge in 2011.
- The positions of director of sustainability, sustainability coordinator, and energy systems are within Miami’s Physical Facilities Department.
2011
- First Director of Sustainability and Energy Conservation position created. Yvette Kline served 2011-2016. The position was half-time duties in sustainability, half-time in energy conservation.
- Stormwater Master Plan, which earned national recognition, developed by PFD.
2012
- Major geothermal heating and cooling system planned, Utility Master Plan (UMP) created.
2013
- Director of Energy Systems position created. Doug Hammerle director, 2013-2020.
2016-2017
- 2010 SCAG revised and updated (See 2016 SCAG). Signed by Miami University President Crawford in 2016.
- Director of Sustainability and Energy Conservation retires 2016. Position vacant July 2016 through July 2018.
- The part-time Sustainability Education Coordinator served as the key sustainability liaison while a search for the new Director commenced, 2016-2017.
- Utility Master Plan updated to plan for transitioning Oxford campus buildings off steam and onto geothermal, Heating Hot Water and Simultaneous Heating and Cooling systems.
2018
- Sustainability coordinator position vacant 2017-2018.
- Full-time Sustainability Director position created, filled July 2018. Adam Sizemore is the current Director of Sustainability.
- Sustainability coordinator position filled July 2018. IES graduate student Kelsey Forren served as coordinator.
2019
- Sustainability coordinator Kelsey Forren graduates; IES graduate student Olivia Herron, 2019-2020 coordinator.
- Cecil Okotah, IES graduate student, served in new position of recycling coordinator, 2019-2020.
2020
- Historic COVID-19 pandemic.
- September 2020: President Gregory Crawford signed the Presidents' Climate Leadership Commitments - Climate Commitment.