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156 kW Rooftop & Canopy Arrays: Santa Fe Higher Education Center
- Santa Fe College (FL)
- Positive Energy Solar (NM)
Positive Energy Solar has completed a new 156 kW solar array for Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) in Santa Fe, N.M. The array joins two existing solar installations built ...
- Posted Dec. 7, 2016
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96 kW Solar Array: The Village Student Housing
- Prescott College (AZ)
100 percent of electricity production at The Village comes from a 96 kW solar photovoltaic system, making it a net zero building.
- Posted Dec. 7, 2016
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12 kW Ground Mount Demonstration Array
- Santa Fe College (FL)
- Positive Energy Solar (NM)
The college announced a partnership with Positive Energy Solar on two major projects impacting both student learning and campus sustainability. The first of those projects is an 11.8kW array ...
- Posted Dec. 7, 2016
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5 kW Rooftop Array: Science, Research & Teaching Center
- Portland State University (OR)
Roof-top Photovoltaic Test Facility researches effects of combining solar panels with eco-roof technology.
- Posted Dec. 7, 2016
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4 kW Rooftop Array: Academic & Student Recreation Center
- Portland State University (OR)
Key strategies include solar electricity generation that provides power to the student rec center.
- Posted Dec. 7, 2016
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Greener Cleaning Playbook: A guide to help sports venue operators develop a greener cleaning program
- Green Sports Alliance (OR)
This Playbook is designed to help sports facilities reduce the health and environmental threats associated with cleaning sports venues. Beyond protecting health, the cleaning industry uses significant quantities of chemicals ...
- Posted Dec. 6, 2016
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Integration of Business Sustainability Education into the Business Curriculum
- University of Memphis (TN)
Business sustainability in all dimensions of economic, governance, social, ethical, and environmental (EGSEE) performance is gaining acceptance as many global stock exchanges either encourage or require their listed companies to ...
- Posted Dec. 6, 2016
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2.9 MW Ground Mount Arrays
- Oregon State University (OR)
- SolarCity
Since 2013, five large grid-tied, ground-mounted solar electric (photovoltaic) arrays have been installed on agricultural lands operated by Oregon State University as part of “Solar by Degrees,” a large-scale photovoltaic ...
- Posted Dec. 6, 2016
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61 kW Rooftop Array: Storage Shed
- Ohio University (OH)
- Dovetail Solar & Wind (OH)
This project was completed in 2012 and included: the installation of a 61.1 kW photovoltaic array by Dove Tail Solar and Wind on the roof of the storage shed ...
- Posted Dec. 6, 2016
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48 kW Rooftop Array: Student Experience Center
- Oregon State University (OR)
Advanced Energy Systems completed a 48 kW solar electric system for OSU Student Experience Center in 2014. The array consists of 188 SolarWorld 255 watt modules, and three SMA 12000 ...
- Posted Dec. 6, 2016
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2 kW Rooftop Array: Kelley Engineering Center
- Oregon State University (OR)
A 2.4 kilowatt photovoltaic system was installed on the Kelley Engineering Center during its construction in 2004. While this relatively small system provides a fraction of the power this ...
- Posted Dec. 6, 2016
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2 kW Solar Trailer
- Oregon State University (OR)
The OSU Solar Trailer is a portable device that captures and stores solar energy. Its purpose is to educate about photovoltaic (solar electric) energy technologies and provide a renewable, portable ...
- Posted Dec. 6, 2016
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1 kW Rooftop Array: Hatfield Marine Science Center
- Oregon State University (OR)
A 1.1 kilowatt array at HMSC in Newport demonstrates, renewable energy technology to visitors and reflects OSU's commitment to education in sustainable practices. HMSC has also implemented campus-wide ...
- Posted Dec. 6, 2016
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108 kW Solar Carport: Parking Lot 100
- New Mexico State University (NM)
New Mexico State University has partnered with Ameresco Inc. on a solar panel project, saving the university energy, money and lowering its carbon footprint. The solar panel canopy, located in ...
- Posted Dec. 5, 2016
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25 kW Sunflower Solar Array
- New Mexico State University (NM)
New Mexico State University's Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEE) recently completed installation of a data acquisition system and information kiosk at PNM's new Sunflower solar panel ...
- Posted Dec. 5, 2016
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22 kW Rooftop Array: Partners I Building
- North Carolina State University (NC)
Nearly 100 solar panels generating approximately 29,000 kwh of electricity annually were installed in April 2015 and are expected to produce energy for at least 25 years. The panels ...
- Posted Dec. 5, 2016
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2.4 MW Solar Field
- Las Positas College (CA)
The 2.4 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) field was installed in 2012.Together with 1.1 MW of parking lot-canopy solar arrays installed in 2008, these panels provide almost two-thirds ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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150 kW Rooftop Solar System on Campus
- Green Mountain College (VT)
This large solar farm was built in the fall of 2013 with the help of several student volunteers and several alumni who are now working in the solar industry, such ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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150 kW Rooftop Array: Benson Solar System
- Green Mountain College (VT)
In 2014, the College finalized a partnership with Aaron Kelly, an investor and solar installer who built a 150 kW system on his land in Benson, VT in order to ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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113 kW Rooftop Array: Batten Hall, Harvard Business School
- Harvard University (MA)
436 solar panels on the Batten Hall green roof are converting the intense summer sun into electricity that provides power to the Harvard Innovation Lab and modular, learning spaces clustered ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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98 kW Rooftop Array: Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School
- Harvard University (MA)
The 97.6 kW solar installation on the roof of Wasserstein Hall is the first renewable project for the Law School. The ballasted system uses weight to hold down the ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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71 kW Rooftop Array: Tata Hall, Harvard Business School
- Harvard University (MA)
One of the most visible examples of Tata Hall’s sustainability features is a 71kW rooftop photovoltaic installation. 320 AC modules generate AC power directly from each solar panel for ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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48 kW Rooftop Array: Morgan Hall, Harvard Business School
- Harvard University (MA)
There are five solar PV systems installed at Harvard Business School, on the roofs of Batten, Shad, Tata, Morgan and Travis Halls, totaling around 300 kW. In total, over 1 ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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37 kW Rooftop Array: Shad Hall, Harvard Business School
- Harvard University (MA)
In September 2003, an ambitious student-initiated project at the Harvard Business School led to the installation of a 192 panel photovoltaic array above Shad Hall. The 36 kilowatt installation prevents ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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34 kW Rooftop Array: 25 Travis Street, Harvard Business School
- Harvard University (MA)
There are five solar PV systems installed at Harvard Business School, on the roofs of Batten, Shad, Tata, Morgan and Travis Halls, totaling around 300 kW. In total, over 1 ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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31 kW Rooftop Array: Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Garage
- Harvard University (MA)
This fall of 2015, with support from the Harvard Office for Sustainability’s Green Revolving Fund, the Arboretum installed 108 solar panels on the roof of the Hunnewell Building maintenance ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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20 kW Rooftop Array: Center for World Religions, Harvard Divinity School
- Harvard University (MA)
In October 2014 the Center for the Study of World Religions installed 70 solar panels on its roof, capable of producing enough energy to cover 25 percent of the Center ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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11 kW Rooftop Array: Science Center, Faculty of Arts & Sciences
- Harvard University (MA)
Harvard’s Schools and administrative departments have installed a wide variety of renewable and alternative energy systems on campus and on University-owned property. The alternative energy installations (such as solar ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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6 kW Solar Charging Station
- Green Mountain College (VT)
The 5.8 kW solar array between Dunton and Richardson was installed as an electric vehicle charging station in 2013 under the leadership of Professor Steve Letendre. The project cost ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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4 kW Rooftop Array: Solar Garage
- Green Mountain College (VT)
The garage known as Olwen was built in 2014 by renewable energy and ecological design students in only one semester. Under the leadership of professors Lucas Brown, Steve Letendre, and ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2016
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A geographic approach to facilitating local climate governance: From emissions inventories to mitigation planning
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
It is increasingly recognized that municipal and regional scale governments play a vital role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. While universities possess many resources that ...
- Posted Dec. 2, 2016
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Municipal collaboration for carbon footprinting: Syracuse, New York case study
- State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (NY)
Purpose
The City of Syracuse, New York, has undertaken energy conservation measures over the past decade. In 2011, the city completed a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory that serves as the ...
- Posted Dec. 2, 2016
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Universities and Climate Change Mitigation: Advancing Grassroots Climate Policy in the US
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- ICF International (VA)
While US climate change mitigation policy has stalled at the national level, local and regional actors are increasingly taking progressive steps to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Universities are poised ...
- Posted Dec. 2, 2016
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Does the Gown Help the Town? Examining Town–Gown Relationship Influence on Local Environmental Sustainability in the United States
- Missouri State University (MO)
A US municipality environmental sustainability index, the OSSPI (Opp-Saunders Sustainability Practices Index), found an overwhelming percentage of top-ranked sustainable cities were home to higher education institutions. While this may be ...
- Posted Dec. 2, 2016
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Online Master of Science in Biomimicry
- Arizona State University (AZ)
The online Master of Science in Biomimicry at ASU Online is a first of its kind program focusing on an emerging discipline that seeks to apply life’s strategies to ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Community support for campus approaches to sustainable energy use: The role of “town–gown” relationships
- American University (DC)
- Cornell University (NY)
Across the United States, universities are grappling with challenges associated with adopting approaches to more sustainable energy use. One approach has been to develop energy-related projects in their local, host ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Realization of a Low Emission University Campus Through the Implementation of a Climate Action Plan
The Climate Action Plan (CAP) experience started a few years ago with the aim to manage carbon and energy more efficiently. CAP is a roadmap to get Universities to the ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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The Green Eating Project: web-based intervention to promote environmentally conscious eating behaviours in US university students
- University of Rhode Island (RI)
To investigate the effectiveness of an online, interactive intervention, referred to as the Green Eating (GE) Project, to motivate university students to adopt GE behaviours.
The study was quasi-experimental and ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Written Messages Improve Edible Food Waste Behaviors in a University Dining Facility
- Kansas State University (KS)
Background
Sustainability and going green have become popular trends among foodservice organizations. Despite this interest, foodservice operations still produce large amounts of edible food waste and contribute significantly to waste ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Garnering input for recycling communication strategies at a Big Ten University
- Michigan State University (MI)
With increasing environmental challenges confronting our planet, colleges and universities are trying different approaches for minimizing their adverse environmental impacts. Among the approaches being used to revitalize campus sustainability efforts ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Teaching with trash: archaeological insights on university waste management
- University of Idaho (ID)
The archaeological study of modern trash on an American university campus can yield valuable insight into how both human and environmental processes contribute to the accumulation and distribution of litter ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Implementation of a zero waste program at a university campus
- Massey University
A zero waste program was established at a university campus in response to grassroots student concern over environmental management issues. The implementation procedure consisted of initial discussions with academic and ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Reducing solid waste in higher education: The first step towards ‘greening’ a university campus
- University of Northern British Columbia (BC)
Comprehensive solid waste management programs are one of the greatest challenges to achieving campus sustainability. Conducting a waste characterization study is a critical first step in successful waste management planning ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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An Economic Analysis of a University Educational Cafeteria Composting Program—Bobcat Blend
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
At Texas State University, a cafeteria-composting pilot program was established in which students source-separated their organic waste at one of the food courts while the program educated students on the ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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An overview of life cycle assessment (LCA) and research-based teaching in renewable and sustainable energy education
Engineers working as designers, managers and policy-makers play a key role in decision-making got sustainable energy solutions. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a key decision-making and benchmarking tool used for ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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The Environmental Benefits of Trees on an Urban University Campus
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
The University of Pennsylvania is situated on a rapidly growing and highly urbanized campus that, as of the summer of 2015, contained over 6,000 trees. Trees play an important ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Sustainability in Higher Education: An Assessment of Washington State Colleges and Universities, 2005-2016
- Evergreen State College, The (WA)
The purpose of this research project was to assess the integration of sustainability in Washington State higher education from 2005 to 2016. Both the extent of integration and the focus ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Factors encouraging sustainability integration into institutions of higher education
- University of Malaya
In view of the mountainous evidence on destruction of environmental quality and societal well-being as a consequence of rapid economic development, sustainability has gained vast attention from the community and ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Volume 2
- RMIT University
This Handbook offers an overview of what universities around the world are doing to implement sustainable development (e.g., via curriculum innovation, research, activities, or practical projects) and how their ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Volume 1
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
This Handbook offers an overview of what universities around the world are doing to implement sustainable development (e.g., via curriculum innovation, research, activities, or practical projects) and how their ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2016
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