CHANGES IN SUSTAINABLE ACTIVITY AT AN ISOLATED, RURAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

这个子项目是利用资源的许多研究子项目之一。 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。对子项目的主要支持 子项目的首席调查员可能是由其他来源提供的， 包括美国国立卫生研究院的其他来源。为子项目列出的总成本可能 表示该子项目使用的中心基础设施的估计数量， 不是由NCRR赠款提供给次级项目或次级项目工作人员的直接资金。 作为“更绿色”校园国际运动的一部分，可持续发展实践已成为高等教育机构非常感兴趣的话题。采用可持续性做法的机构期望通过经济节约、环境保护、更好的工作条件、更好的社区宣传和更高的机构声望来获益。一座新的健康科学与人类服务(HSHS)建筑将于2010年完工，并将成为“能源与环境设计领导者(LEED)”认证建筑。辛普金博士和史密斯博士将通过以下方式收集搬进HSHS大楼前后的基线数据。在具体目标1中，我们将评估搬进LEED认证大楼的HSHS学生、教职员工的健康影响。这将通过调查、监测旧楼和新楼的空气质量状况以及记录缺勤频率和学生成绩来完成。在具体目标2中，我们将记录实施可持续实践时校园和周围社区的社会和行为变化，并与基线数据进行比较。在具体目标3中，我们将测量资源消耗变化对校园的影响。这将包括对使用变化以及这些变化的经济影响的定性衡量。在具体目标4中，我们将研究校园生物多样性，确定哪些生物使用校园的不同区域，以及校园是否作为生物在城市中移动的走廊。搬进LEED认证的建筑将对HSHS的学生、教职员工产生影响的研究与细胞信号有关，因为任何环境变化都会通过内分泌系统影响人类的健康和行为。暴露在光照水平、挥发性有机化合物和空气中的微生物都会对人类健康造成不利影响。社区学院的本科生从事研究的机会是不寻常的，这将产生对人类健康研究的欣赏和热情。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. Sustainability practices have become a topic of great interest at institutions of higher education as part of an international movement for "greener" campuses. Institutions that adopt sustainability practices expect benefits through economic savings, environmental protection, better working conditions, better community outreach and increased institutional prestige. A new Health Science and Human Services (HSHS) building should be completed by 2010 and will be a "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)" certified building. Drs. Simpkin and Smith will collect baseline data before and after moving into the HSHS building in the following ways. In Specific Aim 1 we will assess health impacts on HSHS students, faculty and staff as they move into the LEED-certified building. This will be done through surveys, monitoring air quality conditions in the old and new buildings and recording frequency of absences and student grades. In Specific Aim 2 we will document social and behavioral changes on campus and the surrounding community as sustainable practices are implemented and in comparison to baseline data. In Specific Aim 3 we will measure the effects of changes in resource consumption on campus. This will include qualitative measures of changes in use as well as the economic impact of these changes. In Specific Aim 4 we will study campus biodiversity, determine which organisms use different areas of campus and whether the campus acts as a corridor for the movement of organisms through the city. The study of the impacts that moving into a LEED-certified building will have on HSHS students, faculty and staff relates to cell signaling because human health and behavior are affected by any environmental changes through the endocrine system. Exposure to light levels, volatile organic compounds and airborne microbes all can adversely affect human health. The chance for undergraduate students at community colleges to engage in research is unusual, and will engender an appreciation of and enthusiasm for human health research.