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Greening the Bottom Line: Advancing Institutional Sustainability Goals With Green Revolving Funds

  • Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)

Greening the Bottom Line: Advancing Institutional Sustainability Goals with Green Revolving Funds tracks the latest trends and highlights best practices to enable more institutions and communities to learn about and ...

  • Posted Aug. 17, 2023
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Agnes Scott College - Retention Pond / 'Lake Agnes'

  • Agnes Scott College (GA)

Agnes Scott is committed to using no potable water for campus landscaping, capturing stormwater from the entire campus in a retention pond ('Lake Agnes') that is used for landscape watering ...


Agnes Scott College - Rebekah Scott Hall LEED Platinum Renovation / Restoration

  • Agnes Scott College (GA)

Rebekah Scott Hall is the third LEED-certified building on Agnes Scott’s 100 acre campus. The 1905 new Italian Renaissance Revival structure underwent renovation between May 2017 to August 2018 ...


Green Initiatives Fund

  • Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (MA)

Established as their senior class gift, the members of the Class of 2007 presented this endowment to fund green initiatives at Olin. The annual payout made available for distribution from ...


Green Fund Program

  • Carleton University (ON)

The major $1 million Green Revolving Fund (GRF) provides capital for high performance campus design, operations, maintenance, and occupant behavior projects. The micro Green Engagement Fund (GEF) provides capital limited ...

  • Posted March 31, 2022
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Green Revolving Fund

  • University of Dayton (OH)

The UD Green Revolving Fund is a revolving loan fund that sponsors energy efficiency and other sustainability projects on campus. Generally these projects have a 7-year or less simple payback ...


Learned Lessons and Tips for GRITS and Green Revolving Funds

  • Bentley University (MA)
  • Champlain College (VT)
  • Denison University (OH)
  • Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)
  • AASHE (PA)
  • GreenerU (MA)

In this session, you will hear from a wide variety of users of Green Revolving Funds and the GRITS tool sharing both best practices and learned lessons. We will also ...

  • Posted Feb. 1, 2022
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Energy Consumption Policies at the University of Michigan: A Report Developed for and Supported by the U-M President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality

  • University of Michigan (MI)

This report was compiled during the academic year of 2019-2020 for the University of Michigan (U-M) President's Commission on Carbon Neutrality by the Energy Consumption Policies Internal Analysis Team ...

  • Posted Nov. 17, 2021
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Calvin Energy Recovery Fund (CERF)

  • Calvin University (MI)

The Calvin Energy Recovery Fund (CERF) is a revolving fund used to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon dioxide emissions on campus. Plus, the cost savings from CERF projects are ...

  • Posted Sept. 21, 2021
  • Green Funds
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Sustainable Development Fund

  • Messiah University (PA)

Messiah College’s Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) is an opportunity for the College to invest financial resources outside of normal operating budget into sustainability practice and education. The SDF advances ...

  • Posted Sept. 21, 2021
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Green Reinvestment Fund

  • Vassar College (NY)

The Green Reinvestment Fund (GRF) is an internal revolving loan fund for Vassar’s energy efficiency projects. Cost savings from projects funded through the GRF are repaid to the fund ...

  • Posted Sept. 21, 2021
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Stetson University Revolving Green Fund and Student Fee

  • Stetson University (FL)

Each student contributes through assessed fees to finance sustainability projects on Stetson University's main campus. The cost avoidance generated by these projects is reinvested into a campus revolving green ...

  • Posted April 21, 2021
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Building Trust and Community: The Transformative Experience of the Green Revolving Fund at Agnes Scott College

  • Agnes Scott College (GA)
  • Sustainable Endowments Institute (MA)
  • Second Nature (MA)
  • City of Decatur (GA)

Agnes Scott College initiated the college’s Green Revolving Fund (GRF) in 2011 as a practical solution to a common challenge shared by colleges and universities that have committed to ...


UVA Clark Hall Delta Force Renovations

  • University of Virginia (VA)

The University of Virginia's Office of Sustainability within the Facilities Management department developed and currently runs the Delta Force Initiative, an internal performance contracting program. that increases energy efficiency ...


Green Revolving Fund

  • Drew University (NJ)

Grant from Jesse Ball duPont fund provided seed money and was matched by Drew for a total of $150,000 to start the fund. The green revolving fund provides a ...


Eagle Fund

  • Culver Academies (IN)

Student-managed Green Revolving Fund established in April 2018. Culver Academies is a college-prep high school in Indiana


Green Fund

  • College of Lake County (IL)

Established in 2017 with incentive rebates from the utilities for retrofitting light fixtures to LED and HVAC improvements.


Clean Energy Revolving Fund (Inactive)

  • Macalester College (MN)

The fund, active from 2006-2010, was one of the first funds of it's type in the country.


Green to Gold Fund

  • College of William & Mary (VA)

The Green to Gold Fund is a green revolving fund established in 2016 to reduce William & Mary's impact on the environment and to improve efficiency in ways that ...


Sustainability Microloan Fund

  • Yale University (CT)

The Sustainability Microloan Fund was created to encourage members of the Yale community — students, staff and faculty — to come up with creative ideas that will make the campus a little ...


Sustainable Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)

  • Whitman College (WA)

The Whitman Sustainable Revolving Loan Fund (SRLF) is a $50,000 line of credit designated for campus improvements that significantly benefit Whitman's sustainability efforts by conserving resources and improving ...


WMU Green Revolving Fund

  • Western Michigan University (MI)

Western Michigan University has designed an innovative “Quasi-Revolving Fund” model that demonstrates the institution’s full commitment to incorporating sustainability into campus operations. The Quasi-Revolving Fund recaptures money from cost-savings ...


Green Revolving Loan Fund (GRLF)

  • Vermont Law School (VT)

The VLS Green Revolving Fund has been established with an anonymous donation of $200,000, as well as, a $50,000 contribution from the Vermont Law School Board of Trustees ...


Green Fund

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)

The UW–Madison Green Fund supports student-initiated projects that reduce the environmental footprint and operating costs of on-campus facilities in the areas of solid waste, energy, and water conservation. The ...


Revolving Sustainability Fund

  • University of Victoria (BC)

The Revolving Sustainability Loan Fund (RSLF) provides $250,000 to fund conservation projects on campus that provide a return on investment. The loans are paid back with the savings from ...


Energy Revolving Fund

  • University of Vermont (VT)

In February 2012 the University of Vermont became the thirty-fourth college in the nation to commit to the Sustainable Endowment Institute’s Billion Dollar Green Challenge, agreeing to establish a ...


Green Revolving Fund

  • University of Oregon (OR)

Francis Dyke, former Vice President for Finance and Administration, signed the Billion Dollar Green Challenge on October 3, 2011 and committed the University of Oregon to creating its revolving loan ...


Green Loan Fund

  • University of Notre Dame (IN)

The Office of Sustainability manages a $2 million green loan fund for projects demonstrating a positive impact on environmental sustainability in campus buildings and operations. The Green Loan Fund is ...


Revolving Energy Efficiency Fund (EEF)

  • University of New Hampshire (NH)

Launched in 2009 with a $650,000 grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), UNH’s Energy Efficiency Fund (EEF) has already seen more than $500,000 in ...


Green Revolving Fund

  • University of Minnesota, Duluth (MN)

The UMD Green Revolving Fund was established to invest in sustainable projects at UMD. Projects are intended to contribute to efforts to save energy and become a more sustainable campus ...


Green Revolving Fund

  • University of Maine (ME)

Under the terms of the Green Loan Fund agreement, the Foundation will loan up to $500,000 (or more, pending a satisfactory review by the Foundation) to the University to ...


Revolving Green Loan Fund

  • University of Kansas (KS)

The Revolving Green Loan Fund (RGLF) promotes sustainability at the University of Kansas by funding projects that are both environmentally and economically responsible, and that promote sustainable design, renewable energy ...


Energy Revolving Fund

  • University of Denver (CO)

DU has an aggressive energy efficiency program through facilities management. Starting with an energy revolving fund founded in 2008 74 projects have been completed, focused on a range of lighting ...


Energy and Climate Revolving Fund

  • University of Colorado Boulder (CO)

The Energy & Climate Revolving Fund (ECRF) provides funding for energy efficiency and carbon reduction projects in CU facilities—and the fund has already paid back significant savings for campus ...


Sustainability Revolving Fund

  • University of British Columbia (BC)

UBC has launched the Sustainability Revolving Fund, which provides a minimum loan of $10,000 for projects that reduce consumption of energy, water or other resources – supporting UBC’s sustainability ...


Green Revolving Fund

  • Portland State University (OR)

The Green Revolving Fund (GRF) is a revolving fund that provides funding for efficiency projects across campus that support energy reduction and climate action goals. The initial fund was set ...


Green Revolving Loan Fund

  • Middlebury College (VT)

The green revolving loan fund (RLF) is a $300,000 fund for energy and resource conservation projects at Middlebury College. The fund will provide loans for campus projects that have ...


Revolving Green Fund

  • Miami University (OH)

The mission of the Miami University Revolving Green Fund (MURGF) is to encourage the growth and development of environmentally sound technologies and practices at Miami University and the greater Oxford ...


Lane's Living Green Revolving Fund

  • Lane Community College (OR)

Lane established a fund for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in 2006. In January 2016, Lane Community College replaced its original Energy Carryover reinvestment fund in favor of a ...


Live Green Revolving Loan Fund

  • Iowa State University (IA)

The Live Green! Revolving Loan Fund provides interest-free loans for campus projects that promote energy conservation and sustainability and provide a return on the investment through increased efficiencies including (but ...


Green Revolving Fund

  • Harvard University (MA)

The Green Revolving Fund (GRF) is a $12 million revolving fund that provides capital for high-performance campus design, operations, maintenance, and occupant behavior projects. Basic project eligibility guidelines state that ...


Sustainable Revolving Fund (SURF)

  • Hampshire College (MA)

The Hampshire College Sustainability Revolving Fund (SURF) provides loans for campus improvement projects that benefit Hampshire's sustainability by improving efficiency and conserving resources. The SURF exists to foster student ...


Green Revolving Loan Fund (GRLF)

  • Green Mountain College (VT)

On campus, we have a $30,000 Green Revolving Loan Fund (GRLF), which was started in 2012 as part of the Billion Dollar Green Challenge, run by the Sustainable Endowments ...


Sustainability Reinvestment Fund

  • Grand Valley State University (MI)

The Reinvestment Fund has been established through the contributions of various departments and auxiliaries including: Finance and Administration, Campus Dining, University Bookstore, Student Senate, and the Office of Sustainability Practices ...


Campus Energy and Sustainability Investment Program

  • Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)

Georgia Tech’s Campus Energy and Sustainability Investment Program helps bridge the disconnect between Capital and Operating Budgets to ensure that the campus continues to model its commitment to sustainability ...


Student Climate Action Revolving Fund

  • Furman University (SC)

SCARF is a revolving loan fund for student-led projects that will promote conservation and sustainability on campus. The fund will finance conservation projects that will generate direct or indirect revenue ...


Sustainability Revolving Fund

  • Emory University (GA)

The Sustainability Revolving Fund Working Group oversees Emory University’s $1.5 million revolving fund dedicated to funding energy and water efficiency projects that pay a return over time. Those ...


Sustainability Fund

  • Edgewood College (WI)

In 2011, Edgewood became founding members of the Billion Dollar Green Challenge. It has committed a portion of its endowment to a revolving green fund to help finance energy efficiency ...


Sustainability Revolving Fund

  • Connecticut College (CT)

The purpose of the Sustainability Revolving Fund (SRF) is to promote sustainability objectives by funding innovative projects, proposed by members of the Connecticut College community, that produce significant cost savings ...


CSB Sustainability & Resilience Revolving Fund (SRRF)

  • College of Saint Benedict (MN)

CSB's Sustainability & Resilience Revolving Fund (SRRF) provides financial capital to support innovative projects proposed by members of the CSB/SJU community which promote sustainability and resilience at CSB ...