Research
Introduction
Conducting research is a major function of many colleges and universities. By researching sustainability issues and refining theories and concepts, higher education institutions can continue to help the world understand sustainability challenges and develop new technologies, strategies, and approaches to address those challenges.
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Environment, Energy, Sustainability, and Health Institute (E²SHI)
- Johns Hopkins University (MD)
The Johns Hopkins Environment, Energy, Sustainability, and Health Institute (E²SHI) aims to coordinate and encourage innovative research and teaching that address the health and sustainability problems that society faces as ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy
- Morehead State University (KY)
The Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy (IRAPP) integrates University resources with regional resources to develop the potential of its service region. Academic programs, research initiatives, and service activities ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Wallerstein Collaborative For Urban Environmental Education
- New York University (NY)
The Wallerstein Collaborative For Urban Environmental Education was established in 2000 in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University to promote environmental literacy and ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence
- Okanagan College (BC)
Students at the Penticton campus are now experiencing education and training in the Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation. They are learning in ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Institute for Sustainable Solutions
- Portland State University (OR)
The Institute for Sustainable Solutions (ISS) is a hub for sustainability at Portland State, supporting interdisciplinary research, curriculum development, student leadership, and meaningful community partnerships that contribute to a just ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Princeton Environmental Institute
- Princeton University (NJ)
Founded in 1994, the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) is the interdisciplinary center of environmental research, education, and outreach at Princeton University. Our mission is to advance knowledge and to develop ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Sharp Sustainability Education Center
- Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ)
Ramapo College’s academic environment has benefited from the addition of the Sharp Sustainability Education Center. The Center further incorporates environmental literacy and understanding of sustainability into the Ramapo curriculum ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Canadian Centre for Environmental Education
- Royal Roads University (BC)
The Environmental Careers Organization of Canada (ECO Canada) and Royal Roads University have formed a partnership to create the Canadian Centre for Environmental Education. Geared towards both Canadian and international ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Robert A. Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems Education and Research
- Slippery Rock University (PA)
Slippery Rock University's home for hands-on sustainability education and action since 1990. The Robert A. Macoskey Center (RAMC) at SRU was created in 1990 to promote sustainability at SRU ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Energy & Environmental Education
- University of Northern Iowa (IA)
UNI’s Center for Energy and Environmental Education (CEEE) helps children, youth, and adults make sense of complex environmental and energy-related issues while finding ways for the community to participate ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability
- Virginia Tech (VA)
The Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability (CLiGS) educates, inspires, and empowers professionals to create a better future for people and our planet through graduate education, professional development and research ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Environmental Education & Sustainability
- Western Kentucky University (KY)
The WKU Center for Environmental Education and Sustainability (CEES) has been in existence at WKU for over 25 years. The Center works with formal and non-formal educators from preK through ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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National Center of Excellence (NCE) on SMART Innovations
- Arizona State University (AZ)
The National Center of Excellence (NCE) on SMART Innovations provides climate and energy system solutions based on sound science and engineering to governments and industries around the globe. Its research ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Sustainable Engineering
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- Syracuse University (NY)
- University of Texas at Austin (TX)
The Center for Sustainable Engineering (CSE) is a partnership among five universities: Syracuse University (lead institution), Arizona State University, and Georgia Institute of Technology. Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Energy & Sustainability Center
- Florida State University (FL)
The Energy and Sustainability Center (formerly Sustainable Energy Science and Engineering Center) addresses challenging alternative energy issues through innovative solutions for consumers and industry. The need for energy systems that ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)
The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) is an applied research and development laboratory that provides R&D and related services for industry and government clients with a focus in ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing (CGDM) was formed in 1993 to encourage multi- disciplinary research and education on environmental management, design for environment and pollution prevention issues in ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Environmental Resource Management
- University of Texas at El Paso (TX)
The Center for Environmental Resource Management provides university-wide leadership and coordination for environmentally-related research, education, and outreach activities. The CERM vision is to become a regional "think tank" for achieving ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Green Chemistry & Green Engineering
- Yale University (CT)
The Mission of The Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale is to advance sustainability by catalyzing the effectiveness of the Green Chemistry and Green Engineering community. Green ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Australian Centre for Environmental Law
- Australian National University
The Australian Centre for Environmental Law (ACEL) was established in 1992 to create a critical mass of environmental law and policy expertise. Since its inception, ACEL has established itself as ...
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Marine & Environmental Law Institute
- Dalhousie University (NS)
The Marine & Environmental Law Institute (MELAW), located in the vibrant port city of Halifax, is internationally recognized for excellence in marine and environmental law teaching and research. MELAW is ...
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Centre For Law & the Environment
- University of British Columbia (BC)
The Centre seeks to establish a network of scholars and policymakers from a variety of disciplines, professions, and institutions throughout the world. Only by sharing knowledge across many walks of ...
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Canadian Institute of Resources Law
- University of Calgary (AB)
The Canadian Institute of Resources Law is the leading national centre of expertise on legal and policy issues relating to Canada's natural resources. Since its establishment in 1979, the ...
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Environmental Law Centre
- University of Victoria (BC)
The ELC works for community groups, conservation organizations and Indigenous communities across British Columbia building legal capacity to tackle today’s complex environmental challenges. The Centre's work has three ...
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POLIS Project on Ecological Governance
- University of Victoria (BC)
The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance is a centre for transdisciplinary research that investigates and promotes sustainability. POLIS was established in 2000 by the Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and ...
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New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law
- University of Auckland
The NZCEL conducts legal and interdisciplinary research into environmental law and governance, including its conceptual foundations, implementation and enforcement. New Zealand’s environmental legislation is among the most advanced in ...
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Centre for Law and the Environment
- University College London (London)
UCL’s Centre for Law and Environment was established to provide a focal point for the Faculty’s outstanding expertise and academic strength in the field of the environment and ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Natural Resources Law Institute
- Lewis & Clark College (OR)
The Natural Resources Law Institute (NRLI) provides a focus for legal scholarship at Lewis & Clark’s law school. The NRLI supports work by an annual research fellow, distinguished faculty ...
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Center for Environmental Law and Land Use
- Loyola University New Orleans (LA)
Loyola’s Center for Environmental Law brings together dedicated students, inspiring professors, expert lawyers, and active members of the community to study and respond to the Gulf Coast’s most ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Land Use Law Center
- Pace University (NY)
Established in 1993, the Land Use Law Center is dedicated to fostering the development of sustainable communities and regions through the promotion of innovative land use strategies and dispute resolution ...
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Center for Water Law and Policy
- Texas Tech University (TX)
The Center for Water Law and Policy was created in 2005 in response to the growing need for research into and information about global water issues. It was designed to ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy
- Tulane University (LA)
The Tulane Institute on Water Resources and Policy works to foster understanding and development of laws and policies that allow for improved stewardship and sustainable management of water resources through ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Law, Energy & the Environment
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) channels the expertise and creativity of the Berkeley Law community into pragmatic policy solutions to critical environmental and energy challenges. Its ...
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Emmett Institute on Climate Change & the Environment
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
The Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment is the leading law school center focused on climate change and other critical environmental issues. Founded in 2008 with a generous ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Center for Energy and Environmental Security
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
An interdisciplinary research and policy center at CU-Boulder Law School, Center for Energy and Environmental Security (CEES) works to develop practical strategies and solutions for moving international society toward a ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment
- University of Colorado Boulder (CO)
Serving the people of the American West, the nation, and the world through creative, interdisciplinary research, bold, inclusive teaching, and innovative problem solving in order to further true sustainability for ...
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Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center
- University of Houston (TX)
The Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center at the University of Houston Law Center links energy issues with impacts on environment and natural resources. Building on the academic excellence of ...
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Center for Oceans Law and Policy
- University of Virginia (VA)
The Center for Oceans Law and Policy supports research, education, and discussion on legal and public policy issues relating to the oceans. Through a regular program of conferences, publications, and ...
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Environmental Law Center
- Vermont Law School (VT)
Founded in 1978, the ELC serves as the hub for a wide-range of activities, including classes, faculty, research centers and institutes, conferences, lectures, and other special programs. At the ELC ...
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Center for Environmental Law & Policy
- Yale University (CT)
The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, a joint undertaking between the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Yale Law School, seeks to incorporate fresh thinking ...
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CEER: Center for Environmental and Energy Research
- Alfred University (NY)
The Center for Environmental and Energy Research (CEER) at Alfred University is a multidisciplinary research and education program. CEER utilizes Alfred's expertise in ceramic engineering, materials science/engineering, and ...
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Small Wind Research and Demonstration Site
- Appalachian State University (NC)
The Small Wind Research and Demonstration Site is a unique program to give first-hand experience with wind power technology. This facility is open to the public to see and hear ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Collaborative Biodiesel Project
- Appalachian State University (NC)
The Collaborative Biodiesel Project is a student-led initiative at Appalachian State University and is partially funded by the EPA P3 Award: Student Design Competition for Sustainability. The purpose of the ...
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Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis
- Arizona State University (AZ)
The center carries out frontier multidisciplinary scientific research designed to use biological and biologically-based artificial systems to address societal energy needs in a sustainable manner, with an emphasis on solar ...
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Alabama Center of Excellence in Clean Energy Technology
- Calhoun Community College (TX)
Students in the Renewable Energy program will learn and train in the brand new, state of the art Alabama Center for Excellence in Clean Energy Technology (ACECET) facility on the ...
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Resnick Sustainability Institute
- California Institute of Technology (CA)
The mission of the Resnick Sustainability Institute is to foster transformational advances in energy science and technology through research, education and communication. The Resnick Sustainability Institute is Caltech’s studio ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI-EFRC)
- California Institute of Technology (CA)
The "Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion" Energy Frontier Research Center (LMI-EFRC) is a national resource for fundamental optical principles and phenomena relevant to solar energy conversion, and for design of ...
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Center for Sustainable Energy Systems
- Clarkson University (NY)
Clarkson University has been engaged in energy research and education for over 35 years and the faculty's wide range of interests and activities span disciplines from Engineering to Business ...
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Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP)
- Colorado State University (CO)
The mission of the CRSP, a research center of the Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory, is to conduct basic and applied research that will result in scientific and technological revolutions in ...
- Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Bio-Energy Research Centre
- Confederation College (ON)
The new Bio-Energy Learning and Research Centre will allow students to continue groundbreaking research in the clean energy field.
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This tab provides access to data collected through AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System™ (STARS). STARS is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance. STARS enables meaningful comparisons over time and across institutions using a common set of measurements developed with broad participation from the campus sustainability community.
All responses reference content from reports under the latest version of STARS, version 2.2. AASHE membership and log-in is required.
AC 9: Research & Scholarship
- Percent of research employees that conduct sustainability research
- Percent of research departments that conduct sustainability research
- Sustainability research inventory (upload)
- Sustainability research inventory (description)
- Website URL - Sustainability research
AC 9: Support for Sustainability Research
- Description of the student sustainability research program
- Description of the academic staff sustainability research program
- Website URL - Support for sustainability research
AC 10: Open Access to Research
- Website URL - Open access repository
- Open access policy (upload)
- Open access policy (description)
- Description of the open access article processing charge (APC) fund
- Description of the open access journal hosting services
- Website URL - Support for open access
Additional analysis on scores and quantitative fields can be conducted using the STARS Benchmarking Tool.