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Climate Action Plan RFP Guidelines: an open-source collaboration
- Brailsford & Dunlavey (DC)
Overview The purpose of this document is to support staff members tasked with writing an RFP for a: Climate Action Plan Carbon Mitigation Plan Climate Action and Resilience Plan Climate ...
- Posted July 18, 2022
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How Brandeis reduced our food carbon footprint over 20% in its first sustainable dining program
- Brandeis University (MA)
This case study reviews how Brandeis harnessed the RFP and contracting process for a new dining vendor in 2019-2021 to make huge and first-ever strides in sustainability in our dining ...
- Posted May 18, 2021
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A Solar PPA Designed for Positive Externalities
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
- AASHE (MA)
- The Nature Conservancy (VA)
Drs. Meghan Hoskins and Peter Buckland from Penn State’s Sustainability Institute in collaboration with Elizabeth Johnson, The Nature Conservancy, PA and Emilie Wangerman, Lightsource BP will describe the rationale ...
- Posted July 18, 2019
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University of Vermont Dining Services Vendor RFP
- University of Vermont (VT)
- Real Food Challenge (MA)
Request for Proposals for the University of Vermont's dining services provider, specifying ways that the Real Food Challenge and other sustainability measures are to be incorporated into the vendor ...
- Posted Jan. 11, 2019
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Leveraging Sustainability in Food Service Across Campus
- University of Houston (TX)
The University of Houston has undergone a physical and culture transformation with a different food service provider and new collaboration with our Office of Sustainability. In spring 2017 the Food ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Food Service Contracts and RFPs as Vehicle for Sourcing More Sustainable Food
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- University of Vermont (VT)
- Farm Forward (OR)
College and universities need new strategies to scale sustainable food procurement. Programs like STARS and the Real Food Challenge have institutionalized sustainable food purchasing targets and many campuses have made ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Sourcing “Less Meat, Better Meat” Through Foodservice Contracts
- Farm Forward (OR)
Choosing a foodservice company is one of the most important sustainability decisions that a school, university, or business makes. Requests for proposals (RFPs) and contracts can be used to articulate ...
- Posted April 11, 2018
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Example RFP and Scorecard for Procurement/Advisory Services for Large Scale Renewable Energy
- AASHE (MA)
This is an example RFP for a professional services firm to provide renewable energy procurement services that include the development and execution of an integrated strategy to procure renewable energy ...
- Posted April 6, 2018
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Writing Solar Requests for Proposals (RFPs): Lessons from NREL’s University PV Implementation Assistance Program
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (CO)
With funding from the Department of Energy’s SunShot program, NREL is assisting higher education institutions with solar PV procurement. Universities issue RFPs as a way to get competitive bids ...
- Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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