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2 kW Ground Mount Array: Ecohouse
- Ohio University (OH)
- Dovetail Solar & Wind (OH)
The solar array at the OHIO Ecohouse was installed by Dovetail Solar & Wind and is a 2.4 kilo-watt system. It is a grid-tied photovoltaic array; which means that ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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2 kW Ground Mount Array: Community Education and Wellness Center
- Owens Community College (OH)
The 1.7-kilowat solar array will feature eight panels and be used for hands-on learning as well as to convert sunlight into electricity for regular operational purposes within the Community ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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2 kW Rooftop Array
- Roger Williams University (RI)
Roof, fixed array. Inverter Type: SMA SB2500U
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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2 kW Solar Laboratory
- St. Thomas University (FL)
The project was proposedby Dr. Alberto J. Varela, Associate Professor in the School of Science, Technology and Engineering Management. Dr. Varela wanted to create a Solar Station at STU as ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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2 kW Rooftop Array
- University of Rhode Island (RI)
Location: 401 Victory Highway, West Greenwich, RI Array Size: 2 kW
of Modules: 8 (300 Watts each)
Module Manufacturer: ASE Americas
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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2 kW Rooftop Array: Viking Union
- Western Washington University (WA)
A 2 kWh array at Viking Union Array, visible from the PAC Plaza. This array was donated by the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, and WWU Facilities Management. A kiosk inside the ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1 kW Rooftop Array: Alumni Building
- Berea College (KY)
The installation of the one kilowatt-hour photovoltaic array will convert sunlight to electricity and support a portion of the electrical needs of the building. The idea for a solar panel ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1 kW Ground Mount: Few and Evans Residence Halls
- Emory University (GA)
- Ayers Saint Gross (MD)
- Gilbane (RI)
The University operates a small solar demonstration unit at Few and Evans residential halls — six panels that power a pump that helps bring reclaimed storm water back into the building ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1 kW Rooftop Array: Withey Hall
- Green Mountain College (VT)
In 2010, four underutilized 120-watt panels were installed on the roof of Withey Hall. The PV panels now produce electricity and feed a battery bank to power the greenhouse.
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1 kW Rooftop Array: Farrell House
- Middlebury College (VT)
Roof (Farrell House). PV Panel Type: (10) PV panels Inverter Type: Xantrex/ Trace 1500 watt inverter
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1 kW Rooftop Array: Saunders Hall
- University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI)
Saunders Hall is home to the first renewable energy testbed functioning on a Manoa campus rooftop, courtesy of donations and logistical assistance from Hawai'i Energy Connnection, Enphase Energy, and ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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1 kW Rooftop Array: Olin Library
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
Roof (1): Olin Library/ 1.02 kW.2006: A little less than half of the costs were paid by the Committee on Environmental Quality. The Department of Facilities, Planning, and ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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Pratt Institute - Myrtle Hall
- Pratt Institute (NY)
Pratt Institute partnered to obtain a vacant lot at the northern boundary of our campus in Brooklyn , that had been a Kentucky Fried Chicken. The lot is part of the ...
- Posted June 30, 2011
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Connecting the Next Generation to Urban Landscapes
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
The International Society for Land care Emissions (ISLE) has proposed a Next Generation Land Care project for the University of Colorado at Boulder to assess and measure the ecological, human ...
- Posted June 27, 2011
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Groundmaking: Class of 2010 Green Roof at Rensselaer
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY)
In the spring of 2011, after almost 16 months of planning, members from the entire Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute community joined hands in planting 18,000 small plants on a 6 ...
- Posted June 25, 2011
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Marcellus Monitoring: Helping communities turn fear into data collection.
- Dickinson College (PA)
In 2010, the Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM) set out to develop a community-based monitoring protocol that could help communities answer the question "is my local stream being adversely ...
- Posted June 24, 2011
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Warren Wilson College Native Grass Landscaping: Changing the Way We Plant the Campus to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Improve Wildlife Habitat and Minimize Maintenance
- Warren Wilson College (NC)
Since 1999, students on the College's Landscaping Crew have collected native grass and wildflower seeds, established a six-acre campus nursery and acres of prairie meadow habitat, and helped restore ...
- Posted June 24, 2011
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Getting to Net- Zero Energy: Lessons Learned from a Living Building Challenge
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
- Hellmuth + Bicknese Architects (MO)
In 2008, Washington University in St. Louis committed to the construction of a new building at its environmental field station, Tyson Research Center. This project, the Living Learning Center (LLC ...
- Posted June 24, 2011
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Centennial Solar Panel System
- Northwestern University (IL)
- Engineers for a Sustainable World (CO)
The Centennial Solar Panel System (CSPS), a 17 kW solar photovoltaic array at Northwestern University, is a partner project between Engineers for a Sustainable World and the Northwestern Sustainability Fund ...
- Posted June 24, 2011
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Greeks Go Green LEAF Rating System
- Cornell University (NY)
The Greeks Go Green LEAF Rating system rates chapters and keeps track of their progress related to sustainability initiatives. This system provides for an objective, consistent evaluation of over 70 ...
- Posted June 24, 2011
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Student Services Building
- The University of Texas at Dallas (TX)
- Perkins+Will (NY)
The new LEED Platinum certified Student Services Building (SSB) serves as a "one-stop-shop" destination for all student service activities offering 14 departments under one roof. The building design improves the ...
- Posted June 24, 2011
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The Campus Sustainability Fund at the University of Washington
- University of Washington, Seattle (WA)
The Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) is a student-funded and student-led initiative which launched in the fall of 2010 at the University of Washington (UW) with the mission of fostering campus ...
- Posted June 24, 2011
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A Comprehensive Strategic Communications Plan for NYU's Office of Sustainability
- New York University (NY)
Crowdsourcing the collective wisdom of the NYU Sustainability Task Force's all-volunteer Outreach and Engagement working group, with assistance from the Office of Sustainability, team members were able to develop ...
- Posted June 24, 2011
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Deliberation on Campus Sustainability (DoCS)
- University of Alberta (AB)
The Deliberation on Campus Sustainability (DoCS) project was a campus-wide, student-initiated series of events that engaged hundreds of students, staff and faculty in creating recommendations for sustainability across the University ...
- Posted June 24, 2011
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A New Educational Landscape- Transforming Campus Grounds through Non-Traditional Collaboration
- James Madison University (VA)
During the 2010-11 academic year, faculty, students, campus facilities staff, a dean, the campus environmental stewardship director, and community representatives collaborated with a Scholar-In-Residence to develop a naturalized landscape on ...
- Posted June 24, 2011
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Comprehensive Operational Analysis of Green Granting Programs in US Higher Education
- New York University (NY)
After three years and 52 funded projects awarded more than $250,000 NYU's Green Grants program took a year off from calling for new project proposals, and instead conducted ...
- Posted June 24, 2011
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The Bagley Classroom: Supporting environmental and outdoor learning at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)
- Salmela Architect (MN)
The Bagley Classroom supports learning in a 55-acre natural preserve within the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. The Bagley Nature Area has taught and inspired students about the natural environment ...
- Posted June 23, 2011
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Antioch Commuter Transportation Initiative: Tackling AUNE's Transportation Challenge by Supporting Money-Saving, Fun, and Healthy Commuter Alternatives
- Antioch University, New England (NH)
Antioch University New England (AUNE) is committed to achieving climate neutrality by the year 2020. Because 73% of its total carbon dioxide emissions come from students and employees commuting to ...
- Posted June 23, 2011
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University Recycling at work! Case study in Puerto Rico
- Ana G. Méndez University System (PR)
In 2006, Undergraduate Environmental Science students sparked the Recycling Program at the Universidad Metropolitana, Puerto Rico with a simple question "Why we do not recycle at the University?
Since then ...
- Posted June 23, 2011
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Applied Research and Development Building
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
Northern Arizona University's Applied Research and Development building is a LEED Platinum building that is home to a wide range of research organizations and stakeholders both from NAU and ...
- Posted June 23, 2011
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The College of William and Mary Carbon Offset Program
- College of William & Mary (VA)
William and Mary has developed an in-house carbon offset program that provides full transparency. Energy-reducing capital projects, such as HVAC upgrades, were identified and offset prices were determined by calculating ...
- Posted June 21, 2011
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1702 - green dorm project
- Pratt Institute (NY)
The Living Lab 1702 project began in Spring 2009 as an interdisciplinary studio course focused on sustainability. The goal: to challenge the students understanding of green design in order to ...
- Posted June 21, 2011
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The Green Line Park-n-Ride: A Community Transportation Collaborative
- Delta College (MI)
When it comes to public transportation, Delta College is challenged by its location which serves three main counties functioning under three separate transit authorities. To reduce commuting emissions and to ...
- Posted June 21, 2011
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Embedding Sustainability into Institutional Governance and Planning
- University of Calgary (AB)
This brief describes a process for embedding sustainability as a core value and accountability within institutional governance and planning. The context is the University of Calgary, a research intensive institution ...
- Posted June 17, 2011
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Biomass at Colorado State University: the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
- Colorado State University (CO)
In 2009, Colorado State University and the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) partnered to build a biomass heating plant on the University's Foothills Campus. This facility burns wood chips ...
- Posted June 16, 2011
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Berndt Hall Reconstruction for Biology
- Fort Lewis College (CO)
Berndt Hall Reconstruction for Biology removed the middle of an existing 1-story section of the Berndt Hall building and replaced it with a basement, main level, and second floor with ...
- Posted June 15, 2011
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Behavior Matters—A Business Case for Behavior-Based Conservation Programs
- Stanford University (CA)
The link between energy retrofits and cost savings is well established, but occupants are often unaware of "behind the scenes" improvements. How can universities educate building occupants to optimize efficiency ...
- Posted June 14, 2011
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Growing a Local and Sustainable Food System at Appalachian State University
- Appalachian State University (NC)
Appalachian Food Services is working with the Office of Sustainability to incorporate local and sustainably produced food products into our campus dining with an overall goal of improving the campus ...
- Posted June 10, 2011
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13 kW Solar Arrays
- Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (NM)
Nine commercial renewable energy systems have been selected both to meet energy needs on the campus and to be serving the objects of practical study in the laboratory portions of ...
- Posted Jan. 1, 2011
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2 kW Rooftop Array: Fed Hall
- University of Waterloo (ON)
This 36-panel array of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels was installed on the roof of Fed Hall, the largest student-run pub in North America. In January 2004, the solar array went ...
- Posted Jan. 1, 2011
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Sustainable Cities Initiative at the University of Oregon
- University of Oregon (OR)
Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) is a cross-disciplinary organization at the University of Oregon that seeks to promote education, service, public outreach and research on the development and design of sustainable ...
- Posted July 9, 2010
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The Living Demonstration: A student demonstration home to create a culture for sustainability
- University of Montana (MT)
The UM FLAT is a University-owned residence occupied by students who embody and promote sustainable living practices. The UM FLAT provides hands-on opportunity for students to work with each other ...
- Posted July 2, 2010
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The University of California Santa Cruz's Campus Sustainability Plan 1.0: a Case Study in Transformative Action for Change
- University of California, Santa Cruz (CA)
UCSC's first comprehensive Campus Sustainability Plan (the Plan), drafted during the 2009-10 academic year, used a consultative leadership approach, a focus on building strong relationships, and an effective outreach ...
- Posted July 2, 2010
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Harvard Green Office Program
- Harvard University (MA)
The Green Office Program's offers staff practical solutions needed to meet Harvard's GHG reduction goal and fulfill our Sustainability Principles, and a fun, competitive way for offices to ...
- Posted July 1, 2010
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Aggieware - Moving to Zero Waste Events within UC Davis Student Housing
- University of California, Davis (CA)
Aggieware, the reusable tableware program, was created by UC Davis Student Housing for use with all student programs in the residence halls to reach the University of California's goal ...
- Posted July 1, 2010
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Transforming the Higher Education Landscape: Researching, Planting and Seed-saving Native Grasses and Wildflowers at Warren Wilson College
- Warren Wilson College (NC)
Since 1999, students on the College's Landscaping Crew have collected native grass and wildflower seeds, established a six-acre campus nursery and acres of prairie meadow habitat, and helped restore ...
- Posted July 1, 2010
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The Environmental Caucus: Breaking Down Silos to Promote Sustainability at Northern Arizona University
- Northern Arizona University (AZ)
The Environmental Caucus (EC), a voluntary campus association, formed in 2008 as a grassroots approach to engage students, faculty, staff, and administrators in strengthening a culture of sustainability at NAU ...
- Posted July 1, 2010
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Testing Single Stream Versus Dual Stream Recycling at CU
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
A new single stream recycling program was tested in CU's residence halls and family housing courts during 2009. CU hoped that the added convenience would invigorate participation among the ...
- Posted July 1, 2010
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DukeEngage Carbon Offsets Pilot Project at Duke University
- Duke University (NC)
In May 2010, DukeEngage collaborated with Sustainable Duke and the Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative to offer the students, faculty and staff of DukeEngage the opportunity to go "carbon neutral" with ...
- Posted July 1, 2010
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