AASHE Campus Sustainability Hub

Climate Friendly Cooling Pledge and New Regulations Affecting Universities: Opportunities and Implications

• Bard College (NY)
• Yale University (CT)
• AASHE (PA)
• Project Drawdown (CA)
• The Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (DC)

Action is needed now by college staff in facilities, EHS, sustainability, student life, business offices, auxiliary services, housing, dining, planning, and procurement. Changes within all these staff areas to manage ...

• Posted June 3, 2021
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Action learning partnerships: carbon, commerce and community co-learning at a Canadian university

• University of Northern British Columbia (BC)
• Prince George Chamber of Commerce (BC)
• Carbon Realities Consulting (BC)

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to discuss an innovative course offered as a partnership between the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) (Canada), the Prince George Chamber ...

• Posted May 28, 2021
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Unthinking knowledge production: from post-Covid to post-carbon futures

• Durham University

The past years have witnessed a growing awareness of the role of institutions of knowledge production in reproducing the global climate crisis, from research funded by fossil fuel companies to ...

• Posted Feb. 17, 2021
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An Economic Perspective on a Carbon Management Program at the University of Michigan

• University of Michigan (MI)

The recent UN IPCC special report stated that, in order to stay at or below 1.5 degrees of warming, greenhouse gas emissions will need to be reduced by 45 ...

• Posted May 15, 2019
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Development and evaluation of a method to estimate the potential of decarbonisation technologies deployment at higher education campuses

• University of Limerick

This paper describes a method for the quantitative estimation of the potential of decarbonisation technologies deployed on Higher Education Campuses (HEC). This was developed to fill the need for a ...

• Posted May 6, 2019
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SIMAP: Sustainability Indicator Management and Analysis Platform

• University of New Hampshire (NH)

SIMAP™ is a carbon and nitrogen accounting platform that can track, analyze, and improve your campus-wide sustainability. Our proven algorithms, based on nearly two decades of work supporting campus inventories ...

• Posted May 18, 2018
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Towards a universal carbon footprint standard: A case study of carbon management at universities

• University of Southampton

Organisations of all types are significant contributors to international greenhouse gas emissions. The business case for supporting low-carbon practices is gathering pace, alongside the regulatory demands imposed through carbon emission ...

• Posted May 14, 2018
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The Role of Eco-campus Assessment Management System in the Sustainable Development of British Universities

• Nottingham Trent University

The university is a key driver of sustainable development. In the UK, environmental management systems (EMSs) are increasingly being used by organizations to improve environmental performance. Environmental management systems bring ...

• Posted May 10, 2018
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Critical success factors for embedding carbon management in organizations: lessons from the UK higher education sector

• De Montfort University
• Nottingham Trent University

Organizations are under increasing pressure from governments and stakeholders to reduce carbon emissions from their business operations for climate change mitigation. Universities are not exempt from this challenge and are ...

• Posted Feb. 15, 2018
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Carbon lock-in: an obstacle in higher education’s decarbonization pathways

• University of Dayton (OH)

Carbon lock-in describes a force that perpetuates the fossil fuel energy system despite known risks and cost-effective alternatives, a consequence of which is the slow rate of diffusion of low-carbon ...

• Posted Feb. 12, 2018
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Carbon Markets & Offsets Guidance

• Second Nature (MA)

This document was developed as a resource for higher education institutions implementing one of the Presidents’ Climate Leadership Commitments. It outlines the concept of carbon offsets, how offsetting can be ...

• Posted Nov. 7, 2017
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Community Based Teaching - Carbon accounting with local businesses from the Prince George Chamber of Commerce

• University of Northern British Columbia (BC)

Climate change has given rise to a new generation of opportunities for sustainable business. In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, British Columbia has implemented several policies, including a carbon ...

• Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Report: Options for Achieving a Carbon Neutral Campus by 2035

• Cornell University (NY)

Created by the Senior Leaders Climate Action Group at Cornell University to better inform decision-making on reaching carbon neutrality by 2035. The report focuses on cost-benefit analysis of solutions to ...

• Posted Oct. 21, 2016
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Achieving Carbon Neutrality at UCSB by 2025: A Critical Analysis of Technological and Financial Strategies

• University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)

In 2013, University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano established the Carbon Neutrality Initiative (CNI), a commitment to eliminate all Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2025. As one ...

• Posted July 28, 2016
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Carbon Neutrality at Université Laval

• Universite Laval (QC)

As the first voluntarily carbon neutral university in Canada, Université Laval (UL) made sure its process was transparent so that any organization looking to combat climate change could refer to ...

• Posted June 10, 2016
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Carbon management at universities: a reality check

• University of Southampton

Carbon dioxide emissions from the higher education sector are globally significant. This study compares the performance of 20 institutions in English research-intensive universities to their self-set targets, using three key ...

• Posted June 10, 2016
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Internal Carbon Accounting at a Small Liberal Arts College

• Vassar College (NY)

As colleges and universities pursue greenhouse gas reductions, it has become clear that some

approach is necessary for putting a price on carbon emissions and communicating that cost to energy ...

• Posted April 6, 2016
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A New Era in Campus Climate Action: Dynamic Online Inventory and Planning Tools

• Clean Air-Cool Planet (NH)

Standardized measurement and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions has played an important role in advancing the ability of higher education as a sector to provide leadership on the issue of ...

• Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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PgCert Carbon Innovation

• University of Edinburgh

The online PG Certificate in Carbon Innovation is a ground-breaking development of the award-winning MSc in Carbon Management programme at the University of Edinburgh. Building on the proven success and ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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MSc in Carbon Management

• University of Edinburgh

Carbon management is at the heart of tackling climate change and has rapidly become a central part of the global business environment. This is a growing sector with excellent employment ...

• Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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