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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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Carbon footprint analysis of student behavior for a sustainable university campus in China
- Drexel University (PA)
Sustainable urban design, systems-level organizational planning, and human behavior have all been recognized for their potentially important roles in helping to reduce energy costs and associated environmental impacts, including greenhouse ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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UMass Amherst Goes Solar All Over
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
In early 2016, UMass Amherst became the first campus in the UMass System to install a solar parking lot canopy system on its campus. The project, located at the Robsham ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Doubling Energy Efficiency at the University of Michigan by 2030
- University of Michigan (MI)
- Johnson Controls, Inc (WI)
Approximately 84 million Americans spend their days in colleges, universities, and public or private primary and secondary schools. The commercial building sector, which includes educational institutions, accounts for 18.44 ...
- Posted June 8, 2016
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Development of a Carbon Capital Methodology for use by the Higher Education Community
- Ball State University (IN)
Over a multiyear period, Ball State University collaborated in the development and piloted the implementation of a new methodology by which colleges and universities can qualify their carbon reduction credits ...
- Posted June 6, 2016
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Stanford Carbon Offsets to Reduce Emissions (SCORE)
- Stanford University (CA)
The Stanford Athletic Department boasts 36 varsity sports teams and over 900 student-athletes. These teams travel all over the country to compete at the highest levels of collegiate competition, but ...
- Posted June 6, 2016
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Responsible academia: optimizing conference locations to minimize greenhouse gas emissions
- Florida International University (FL)
The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributable to many scientists, including ecologists and conservation biologists, are often much greater than those attributable to average non-scientists (Fox et al. 2009, Synolakis and ...
- Posted May 9, 2016
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Institutions of Higher Education
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission estimates from signatories of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) were compared across Carnegie institutional classifications. Average annual emissions from all institutional classifications ...
- Posted May 3, 2016
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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Building Renewable Energy Infrastructure On a Growing Campus
- Skidmore College (NY)
This case study will show attendees how one institution was able to dramatically reduce its GHG emissions while simultaneously growing in both institutional square footage and enrollment. From the year ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Developing and Implementing Carbon Mitigation Projects for your Campus
- Clarkson University (NY)
- Colgate University (NY)
- Sewanee - The University of the South (TN)
- University of Georgia (GA)
- Second Nature (MA)
This panel will explore how academic institutions have developed and manage carbon sequestration projects and mitigation activities. Case studies described by the panel will primarily focus on forest carbon but ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Beyond Offsets: Innovative approaches to achieving and exceeding our climate commitments
- Amherst College (MA)
- Hampshire College (MA)
- Smith College (MA)
- Williams College (MA)
- Living Routes, Inc. (MA)
Climate change is a defining issue of our time, and colleges and university are leading the way by setting ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets. Many of us are even striving ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Renewable and Carbon Free: Aiming for net zero energy and net zero greenhouse gas
- University of California, Merced (CA)
Since Campus opened in 2005, UC Merced has demonstrated success in everything from green building to energy efficiency to waste diversion. These successes combined with what we have learned has ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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7 years & 1,854,472 tonnes: A collaborative journey toward climate stabilization
- LHB, Inc. (MN)
Moving beyond good intentions, Rosemount, a rapidly growing Minneapolis exurb, is taking a leadership role in planning for significant city-wide greenhouse gas reductions. As a participant in Minnesota's GreenStep ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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LED-ing the way to greenhouse gas reduction goals
- New York University (NY)
Are you 'in the dark' about LED lighting? It's the next best thing in energy efficient lighting that can achieve energy savings of 80-90%. The switch to LEDs as ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Combined Heat and Power: Bridge to a Carbon Neutral Future
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN)
Universities and colleges often use district energy systems to supply heat to campus buildings. Most of these systems are fossil fueled and comprise a significant percentage of an institution's ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Getting everyone on board with carbon neutrality: UC system best practices for faculty, student, and staff engagement
- University of California, Office of the President (CA)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
In 2014, University of California President Janet Napolitano announced the Carbon Neutrality Initiative, committing UC to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025. President Napolitano formed a Global Climate Leadership Council to ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Achieving and Promoting a Lower Carbon Footprint on Campus - Energy Efficiency and Solar Arrays
- Spelman College (GA)
- Sterling Planet, Inc. (GA)
Visible marketing is the path to community engagement and public outreach initiatives to grow development of sustainable changes on campus and within our communities. Whether completing energy efficiency project or ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Zanmi Kafe: Using payments for carbon sequestration to promote climate action on Sewanee's campus, and more sustainable agroecosystems on Haiti's Central Plateau
- Sewanee - The University of the South (TN)
Zanmi Kafe is a collaboration between Sewanee: The University of the South, and Zanmi Agrikol, a Haitian non-profit agricultural organization that promotes the adoption of more sustainable agroecosystems in the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Cashing in Carbon: Selling Carbon Reductions to Leverage Campus Sustainability
- Boston University (MA)
This year, with momentum from the Chevy Campus Clean Energy Challenge, Boston University reached its 2020 goal to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent. Through the robust Verified ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability without sacrifice: How URIs are saving money & reducing GHG emissions by investing in energy efficiency
- Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)
Finding a way to prioritize and finance sustainability projects can be difficult for any institution, but may present a unique struggle at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and under-resourced institutions (URIs). To ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Making Carbon Neutrality a Reality at Cornell
- Cornell University (NY)
Cornell's 2035 neutrality goal is motivated by the belief that we have a responsibility to generate global solutions while addressing our own emissions by developing and demonstrating scalable solutions ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Stanford reduces emissions by 68% in 2015
- Stanford University (CA)
In late 2011, Stanford's Board of Trustees approved the investment in SESI, of which a key component is a replacement Central Energy Facility for heat recovery, to meet the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Saving $370 Million while Reducing Emissions by 35%
- University of Maryland, College Park (MD)
In 2014, the President of the University of Maryland announced several new initiatives that will allow the university to save money while reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. These ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Carbon-Reduction Efficacy Analysis of Transportation Alternatives: How to Prioritize Initiatives and Influence the Administration
- California State University, East Bay (CA)
- Salt Lake Community College (UT)
California climate change legislation has increased the urgency for the state’s educational institutions to identify the most effective carbon-reduction strategies from their largest source of indirect carbon emissions – student ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Two models of leveraging campus initiatives to enhance sustainability at the University of British Columbia
- University of British Columbia (BC)
With the aim to reduce carbon footprint of campus operations at the University of British Columbia, biomass is utilized for energy production. Campus as a living lab initiative established the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Blackout (A Night Out With the Lights Out): University Sustainability as a Social, Carbon-Saving Activity for Students and Staff
- University of Southampton
On one evening in April 2012, 255 students and staff at the University of Southampton completed the first campus-wide equipment energy audit and switch-off event. The aims were to deliver ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Green Capital Projects: How to Get Cash Flow and Reduce Emissions
- Sweet Briar College (VA)
- Stone House Group (PA)
Sweet Briar College realized the need to reduce energy cost and consumption on campus after four environmental engineering students conducted an energy audit in 2008. The audit inspired the College ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Off-site Power Purchase Agreements: How Long-term Contracts Can Reduce Emissions and Energy Costs
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (DC)
- ERG Consulting Firm (MA)
Colleges and universities are committing to aggressive emission reduction goals as part of their efforts to reduce their carbon footprints and meet their commitments under the ACUPCC. Electricity use commonly ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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New Funding Sources to Drive Campus Clean Energy/GHG Leadership and Innovation
- Ball State University (IN)
- Valencia College (FL)
This workshop introduces an entirely new funding source for colleges dedicated to pursuing aggressive clean energy efficiency goals: the voluntary carbon market. With announcements poised to be made at the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Determining the GHG Emissions from Composting at The University of Arizona
- University of Arizona (AZ)
This study uses leading industry standards to quantify the net greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) associated with Compost Cats, a student-run composting program at The University of Arizona. The Climate Action ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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The Yale Community Carbon Fund; Reducing Emissions and Increasing Economic Security in Local Communities
- Yale University (CT)
The Yale Community Carbon Fund seeks both to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase economic security for low-income people living in New Haven. Funds are raised through a combination ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Magnetic Bearing Chillers: Reducing Costs, Electricity, Emissions, and Noises
- Radford University (VA)
Radford University (RU) is working towards a goal of climate neutrality. When it came time to replace the chiller that was located in Preston Hall, Radford University, consistent with its ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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A Focus on the Near-term: Analysis and Prioritization of Actionable Carbon Reduction Strategies
- Carleton College (MN)
XYZ College's Climate Action Plan was the product of an enthusiastic committee effort involving students, faculty and staff. The CAP goal was to prioritize actions for the near-term that ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Fostering a Culture of Sustainability in a Japanese University
- Hokkaido University (Hokkaido)
Hokkaido University is committed to the creation of an environmentally friendly campus. Its 65,000 hectares of campus resources, which include experimental forests and a variety of other facilities, are ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Cutting Campus Commuter Carbon & Building Social Capital - Strategies & Tactics for Effective Change
- Antioch University, New England (NH)
Transportation emissions from student, faculty, staff and administrator commuting are a challenge for many colleges and universities, and especially for commuter campuses outside the sphere of public transport systems. Encouraging ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Down to Zero: a 5-part strategy to achieve your GHG reduction goals at any scale
- Arup (NY)
A "green" reputation is increasingly seen as a differentiator for schools to attract funding, faculty, staff and students. 66% of college applicants search for information on a prospective school's ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Partnerships Achieving Breakthrough Energy and Greenhouse Performance Utilizing Innovative Investment Strategies
- Drexel University (PA)
Innovative business models and financing solutions are required to drive the next level of efficiency and sustainability on campus. Blue Hill Partners, a Philadelphia based firm, has teamed with the ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Internal Energy Auditing to Meet Portfolio-Wide GHG Reduction Goals at Harvard University
- Harvard University (MA)
Universities worldwide are committing to greenhouse gas reduction goals and implementing climate action plans. Optimizing building efficiency is often identified as a central strategy to achieving these ambitious goals. To ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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eCO2village Solutions: A Model for Local Carbon Mitigation
- Living Routes, Inc. (MA)
Colleges and universities are key players in responding to global warming, but we are not reaching our full potential as agents of sustainable change. As educators, we need to move ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Getting to 30% Greenhouse Gas Reduction from Energy Consumed in Buildings
- St. John's University, New York (NY)
St. John's University - New York (STJ), a leader in PLaNYC 2030's "University Challenge", first private university to sign a MOU with EPA, and charter participant in AASHE STARS ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Transportation at Stanford University: The Role of TDM
- Stanford University (CA)
Stanford has achieved various transportation related sustainability milestones in 2010 through its Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program. This year, the university estimates an employee drive alone rate of 48%, dropped ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Cutting Carbon through Energy Efficiency, Technology, and Behavior Change
- University of Florida (FL)
A review of programs at the University of Florida addressing structural and behavioral energy savings.
Buildings account for ~70% of the UF's GHG emissions, and energy efficiency is a ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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America's Greenest Campus: Sustainability at Rio Salado College
- Rio Salado College (AZ)
- Scottsdale Community College (AZ)
- SmartPower (DC)
Building a sustainable campus takes good policies - and engagement of students both in and out of the classroom.
In 2009, Rio Salado College won SmartPower's America's Greenest Campus ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Internal Energy Auditing to Meet Portfolio-Wide GHG Reduction Goals at 3 Institutions
- Colby College (ME)
- Harvard University (MA)
- University of Virginia (VA)
Universities worldwide are committing to greenhouse gas reduction goals and implementing climate action plans. Optimizing building efficiency is often identified as a central strategy to achieving these ambitious goals. To ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Meeting Greenhouse Gas Reductions by Implementing a Comprehensive Energy Management Strategy
- Williams College (MA)
- Woodard & Curran, Inc. (ME)
Whether your campus is a signatory to the ACUPCC, subject to state GHG emission reduction goals, or is simply committed to reducing the overall campus carbon footprint, reducing GHG emissions ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Canadian Universities and Colleges Advance Tomorrow's Low Carbon Economy
- Okanagan College (BC)
- EY (VA)
Canadian universities and colleges, from St. John to Victoria are playing an instrumental role in not only demonstrating steps towards a low carbon economy, but also helping communities to adapt ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainable Transportation: Solving Infrastructure Challenges and Achieving Emission Goals
- University of California, Davis (CA)
- University of California, San Diego (CA)
One of the most powerful campus initiatives to catalyze a just and sustainable world relates to how people get around on a daily basis. The transportation infrastructure at many of ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Partnerships for Change: The Nova Scotia Community Emissions Challenge
- Acadia University (NS)
As part of the Arthur Irving Academy for the Environment's mandate to foster sustainability both on campus and in the community an emissions reduction outreach program targeted to Nova ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Beyond GHG Reduction. Climate Change adaptation for Dalhousie University.
- Dalhousie University (NS)
Global and local environmental and sustainability challenges such as energy security, efficiency, and climate change are compounding. Universities across the world have responded by signing commitment statements, conducting GHG inventories ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Performance Matters, Tangible Progress on Mitigating Climate Change
- University of Calgary (AB)
The University of Calgary (U of C) is a signatory to the University and College Presidents' Climate Change Statement of Action for Canada. This session will highlight how the U ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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