Specifications

University*of*Washington*Climate*Action*Plan*
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7.2 Moving&from&Strategies&to&Actions&
Each!strategy!in!this!Climate!Action!Plan!is!an!abstract!idea!that!can!only!be!real‐
ized!once!a!set!of!prioritized!actions!make!it!concrete.!!In!each!strategy!section!
the!concluding!Proposed!Actions!offer!an!intuitive!glimpse!into!what!those!ac‐
tions!might!be,!but!the!formal!processes!of!identification!followed!by!prioritiz a‐
tion!will!occupy!the!coming!year.!
7.2.1 Identifying*and*Prioritizing*the*Actions*
For! each! category! of! strategies,! a! small! team! of! experienced! staff! and! faculty!
with!relevant!experience!will!brainstorm!possible!actions!relevant!to!each!strat‐
egy! in! the! category.! ! The! team! will! begin! with! actions! already! compiled! in! the!
process!of!creating!the!Climate!Action!Plan.!!Each!action!list!will!be!sorted!into!
“clear”!and!“obstructed”!groups. !!All!actions!in!the!“clear”!group!will!be!subject!
to!life‐cycle!cost!analysis!(LCCA)!and!also!to!an!assessment!of!life‐cycle!GHG!re‐
duction.!!In!this!way,!each!action!can! be!characterized!by!a!single!number!repre‐
senting!cost‐effectiveness!in,!say,!metric!tons!reduced!per!dollar!spent,!allowing!
prioritization.! ! Finally,! the! list! prioritized! by! this! quantitative! metric! will! be! ad‐
justed!by!an!appropriate!team!that!unites!the!category!experts!with!UW!admin‐
istrators!who!can!place!each!action!in!the! appropriate!context!of! all!University!
operations.!
In!the!“obstructed”! group,!the!same!category!experts!plus! a !team!of!administra‐
tors! will! flag! a! subset! of! actions! for! feasibility! studies! and! set! a! schedule! for!
those!studies.!
Proposed&Action:!Prioritize!actions!based!on!level!of!difficulty,!cost,!GHG!impact!
and!other!criteria!to!be!determined!
7.2.2 Reporting*the*Results*
The!final!sets!of!prioritized!actions!will!be! reported!in!a!new!Climate!Action!Plan!
Implementation!Document!by!September!2010.!!The!Implementation!Document!
will!set!out!cost‐effectiveness!thresholds!describing!which!actions!in!the!“clear”!
group!are!to!be!pursued!and!will!lay!out!a!firm!timeline!for!completing!each!ac‐
tion.!!Actions!in!the!“obstructed”!group!flagged!for!further!study!will!also!be!re‐
ported!with!a!firm!timeline!for!study!and!a!draft!timeline!for!implementation.!