The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is committed to good stewardship of the 
physical environment. This plan documents this university's commitment to 
environmental sustainability practices and policies. It is intended to demonstrate our 
commitment to and contribution toward the state of North Carolina's Environmental 
Sustainability Plan for 2001. UNC-Charlotte approaches environmental sustainability 
practices in three major categories:

1. Sustainable Operations and Practices

• Energy Management and Water Conservation

• Pollution Prevention/Environmental Compliance

• Preservation/Conservation

• Alternative Fuel and Low Emission Vehicles

• Construction Practices (Green Buildings)

2. Waste Reduction and Recycling

3. Purchase and Use of Environmentally Preferable Materials

These sections describe what we are doing to sustain the environment now and our 
plans to increase and improve these measures in the future. In describing our future 
goals, we have attempted to plan three to five years in the future. Our plan will be 
adjusted annually to reflect changes in the university, technology and the physical 
environment. 

UNC-Charlotte recently formed an Environmental Sustainability Task 
Force to guide this effort. During the next year, we will work to broaden the 
knowledge and expertise of this task force and to include more staff and faculty 
members. Task force members are listed below with their phone numbers and e-mail 
addresses. 

UNC-Charlotte Environmental Sustainability Task Force 

Philip Jones, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Management
Office: 704/687-2181 

Thomas Stutts, Facilities Mechanical Engineer
Office: 704/687-6286 

Peter Franz, Landscape Architect
Office: 704/687-3685 

Kathy Boutin-Pasterz, Recycling Coordinator
Office: 704/687-2137 

Randy Duncan, Director of Purchasing
Office: 704/687-2395 

Charles Seigler, Safety Director
Office: 704/687-4291 

Dale Brentrup, Professor, College of Architecture
Office: 704/687-2664