• Environmental Health and Safety meets individually with each new principal investigator in the natural sciences and engineering upon arrival

• Notification through the Dean of Faculty

• Sets the tone and introduces the safety and environmental culture of the University

• Includes a walk-through of the laboratory space or review of the plans for renovation

• Focuses on role as a supervisor and lab manager

Principal Investigator Briefing

• Policies and procedures related to health and safety

• Training requirements for those working in the laboratory

• Emergency preparedness and procedures

• The Risk Culture in research and academia

• Requirements for special materials– Radioactive, Homeland Security, pathogenic, etc.

Briefing Includes

Briefing Includes• Engineering controls• Personal protective equipment

– Providing, procuring, writing into grant proposals

• Waste disposal• Hazardous materials shipping• Inspections• Continuity of operations planning• Minors in the lab policies• Laboratory security

Briefing Includes• Profile of research practices

• Determination of which EHS and safety programs apply (e.g., laser safety, high hazard gas safety, high voltage safety,…)

• Summary of each program and contact info provided

Program History• Adopted by University Research Board in 2000

• Briefing provided to > 130 new faculty and > 120 lab managers (professional staff, post-docs, graduate students)

• Better compliance with University and regulatory agency rules

• Open communication between health and safety groups and the laboratory

• Accountability• Setting the tone at the earliest stage

• Identification of safety and environmental issues at the outset

Results

Energy and Environment

Health

Security

Innovation in Engineering Education

Engineering and a Sustainable Society *

* Aspire $ 1.75B campaign, 11/07Engineering & a Sustainable Society, Exploration in the Arts,New Frontiers in Neuroscience, Citizenship & the World,The Princeton Experience

Established through $100M gift from Gerhard Andlinger ‘52

Support expanding program of research and teachingEnergy conservationSustainable energy developmentEnvironmental protection and remediation

Translate fundamental knowledge into practical solutionsEnable sustainable energy productionProtect the environment from irreversible change

Located in state-of-the-art facility and in existing space

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Tod Williams Billie Tsien, Architects

Associate Architect Ballinger

Lab Planners Jacobs Consultancy

Sustainability Consultant Transsolar

MEP Engineer Arup

February, 2009

Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla, CA

Skirkanich HallUniversity of Pennsylvania

East Asian LibraryUniversity of California - Berkeley

Atmospheric chemistry and dynamics: Elie Bou-Zeid (CEE), Claire Gmachl (EE), Denise Mauzerall (CEE), Gerard Wysocki (EE), Mark Zondlo (CEE)

Batteries: Craig Arnold (MAE)Genetic engineering for biofuels: James Link (CHE)Built environment: Sigrid Adriaenssens (CEE), Maria Garlock (CEE), Branko Glisic (CEE),

George Scherer (CEE), James Smith (CEE)Carbon capture & storage: Michael Celia (CEE), Catherine Peters (CEE), George Scherer

(CEE), Robert Socolow (MAE)Combustion: Frederick Dryer (MAE), Chung K. Law (MAE), Yiguang Ju (MAE), Sankaran

Sundaresan (CHE)Ecohydrology: Kelly Caylor (CEE), Peter Jaffe (CEE), Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe (CEE), Eric

Wood (CEE)Fuel cells: Jay Benziger (CHE)Green IT: Mung Chiang (EE), Margaret Martonosi (EE), Jennifer Rexford (COS)Molecular design of materials: Emily Carter (MAE)Solar cells: Lynn Loo (CHE), Antione Kahn (EE), Jim Sturm (EE), Sigurd Wagner (EE)Sustainable materials: Wole Soboyejo (MAE)Systems modeling: Rene Carmona (ORF), Chris Floudas (CHE), Warren Powell (ORF)

SEAS Faculty in Energy and the Environment

Goal Raised Remaining

Energy and Environment $75M $36M $39M

Energy and Environment Research Facilities $70M $70M --

Conference Center $10M -- $10M______ _____ _____$155M $106M $49M